The Networked Young Citizen: Social Media, Political Participation and Civic Engagement

ISBN-13: 9781138019997 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 212 str.

Brian D. Loader; Ariadne Vromen; Michael A. Xenos

Opis

The future engagement of young citizens from a wide range of socio-economic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds in democratic politics remains a crucial concern for academics, policy-makers, civics teachers and youth workers around the world. At a time when the negative relationship between socio-economic inequality and levels of political participation is compounded by high youth unemployment or precarious employment in many countries, it is not surprising that new social media communications may be seen as a means to re-engage young citizens. This edited collection explores the influence of social media, such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, upon the participatory culture of young citizens.

Spis treści

 1. Introduction: The Networked Young Citizen: Social Media, Political Participation and Civic Engagement; Brian D. Loader, Ariadne Vromen and Michael Xenos. PART I: Political Culture, Socialization and Social Media Adoption. 2. The Great Equalizer? Patterns of Social Media Use and Youth Political Engagement; Michael Xenos, Ariadne Vromen and Brian D. Loader. 3. Spaces for Public Orientation? Longitudinal Effects of Internet Use in Adolescence; Mats Ekström, Tobias Olsson, and Adam Shehata. 4. Political Influence across Generations: Partisanship and Candidate Evaluations in the 2008 election; Emily Vraga, , Leticia Bode, Jung Hwan Yang, Stephanie Edgerly, Kjerstin Thorson, Chris Wells, and Dhavan V. Shah. 5. Young citizens and the fine art of disengaging online; Kjerstin Thorson. PART II: Civics and Citizenship Education. 6. Australian reflections on learning to be citizens in and with the social web; Suzanne Mellor. 7. Perceptions of students and teachers in England about how social media are used (and how they could be used) in schools and elsewhere; Ian Davies and Edda Sant. PART III: Agency, Mobilization and the Voice of the Young Citizen. 8. "The Outraged Young": Young Europeans, Civic Engagement and the Social Media in a Time of Crisis; James Sloam. 9. The Contribution of Websites and Blogs to the Students’ Protest Communication Tactics during the 2010 UK University Occupations; Yannis Theocharis