Examining the roles of mobile and social media in political participation: A cross-national analysis of three Asian societies using a communication mediation approach

New Media and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2003-2021

  Chan, Michael ^a   Chen, Hsuan Ting ^a   Lee, Francis L F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; Communication mediation model; Mobile media; Political participation; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044088640     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444816653190     Document Type: Article

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