Civic life online : learning how digital media can engage youth / edited by W. Lance Bennett.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bennett, W. Lance
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2008], ©2008.
Series:John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning.
Subjects:
Youth > Political activity.
Political participation.
Mass media and youth.
Digital media > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource--All users (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press)
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 206 pages) : illustrations.
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Changing citizenship in the digital age / W. Lance Bennett
  • Youth and digital democracy : intersections of practice, policy, and the marketplace / Kathryn C. Montgomery
  • Not your father's Internet : the generation gap in online politics / Michael Xenos & Kirsten Foot
  • Contesting cultural control : youth culture and online petitioning / Jennifer Earl & Alan Schussman
  • Using participatory media and public voice to encourage civic engagement / Howard Rheingold
  • A public voice for youth : the audience problem in digital media and civic education / Peter Levine
  • Civic identities, online technologies : from designing civics curriculum to supporting civic experiences / Marina Umaschi Bers
  • Our-space : online civic engagement tools for youth / Kate Raynes-Goldie & Luke Walker
  • Doing IT for themselves : management versus autonomy in youth e-citizenship / Stephen Coleman.