Good News for the Future? Young People, Internet Use, and Political Participation

T. Bakker; C. D. Vreese

DOI:10.1177/0093650210381738

Corpus ID: 206437627

Good News for the Future? Young People, Internet Use, and Political Participation

@article{Bakker2011GoodNF,
  title={Good News for the Future? Young People, Internet Use, and Political Participation},
  author={T. Bakker and C. D. Vreese},
  journal={Communication Research},
  year={2011},
  volume={38},
  pages={451 - 470}
}

T. Bakker, C. D. Vreese

Published 2011

Computer Science, Psychology

Communication Research

The role of traditional media and the Internet in relation to young people’s political participation has attracted a great deal of scholarly attention. Starting from a notion of differential media use and an encompassing notion of political participation, this article tests the relationships between media use (newspaper, television, and Internet) and offline and online forms of political participation. Findings from a national survey (n = 2,409, age 16 to 24) reveal that a variety of Internet… CONTINUE READING

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