This article examines the role of the Internet as a source of political information and a sphere for public expression. Informational media use, whether traditional news sources or online public affairs content, is expected to foster interpersonal political discussion and online civic messaging, contributing to increased civic participation. Using two-wave national panel survey data, three type...

this article intends to analyze women's political participation in municipal centers in isfahan province. in the article, one of the basic propositions of the exchange theory regarding the women political participation is examined. according to this proposition, the more valuable a reward is for a deed, the more probably the deed will be carried out. the method for this research was survey...

" We have spoken to many people in this country [X], and they have all described themselves in different ways. Some people describe themselves in terms of their language, religion, and race, and others describe themselves in economic terms, such as working class, middle class, or farmer. Besides being [a citizen of X], which specific group do you feel you belong to first and foremost? " 1 What ...

Political communication researchers have devoted a great deal of attention to the role of political advertising, the Internet, and political discussion in civic and political life. In this article, we integrate and extend this research by developing a campaign communication mediation model of civic and campaign participation. Two data sets are merged for this inquiry: (a) content-coded ad-buy d...

This paper consists in a preliminary study as part of PIDOP (Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation), project involving eight European countries (Portugal, Germany, Turkey, Czech Republic, Sweden, Italy, Belgium and United Kingdom). The main goal of the study is to provide an understanding of civic and political participation of young people in Portugal. The concept of “po...