The Networked Young Citizen: Social Media, Political Participation And Civic Engagement (Routledge Studies In Global Information, Politics And Society)

This collection, comprising contributions from a number of leading international scholars in this field, examines such themes as the possible effects of social media use upon patterns of political socialization; the potential of social media to ameliorate young people's political inequality; the role of social media communications for enhancing the civic education curriculum; and evidence for social media manifesting new forms of political engagement and participation by young citizens.

• • Author: Brian Loader, Ariadne Vromen, Michael Andrew Xenos
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Jun 13, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 212 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1138019992
• • ISBN-13: 9781138019997