Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

An investigation of how governments, organizations, and groups use the Internet to promote civic and political engagement among young people. There has been widespread concern in contemporary Western societies about declining engagement in civic life; people are less inclined to vote, to join political parties, to campaign for social causes, or to trust political processes. Young people in particular are frequently described as alienated or apathetic. Some have looked optimistically to new media--and particularly the Internet--as a means of revitalizing civic life and democracy. Governments, political parties, charities, NGOs, activists, religious and ethnic groups, and grassroots organizations have created a range of youth-oriented websites that encourage widely divergent forms of civic engagement and use varying degrees of interactivity. But are young people really apathetic and lacking in motivation? Does the Internet have the power to re-engage those disenchanted with politics and civic life? Based on a major research project funded by the European Commission, this book attempts to understand the role of the Internet in promoting young people's participation. Examples are drawn from Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom--countries offering contrasting political systems and cultural contexts. The book also addresses broader questions about the meaning of civic engagement, the nature of new forms of participation, and their implications for the future of civic life.

Youth --- Internet and youth. --- Internet --- Political activity. --- Political aspects. --- Youth and the Internet --- Politics and young people --- Youth in politics --- INFORMATION SCIENCE/Internet Studies --- DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/General --- SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

An examination of youth Internet safety as a technology of governance, seen in panics over online pornography, predators, bullying, and reputation management.

Internet and youth. --- Internet --- Computer crimes --- 433.5 --- veilig internet --- Youth and the Internet --- Youth --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Prevention. --- Audiovisuele opvoeding --- Jeunes internautes --- Aspect social --- Jeunes internautes. --- Aspect social. --- Internet and youth --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Social aspects --- Prevention

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

How young people think about the moral and ethical dilemmas they encounter when they share and use online content and participate in online communities. "Drawing on extensive interviews with young people between the ages of 10 and 25, James describes the nature of their thinking about privacy, property, and participation online. She identifies three ways that young people approach online activities. A teen might practice self-focused thinking, concerned mostly about consequences for herself; moral thinking, concerned about the consequences for people he knows; or ethical thinking, concerned about unknown individuals and larger communities. James finds, among other things, that youth are often blind to moral or ethical concerns about privacy; that attitudes toward property range from "what's theirs is theirs" to "free for all"; that hostile speech can be met with a belief that online content is "just a joke"; and that adults who are consulted about such dilemmas often emphasize personal safety issues over online ethics and citizenship. Considering ways to address the digital ethics gap, James offers a vision of conscientious connectivity, which involves ethical thinking skills but, perhaps more important, is marked by sensitivity to the dilemmas posed by online life, a motivation to wrestle with them, and a sense of moral agency that supports socially positive online actions."--Publisher's description.

Internet -- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Internet and youth. --- Parental influences. --- Internet and youth --- Internet --- Parental influences --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- Child & Youth Development --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Influences, Parental --- Youth and the Internet --- Influence (Psychology) --- Parent and child --- Youth --- Jeunes internautes --- Aspect moral --- Internet et jeunesse --- Parents --- Influence --- Jeunes internautes. --- Aspect moral. --- EDUCATION/General --- DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/Social Media & Networking --- PHILOSOPHY/Ethics & Bioethics

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

An examination of the mix of face-to-face and digital methods that young people use in their experiments with civic engagement.

Youth --- Political participation --- Internet and youth --- Community leadership. --- #SBIB:324H60 --- #SBIB:309H103 --- #SBIB:309H271 --- Community life --- Community power --- Leadership --- Youth and the Internet --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Politics and young people --- Youth in politics --- Political activity. --- Technological innovations. --- Political aspects. --- Politieke socialisatie --- Mediatechnologie / ICT / digitale media: sociale en culturele aspecten --- Politieke communicatie: toepassingsgebieden --- Community leadership --- Political aspects --- Technological innovations --- EDUCATION/Digital Media & Learning --- EDUCATION/General --- SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General --- Impact of science and technology on society --- Philosophy and theory of education

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Overview: How well do children navigate the ocean of information that is available online? The enormous variety of Web-based resources represents both opportunities and challenges for Internet-savvy kids, offering extraordinary potential for learning and social connection but little guidance on assessing the reliability of online information. This book reports on the first large-scale survey to examine children's online information-seeking strategies and their beliefs about the credibility of that information. This Web-based survey of 2,747 children, ages 11 to 18 (and their parents), confirms children's heavy reliance on the Internet. They are concerned about the credibility of online information, but 89 percent believe that "some" to "a lot" of it is believable; and, choosing among several options, they rate the Internet as the most believable information source for entertainment, commercial products, and schoolwork (more credible than books for papers or projects). Most have more faith information found on Wikipedia more than they say others should; and they consider an article on the Web site of Encyclopedia Britannica more believable than the identical article found on Wikipedia. Other findings show that children are appropriately skeptical of trusting strangers they meet online, but not skeptical enough about entertainment and health information found online. Older kids are more rigorous in their assessment of online information than younger ones; younger children are less analytical and more likely to be fooled.

Mass media and youth --- Internet and youth --- Digital media --- Electronic information resources --- Information behavior --- Truthfulness and falsehood --- Médias et jeunesse --- Internet et jeunesse --- Médias numériques --- Sources d'information électroniques --- Comportement dans la recherche de l'information --- Mensonge --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- Internet and youth - United States. --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- Child & Youth Development --- Médias et jeunesse --- Médias numériques --- Sources d'information électroniques --- Believability --- Credibility --- Falsehood --- Lying --- Untruthfulness --- Information-seeking behavior --- Digital information resources --- Digital resources (Information resources) --- Electronic information sources --- Electronic resources (Information resources) --- Electronic media --- New media (Digital media) --- Youth and the Internet --- Reliability --- Truth --- Honesty --- Human behavior --- Information resources --- Mass media --- Digital communications --- Online journalism --- Youth --- EDUCATION/Digital Media & Learning --- INFORMATION SCIENCE/Internet Studies --- Post-truth --- Impact of science and technology on society --- Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)