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Author: Brian D. Loader (University of York, UK) ,
Ariadne Vromen (University of Sydney, Australia) ,
Michael Xenos (University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781138781146
ISBN 10: 1138781142
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 14 July 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'This comprehensive collection of studies on networked citizenship covers changes in civic orientations, patterns of media use, modes of participation and organization, socialization and citizenship education, and the emergence of large scale protest. It is the new sourcebook for the field.' - W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington, Seattle 'The growing disconnect between young people and mainstream politics has been emerging as a central motif in the ongoing dilemmas of democracy, yet has all too often been framed by easy generalisations. This impressive volume charts a much more nuanced course; it rigorously probes the idea of 'the networked young citizen' both conceptually and empirically. The chapters explore the role of social media in relation to the other key factors that shape young people's evolving political horizons - and in so doing establish a new frontline in our understanding.' - Peter Dahlgren, Lund University, Sweden 'The contributors represent a wide array of disciplines, methodologies, and nationalities, providing the book a degree of diversity that is compatible with its underlying claim: younger generations engage politics and society as a function of semantic rather than physical proximity. This is echoed by contemporaries such as Malcolm Gladwell (who argues against socially primitive reliance on space and time) and Jakob Nielsen. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.' - N. D. Bowman, West Virginia University, CHOICE
Stemming from discussions at the 2013 International Communication Association meeting in London, these nine essays discuss the possibilities and potentialities that social and digital media-technologies fostering a sense of networked individualism, borrowing from Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman's Networked (CH, Dec'12, 50-2385)-have for how younger generations are engaging political and social systems in the 21st century. The contributors represent a wide array of disciplines, methodologies, and nationalities, providing the book a degree of diversity that is compatible with its underlying claim: younger generations engage politics and society as a function of semantic rather than physical proximity. This is echoed by contemporaries such as Malcolm Gladwell (who argues against socially primitive reliance on space and time) and Jakob Nielsen (who suggests that digital media can help close empowerment divides between information haves and have-nots). The contributions take the form of journal articles, which limits their audience (casual readers will find the material difficult), and much of the data are static interpretations of current patterns, a by-product of the temporal nature of generational work. On the other hand, the volume serves as good orientation, and the essays will serve as source material for those interested in the intersections of technology, youth, and politics. --N. D. Bowman, West Virginia University
Author Information
Brian D. Loader is Associate-Director of the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU) based at the University of York, UK. His academic interests are focussed around the emergence of new information and communications technologies (ICTs), such as the Internet, and the social, political and economic factors shaping their development and diffusion, and their implications for social, economic, governmental and cultural change. He is General Editor of the international journal Information, Communication and Society and has published extensively in this field. Recent books include Cyberprotest:New Media, Citizens and Social Movements, (Routledge, 2004); Young Citizens in the Digital Age (Routledge, 2007); Digital Welfare for the Third Age (Routledge, 2008). Ariadne Vromen is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, in Australia. She has ongoing research interests in political participation, including on young people, politics and the internet. Michael Xenos is Associate Professor of Communication Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. His research focuses on how the context and content of political communication influences the quality of democratic deliberation, public opinion, and civic engagement. He is particularly interested in how different aspects of political information environments affect processes of opinion formation and civic engagement. Some of his recent projects have explored how factors such as campaign intensity, negative campaigning, new communication technologies, and new sources of political information like late-night comedy and youth political websites, enable or constrain democratic citizenship.
