Young citizens and new media : learning for democratic participation / edited by Peter Dahlgreen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : youth, civic engagement and learning via new media / Peter Dahlgren -- Pt. I. Youth, media, and democracy : late modern landscapes -- 2. From big brother to Big Brother : two faces of interactive engagement / Stephen Coleman -- 3. Changing life courses, citizenship, and new media : the impact of reflexive biographization / Henk Vinken -- 4. Civic learning in changing democracies : challenges for citizenship and civic education / W. Lance Bennett -- Pt. II. Situating young citizens' media use -- 5. Young people's identity construction and media use : democratic participation in Germany and Austria / Uwe Hasebrink and Ingrid Paus Hasebrink -- 6. Interactivity and participation on the internet : young people's response the civic sphere / Sonia Livingstone -- 7. Patterns of Internet use and political engagement among youth / Jo-Ann Amadeo -- 8. Finding a global voice? : migrant children, new media and the limits of empowerment / David Buckingham and Liesbeth De Block -- Pt. III. Media, engagement, and daily practices -- 9. Democratic familyship and negotiated practices of ICT users / Maren Hartmann, Nico Carpentier and Bart Cammaerts -- 10. An indispensable resource : the Internet and young civic engagement / Tobias Olsson -- 11. Mobile monitoring : questions of trust, risk, and democracy in young Danes' uses of mobile phones / Gitte Stald -- 12. Social networks of young political activism and cultural practices / Dominique Cardon, Fabien Granjon and Jean-Philippe Heurtin.