#youthaction : becoming political in the digital age

• Other Authors: Kirshner, Benjamin (Editor), Middaugh, Ellen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2015.
• Series: Adolescence and education.
• Subjects: Information society > Political aspects.; Social media > Political aspects.; Political participation > Technological innovations.; Youth > Political activity.; Technology & Engineering > Social Aspects.; Political activism > Political engagement.; Impact of science and technology on society.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806612048
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-797-0
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 217 pages)

Social media and digital tools permeate the everyday lives of young people. In the early stages of commentary about the impact of the digital age on civic life, debates revolved around whether the Internet enhanced or discouraged civic and political action. Since then we have seen new media move to...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Biko Baker
• 1. Educating powerful citizens in a changing world / Ellen Middaugh and Ben Kirshner
• 2. And the weapon of choice was / McCrae Adams Parker
• 3. Phones aren't smart until you tell them what to do / Elisabeth Soep
• 4. Leveraging new media and youths' repertoires of practice toward connected learning / Kris D. Gutiérrez, Althea Scott Nixon, and Jevon D. Hunter
• 5. Compugirls speak: How we use social media for social movements / Mitzi Vilchis, Kimberly A. Scott, and Courtney Besaw
• 6. Son enough: Developing girls' agency in India across domestic and civic spheres through feminist media practice / Glynda Hull, Mark Jury, and Urvashi Sahni
• 7. Lost, sweaty, and engaged in dialogue: The civic opportunities of geospatial play / Antero Garcia and Ellen Middaugh
• 8. Dialogue across difference: A case study of facing history and ourselves' digital media innovation network / Justin Reich, Anna L. Romer, and Dennis Barr
• 9. Blogging as civic engagement: Developing a sense of authority and audience in an urban public school classroom / Katherine Schultz, Erica Hodgin, and Johanna Paraiso
• 10. The making of a global citizen: A model of supporting civic learning opportunities among urban latino youth / Brendesha M. Tynes and Vanessa Monterosa
• 11. Politically engaged and alienated youth: Reevaluating 2010 uk student protests / Allen L. Linton
• 12. Sustaining innovation: Lessons for digitally mediated civic education / Ellen Middaugh.