Netflix and engage? Implications for streaming television on political participation during the 2016 US Presidential Campaign

Social Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Groshek, Jacob ^a   Krongard, Sarah ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge watching; Political participation; Social media; Streaming television

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018986542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20760760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/socsci5040065     Document Type: Article

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