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This volume shows the implications of new technological advances with respect to the possibilities, patterns and mechanisms for citizen communication, citizen deliberation, public sphere and civic engagement.
List of contents
PART I
Reconceptualizing Citizenship
1. Sampling from the civic buffet: Youth, new media and do-it-yourself citizenship
Kjerstin Thorson
2. Buying in or tuning out: The role of consumption in politically active young adults
Lucy Atkinson
3. Civic Engagement of Youths during their Transition to Adulthood
Roseanne Scholl
4. Social Media and Youth Participation in Singapore
Marko Skoric
5. Social media and their impact on civic participation
Homero Gil de Zúñiga & Saif Shahin
PART II
New Publics and Citizenship
6. Egocentric publics and perceptions of the worlds around us
Hernando Rojas
7. Internet, Ego-Centric Publics and Extremism
Magdalena Wojcieszak
8. In Search of Cognitive Complexity in the Contemporary Public Sphere
Jennifer Brundidge
9. Effects of Online Political Messages on their Senders: Conceptual Tools and Research Directions
Ray Pingree
PART III
Structure of Citizenship
10. ‘Click here to take action’: Action repertoires of youth civic organizations and the changing nature of civic participation
Chris Wells
11. Engaging Audiences via Online News Sites
Natalie (Talia) Jomini Stroud, Ashley Muddiman & Joshua Scacco
12. Personalization and the Future of News
Matt Hindman
Epilogue
13. What's Next? Three Challenges for the Future of Political Communication Research
Bruce Bimber
About the author
Homero Gil de Zúñiga is associate professor at University of Texas – Austin, where he heads the Community, Journalism and Communication Research (CJCR) unit within the School of Journalism.
Summary
This volume shows the implications of new technological advances with respect to the possibilities, patterns and mechanisms for citizen communication, citizen deliberation, public sphere and civic engagement.
