Analyzing youth digital participation: aims, actors, contexts and intensities

Literat, Ioana, Kligler-Vilenchik, Neta, Brough, Melissa and Blum-Ross, Alicia (2018) Analyzing youth digital participation: aims, actors, contexts and intensities. Information Society, 34 (4). pp. 261-273. ISSN 0197-2243

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Abstract

Participation is often used as a blanket term that is uncritically celebrated; this is particularly true in the case of youth digital participation. In this article, we propose a youth-focused analytical framework, applicable to a wide variety of youth digital participation projects, which can help facilitate a more nuanced understanding of these participatory practices. This framework analyzes the aims envisioned for youth participation, the actors and contexts of these activities, and the variable levels of participatory intensity, in order to more accurately assess the forms and outcomes of youth digital participation. We demonstrate the value of this framework by applying it to two contemporary cases of digital youth participation: an informal online community (Nerdfighters) and a formalized educational initiative (CyberPatriot). Such analyses facilitate normative assessments of youth digital participation, which enable us to better assess what participation is good for, and for whom.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/utis20/current
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Authors
Divisions:	Media and Communications
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited:	18 Apr 2018 13:04
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 21:36
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/87522

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