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Multistep Flow of Communication: Network Effects

    Sociology

  • 2017

The multistep flow paradigm describes the way media and interpersonal influence shape public opinion. Works in that tradition explore the diffusion of media messages and the complex patterns of

Digital Divide: Civic Engagement

The digital divide examines access and use of the Internet in 179 nations world-wide and outlines the theoretical debate between cyber-optimists who see the Internet as the great leveler and civic engagement model to explain patterns of participation via the Internet.