Data

Using the Internet for Civic Engagement

James Cook University
Petray, Theresa ; Halbert, Kelsey
Viewed: [[ro.stat.viewed]] Cited: [[ro.stat.cited]] Accessed: [[ro.stat.accessed]]
ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2FANDS&rft_id=https://researchdata.jcu.edu.au//published/b125b8e5b192459b3542d548c8a64dcb&rft.title=Using the Internet for Civic Engagement&rft.identifier=https://researchdata.jcu.edu.au//published/b125b8e5b192459b3542d548c8a64dcb&rft.publisher=James Cook University&rft.description=This data was collected by Kelsey Halbert and Theresa Petray as part of a 2011-12 research project on student engagement and online activism amongst students enrolled in subjects offered in the Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences. After visiting key classes to explain the project, an online questionnaire was emailed to students. The questionnaire included questions on students' level of involvement in political, recreational, cultural and interest-based activities in high school and in university, the extent to which they are concerned with social and political issues, and how much they feel they have learned about social and political issues in their degrees. We also asked about internet usage and the extent to which students use the internet for political purposes.&rft.creator=Petray, Theresa &rft.creator=Halbert, Kelsey &rft.date=2025&rft.relation=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1440783313504055&rft.coverage=146.75061687826,-19.334322783494 146.75061687826,-19.322011827843 146.76392063498,-19.322011827843 146.76392063498,-19.334322783494 146.75061687826,-19.334322783494&rft.coverage=James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia&rft_rights=&rft_rights=CC BY-NC: Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 AU http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/au&rft_subject=social change&rft_subject=agency&rft_subject=active citizenship&rft_subject=social media&rft_subject=higher education&rft_subject=praxis&rft.type=dataset&rft.language=English Access the data
Cite Saved to MyRDA Save to MyRDA

Licence & Rights:

Non-Commercial Licence view details
CC-BY-NC

CC BY-NC: Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 AU
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/au

Access:

Open view details

Open: free access under license

Full description

This data was collected by Kelsey Halbert and Theresa Petray as part of a 2011-12 research project on student engagement and online activism amongst students enrolled in subjects offered in the Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences. After visiting key classes to explain the project, an online questionnaire was emailed to students. The questionnaire included questions on students' level of involvement in political, recreational, cultural and interest-based activities in high school and in university, the extent to which they are concerned with social and political issues, and how much they feel they have learned about social and political issues in their degrees. We also asked about internet usage and the extent to which students use the internet for political purposes.

Created: 2011

This dataset is part of a larger collection

Click to explore relationships graph
Help

Related Publications

Related People

146.75062,-19.33432 146.75062,-19.32201 146.76392,-19.32201 146.76392,-19.33432 146.75062,-19.33432

146.75726875662,-19.328167305669

text: James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Subjects
active citizenship | agency | higher education | praxis | social change | social media |

User Contributed Tags    

Login to tag this record with meaningful keywords to make it easier to discover

Identifiers
  • Local : researchdata.jcu.edu.au//published/b125b8e5b192459b3542d548c8a64dcb
  • Local : c2b970a599de7e4d1f896500cac5f973
See more Cultures and Communities data