From voice to influence : understanding citizenship in a digital age /

From voice to influence : understanding citizenship in a digital age / edited by Danielle Allen and Jennifer S. Light. - 1 online resource (390 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Danielle Allen and Jennifer S. Light -- Toward participatory politics. Putting our conversation in context: youth, old media, and political participation 1800-1971 / Jennifer S. Light ; Youth, new media, and the rise of participatory politics / Joseph Kahne, Ellen Middaugh, and Danielle Allen -- Participation up close: case studies. Impure dissent: hip hop and the political ethics of marginalized black urban youth / Tommie Shelby ; "Undocumented, unafraid, and unapologetic": DREAM activists, immigrant politics, and the queering of democracy / Cristina Beltran ; The dangers of transparent friends: crossing the public and intimate spheres / Wendy Chun -- Participation out far: concepts and mechanisms. Cute cats to the rescue? participatory media and political expression / Ethan Zuckerman ; Viral engagement: fast, cheap, and broad, but good for democracy? / Archon Fung and Jennifer Shkabatur ; Reconceiving public spheres: the flow dynamics model / Danielle Allen -- Participatory vistas. Pursuing cognitive democracy / Henry Farrell and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi ; Reclaiming disinterestedness for the digital era / Howard Gardner ; Achieving rooted cosmopolitanism in a digital age / Angel Parham and Danielle Allen ; Acting politically in a digital age / Noelle McCafee -- Conclusion / Danielle Allen and Jennifer S. Light.

9780226262437 (e-book)


Digital media--Political aspects--United States.
Political participation--United States.
Social media--United States.
Youth--Political activity--United States.


Electronic books.

P95.82.U6 / F76 2015

302.230973