Conflicting claims have been put forward regarding the effects of Internet use on real-life political participation. Some argue that Internet use, and the accompanying political resources, stimulates political participation; others fear that intensive Internet use is associated with a withdrawal from public life. This article’s authors test both claims on a representative sample of 6,330 16-year-olds in Belgium. They investigate young people’s behavior, assuming that young people are the most avid information and communication technologies users and the most susceptible to the influence of various socialization experiences. The authors introduce a distinction between time spent on the Internet (time-replacement hypothesis) and various activ...
In the time since the rise of the Internet, it has often been claimed that it has the potential to c...
Although a growing number of studies are examining the relationship between Internet use and politic...
Does the Internet affect people’s voting behavior? Some scholars believe that the Internet will fund...
The role of traditional media and the Internet in relation to young people’s political participation...
This article explores the relationship between Internet use among young people, their political cons...
Purpose. The rise of online communication possibilities has revived the debate surrounding the impac...
Research has shown that the internet is an important agent of mobilization that spurs young people i...
Do young people participate in politics? Some claim that young people are not as much involved in po...
Previous studies suggest that social media use among the youth is correlated with online and offline...
Purpose: The rise of online communication possibilities has revived the debate surrounding the impac...
In this article we apply a secondary analysis on the micro-data provided by the study 2,889 of the S...
The rise of online communication possibilities has revived the debate on the impact of media on poli...
Since the rise of the Internet, it is often claimed that it has the potential to contribute to the q...
The internet and social networking sites are changing politics in various ways, specifically in the ...
In the time since the rise of the Internet, it has often been claimed that it has the potential to c...
In the time since the rise of the Internet, it has often been claimed that it has the potential to c...
Although a growing number of studies are examining the relationship between Internet use and politic...
Does the Internet affect people’s voting behavior? Some scholars believe that the Internet will fund...
The role of traditional media and the Internet in relation to young people’s political participation...
This article explores the relationship between Internet use among young people, their political cons...
Purpose. The rise of online communication possibilities has revived the debate surrounding the impac...
Research has shown that the internet is an important agent of mobilization that spurs young people i...
Do young people participate in politics? Some claim that young people are not as much involved in po...
Previous studies suggest that social media use among the youth is correlated with online and offline...
Purpose: The rise of online communication possibilities has revived the debate surrounding the impac...
In this article we apply a secondary analysis on the micro-data provided by the study 2,889 of the S...
The rise of online communication possibilities has revived the debate on the impact of media on poli...
Since the rise of the Internet, it is often claimed that it has the potential to contribute to the q...
The internet and social networking sites are changing politics in various ways, specifically in the ...
In the time since the rise of the Internet, it has often been claimed that it has the potential to c...
In the time since the rise of the Internet, it has often been claimed that it has the potential to c...
Although a growing number of studies are examining the relationship between Internet use and politic...
Does the Internet affect people’s voting behavior? Some scholars believe that the Internet will fund...