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POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND THE INTERNET.
- Source :
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Information, Communication & Society . Sep2009, Vol. 12 Issue 6, p860-878. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The aim of this paper is to review the main questions dealt with by the literature on the effect of Internet on political participation. The paper distinguishes three relevant aspects: the estimation of the impact of Internet on the levels and types of political participation; the analysis of the causal mechanisms that lie behind the relationship between Internet use and participation; and the effect of the Internet on participatory inequalities. We conclude by identifying the aspects on which there is a relative consensus among scholars, the debates surrounding controversial conclusions obtained from different empirical analyses, and those questions where further research seems particularly necessary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PRACTICAL politics
*ACTIVISTS
*INTERNET
*DEBATE
*SOCIAL participation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1369118X
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Information, Communication & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 44252651
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13691180802282720