Young Citizens and New Media: Learning for Democratic Participation (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)

This book integrates four distinct topics: young people, citizenship, new media, and learning processes. When taken together, these four topics merge to define an arena of social and research attention that has become compelling in recent years. The general international concern expressed of declining democratic engagement and the role of citizenship today becomes all the more acute when it turns to younger people. At the same time, there is growing attention being paid to the potential of new media – especially internet and mobile telephony – to play a role in facilitating newer forms of political participation. It is clear that many of the present manifestations of ‘new politics’ in the extra parliamentarian domain, not only make sophisticated use of such media, but are indeed highly dependent on them. With an impressive array of contributors, this book will appeal to those interested in a number of spheres, including media and cultural studies, political science, pedagogy, and sociology. Introduction: Youth, Civic Engagement And Learning Via New Media / Peter Dahlgren -- Part I: Youth, Media And Democracy: Late Modern Landscapes. From Big Brother To Big Brother: Two Faces Of Interactive Engagement / Stephen Coleman -- Changing Life Courses, Citizenship, And New Media: The Impact Of Reflexive Biographization / Henk Vinken -- Civic Learning In Changing Democracies: Challenges For Citizenship And Civic Education / W. Lance Bennett -- Part Ii: Situating Young Citizens' Media Use. Young People's Identity Construction And Media Use: Democratic Participation In Germany And Austria / Uwe Hasebrink And Ingrid Paus Hasebrink -- Interactivity And Participation On The Internet: Young People's Response [to] The Civic Sphere / Sonia Livingstone -- Patterns Of Internet Use And Political Engagement Among Youth / Jo-ann Amadeo -- Finding A Global Voice? Migrant Children, New Media And The Limits Of Empowerment / David Buckingham And Liesbeth De Block -- Part Iii: Media, Engagement, And Daily Practices. Democratic Familyship And Negotiated Practices Of Ict Users / Maren Hartman, Nico Carpentier, And Bart Cammaerts -- An Indispensible Resource: The Internet And Young Civic Engagement / Tobias Olsson -- Mobile Monitoring: Questions Of Trust, Risk, And Democracy In Young Danes' Uses Of Mobile Phones / Gitte Stald -- Social Networks Of Young Political Activism And Cultural Practices / Dominique Cardon, Fabien Granjon, And Jean-philippe Heurtin. Edited By Peter Dahlgreen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: Youth, civic engagement and learning via new media PART I Youth, media, and democracy: Late modern landscapes 2 From big brother to Big Brother: Two faces of interactive engagement 3 Changing life courses, citizenship, and new media: The impact of reflexive biographization 4 Civic learning in changing democracies: Challenges for citizenship and civic education PART II Situating young citizens' media use 5 Young people's identity construction and media use: Democratic participation in Germany and Austria 6 Interactivity and participation on the internet: Young people's response the civic sphere 7 Patterns of Internet use and political engagement among youth 8 Finding a global voice? Migrant children, new media and the limits of empowerment PART III Media, engagement, and daily practices 9 Democratic familyship and negotiated practices of ICT users 10 An indispensable resource: The Internet and young civic engagement 11 Mobile monitoring: Questions of trust, risk, and democracy in young Danes' uses of mobile phones 12 Social networks of young political activism and cultural practices Contributors Index This title integrates four distinct topics: young people, citizenship, new media, and learning processes. When taken together, these four topics merge to define an arena of social and research attention that has become compelling in recent years This book integrates and bridges four distinct topics: young people, citizenship, new media, and learning processes.