Youth
as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital Generation
By Kathryn Montgomery, Ph.D., Barbara
Gottlieb-Robles and Gary Larson, Ph.D.
Primary funding by Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning
and Engagement (CIRCLE)
Youth
as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital Generation provides
a groundbreaking overview of Web-based efforts to increase youth
civic engagement. Beginning with a close-up examination of website
content, the report also examines the organizations and institutions
creating that content, and the larger environment in which civic
sites function. The full report offers:
--Case studies of high-profile sites' strategies
for launch, visibility and funding; the online response to 9/11;
and online youth activism.
--Discussion of the potential that websites offer to build lasting
habits of civic involvement.
--Current developments in technology, regulation and law that
raise urgent questions about the viability of the civic Web.
In addition, the project has created an online showcase
of top youth civic websites. To see how they use the Internet to
facilitate civic involvement and learning, take the Online
Tour!
Youth as
E-Citizens was initiated by the Center for Media Education.
With the closing of the Center in the fall of 2003, the project
joined the Center for Social Media. Initial funding for this multi-year
research project was provided by the Center
for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).
The Ford Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Packard Foundation,
and the Surdna Foundation also provided critical support.
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