This "Youth as E-Citizens" Online Tour is the digital piece of a much larger
research project. After touring this website, we invite you to read the project report -- "Youth
as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital Generation" -- available above as a searchable PDF file.
"Youth as E-Citizens" provides a groundbreaking overview of Web-based civic efforts, by and for youth.
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.
"Youth as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital Generation" 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 at
American University in Washington, DC. 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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