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

This book offers theoretical reflections on information and communication technology (ICT), specifically, the internet’s civic potential: analyses of policy concerns connected to its development, and case studies of civic websites as well as young people’s everyday Web practices. According to the authors, the chapters in this book seek to analyse rather than mythologise the internet’s political implications for young people.

Contents

• Foreword
  
• Introduction - Tobias Olsson, Peter Dahlgren
  
• Part I Theories
  1.  Re-imagining Democracy. New Media, Young People, Participation and Politics - Natalie Fenton
     
  2. Purchasing or Protesting? Expanding the Notion of the (Online) Citizen Consumer - Janelle Ward
     
  3. The Reception of the 'Produsers' Films on a Participatory Website. Ordinary Young People and the Politics of Banality - Nico Carpentier
     
•  Part II Policies Making
  1. Citizens Online. From Virtual Boyscouts to Activist Networks - Stephen Coleman
     
  2. As the World Spunks. Does Internet Help to Transform Youth Journalism? - Linda Duits, Liesbet van Zoonen, Fadi Hirzalla
     
  3. Media Literacy/Competence, Participation and Youth. Conceptual Reflections 2.0 - Maren Hartmann
     
• Part III Identities and Practices
  1. The Internet and Subactivism. Cultivating Young Citizenship in Everyday Life - Maria Bakardjieva
     
  2. Everyday Life and the Internet in Diaspora Families. Girls Tell their Stories - Ingegerd Rydin, Ulrika Sjöberg
     
  3. Young Political E-partners of Turkey - Asli Telli Aydemir, Bilge Selen Apak
     
•  Part IV Websites
  1. Spectators, Visitors and Actors. Addressing Young Citizens in Politics Online - Ulf Buskqvist
     
  2. Young Men, ICTs and Sports. Fan Cultures and Civic Cultures - Anders Svensson
     
  3. Invited but Ignored - Fredrik Miegel, Tobias Olsson