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In searching for answers as to why young people differ vastly from
their parents and grandparents when it comes to turning out the
vote, A New Engagement challenges the conventional wisdom that
today's youth is plagued by a severe case of political apathy. In
order to understand the current
nature of citizen engagement, it is critical to separate political
from civic engagement. Using the results from an original set of
surveys and the authors' own primary research, they conclude that
while older citizens participate by voting, young people engage by
volunteering and being active in
their communities.
The new media environment has challenged the role of professional
journalists as the primary source of politically relevant
information. After Broadcast News puts this challenge into
historical context, arguing that it is the latest of several
critical moments, driven by economic, political, cultural, and
technological changes, in which the relationship among citizens,
political elites, and the media has been contested. Out of these
past moments, distinct media regimes eventually emerged, each with
its own seemingly natural rules and norms, and each the result of
political struggle with clear winners and losers. The media regime
in place for the latter half of the twentieth century has been
dismantled, but a new regime has yet to emerge. Assuring this
regime is a democratic one requires serious consideration of what
was most beneficial and most problematic about past regimes and
what is potentially most beneficial and most problematic about
today's new information environment.
The revolution in digital communications has altered the
relationship between citizens and political elites, with important
implications for democracy. As new information ecosystems have
evolved, as unforeseen examples of their positive and negative
consequences have emerged, and as theorizing, data, and research
methods have expanded and improved, the central question has
shifted from if the digital information environment is good or bad
for democratic politics to how and in what contexts particular
attributes of this environment are having an influence. It is only
through the careful analysis of specific cases that we can begin to
build a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the role of
digital media in democratic theory and practice. The essays in
Digital Media and Democratic Futures focus on a variety of
information and communication technologies, politically relevant
actors, substantive issues, and digital political practices, doing
so from distinct theoretical perspectives and methodological
approaches. Individually, each of these case studies provides deep
insights into the complex and context-dependent relationship
between media and democracy. Collectively, they show that there is
no single outcome for democracy in the digital age, only a range of
possible futures. Contributors: Rena Bivens, Michael X. Delli
Carpini, Jennifer Earl, Thomas Elliott, Deen Freelon, Kelly Gates,
Philip N. Howard, Daniel Kreiss, Ting Luo, Helen Nissenbaum, Beth
Simone Noveck, Jennifer Pan, Lisa Poggiali, Daniela Stockmann.
The new media environment has challenged the role of professional
journalists as the primary source of politically relevant
information. After Broadcast News puts this challenge into
historical context, arguing that it is the latest of several
critical moments, driven by economic, political, cultural, and
technological changes, in which the relationship among citizens,
political elites, and the media has been contested. Out of these
past moments, distinct media regimes eventually emerged, each with
its own seemingly natural rules and norms, and each the result of
political struggle with clear winners and losers. The media regime
in place for the latter half of the twentieth century has been
dismantled, but a new regime has yet to emerge. Assuring this
regime is a democratic one requires serious consideration of what
was most beneficial and most problematic about past regimes and
what is potentially most beneficial and most problematic about
today's new information environment.
In searching for answers as to why young people differ vastly from
their parents and grandparents when it comes to turning out the
vote, A New Engagement challenges the conventional wisdom that
today's youth is plagued by a severe case of political apathy. In
order to understand the current nature of citizen engagement, it is
critical to separate political from civic engagement. Using the
results from an original set of surveys and the authors' own
primary research, they conclude that while older citizens
participate by voting, young people engage by volunteering and
being active in their communities.
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