January 6, 2015
An earlier investigation of civically engaged youth’s online civic expression, conducted by the authors, revealed that most youth expressed their off-line civic views in their online lives. But do youth change their online civic expression over time? If so, how and why? A follow-up study of the original participants about two years later provides a longitudinal perspective on online civic expression.
WEINSTEIN, Emily C.; RUNDLE, Margaret; JAMES, Carrie. A Hush Falls Over the Crowd: Diminished Online Civic Expression Among Young Civic Actors. International Journal of Communication, [S.l.], v. 9, p. 23, jan. 2015. ISSN 1932-8036.