Young Canadians in the 2008 Federal Election Campaign: Using Facebook to Probe Perceptions of Citizenship and Participation

The gradual withdrawal of young voters from the active electorate is one of the strongest and most important factors in accounting for declining voter turnout in Canada and other western democracies. Because qualitative approaches may be better able to probe the reasons underlying these changing val...

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Published in:	Canadian journal of political science 2011-12, Vol.44 (4), p.859-881
Main Authors:	Goodman, Nicole, Bastedo, Heather, LeDuc, Lawrence, Pammett, Jon H.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Accounting Attitudes Canada Citizen participation Citizenship Civic duty Cohort analysis Data collection Democratic countries Elections Electoral campaigning Facebook Federal states Internet Mass media Obligation Obligations Party politics Perceptions Political attitude change Political attitudes Political Campaigns Political elections Political factors Political science Quadrants Qualitative analysis Research methods Responsibility Social acceptance Social media Social networks Social perception Values Voter behavior Voter Turnout Voters Voting Voting abstentionism Voting behavior Voting turnout Young adults Youth Youth and politics Youth culture
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