Civic Engagement Among Older Chinese Internet Users

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  • Bo Xie
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424 Manuscript received: July 11, 2007; final revision received: November 21, 2007; accepted: November 25, 2007. Author’s Note: This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0431373. The author would like to thank Kim Fortun, Ken Fleischmann, two anonymous reviewers, and the editor for their constructive comments on earlier versions of this manuscript. Please send correspondence to Bo Xie at [email protected]. Civic Engagement Among Older Chinese Internet Users

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تاریخ انتشار 2011