Young activists, political horizons, and the Internet: adapting the net to one's puroses
Author
Editor
- Brian Loader
Summary, in English
Based on a series of interviews with young activists working in both parliamentarian and extra-parliamentarian contexts, this chapter underscores that political purposes steer the use of communication technology. This is an explicit position gainst technological determinism. The two different categories of activists generated two different kinds of civic cultures.
Department/s
Publishing year
2007
Language
English
Pages
68-81
Publication/Series
Young Citizens in the Digital Age: Political Engagement, Young People and New Media
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Routledge
Topic
- Media and Communications
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-0-415-40912-4