Young People ICTs and Democracy : Theories, Policies, Identities and Websites

• The rhetoric on the Internet and its potential implications for the sphere of politics have been especially pertinent in regard to young people. Through the use of notions such as ”the e-generation” or ”the messenger generation”, the new ICT’s supposed transformative potential has been identified and discussed. Just based on the title of this book, it might seem as if we are offering a similar approach here – speculative reflections on the significance of the Internet for young people’s engagement and participation. However, the reader expecting discussions on how the various generations of the Web have turned the political and democratic world upside down will be disappointed. What this book offers instead are theoretical reflections on the Internet’s civic potential: analyses of policy concerns connected to its development, and elusive case studies of civic websites as well as young people’s everyday Web practices. Basically, the chapters in this book seek to analyze rather than mythologize the Internet’s political implications for young people Following articles are included: Tobias Olsson and Peter Dahlgren: Introduction, Natalie Fenton: Re-imagining Democracy. New Media, Young People, Participation and Politics, Janelle Ward: Purchasing or Protesting? Expanding the Notion of the (Online) Citizen Consumer, Nico Carpentier: The Reception of the “Produsers’” Films on a Participatory Website. Ordinary Young People and the Politics of Banality, Stephen Coleman: Making Citizens Online. From Virtual Boyscouts to Activist Networks, Linda Duits, Liesbet van Zoonen and Fadi Hirzalla: the World Spunks. Does Internet Help to Transform Youth Journalism?, Maren Hartmann: Media Literacy/Competence, Participation and Youth. Conceptual Reflections 2.0, Maria Bakardjieva: The Internet and Subactivism. Cultivating Young Citizenship in Everyday Life, Ingegerd Rydin and Ulrika Sjöberg: Everyday Life and the Internet in Diaspora Families. Girls Tell their Stories, Asli Telli Aydemir and Bilge Selen Apak: Young Political E-partners of Turkey, Ulf Buskqvist: Spectators, Visitors and Actors. Addressing Young Citizens in Politics Online, Anders Svensson: Young Men, ICTs and Sports. Fan Cultures and Civic Cultures, and Fredrik Miegel and Tobias Olsson: Invited but Ignored. How www.ungtval.se Aimed to Foster but Failed to Promote Young Engagement.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Media and Communications (hsv//eng)

Keyword

youth

ICT

democracy

internet

new media

participation

politics

films

media literacy

Media and communication studies

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

sam (subject category)