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Building and Connecting to Online Communities for Action: Young People, ICT and Everyday Politics

Building and Connecting to Online Communities for Action: Young People, ICT and Everyday Politics

Philippa Collin
Copyright: © 2010 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 18
ISSN: 1947-9131|EISSN: 1947-914X|EISBN13: 9781609609665|DOI: 10.4018/jep.2010070101
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Collin, Philippa. "Building and Connecting to Online Communities for Action: Young People, ICT and Everyday Politics." IJEP vol.1, no.3 2010: pp.1-18. http://doi.org/10.4018/jep.2010070101

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Collin, P. (2010). Building and Connecting to Online Communities for Action: Young People, ICT and Everyday Politics. International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP), 1(3), 1-18. http://doi.org/10.4018/jep.2010070101

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Collin, Philippa. "Building and Connecting to Online Communities for Action: Young People, ICT and Everyday Politics," International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) 1, no.3: 1-18. http://doi.org/10.4018/jep.2010070101

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Abstract

Young people are using information communication technologies (ICT) for new forms of political participation. At the same time, government and non-government organisations are looking to the internet to implement policies designed to engage young people in democracy. This raises the question of what forms of e-citizenship are being imposed on young people and are these same forms being pursued by young people themselves? Coleman (2008) has suggested that programs tend to promote autonomous or managed forms and argues for a ‘productive convergence’ that can facilitate democratic e-citizenship. Using original research, this article presents two case studies of such a ‘productive convergence’ and argues that what is particularly powerful in such e-citizenship programs is that they facilitate young people’s connection to existing networks as well as the building of new communities for action. This article presents a critical analysis of how organisations and young people in Australia and the United Kingdom view and use the internet for participation and considers the extent to which there is increased democratising potential in these e-citizenship programs.

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