Various academic papers consider the ways in which new technologies may be connecting to issues such as youth participation, youth information - especially in terms of political education - and youth political activism. In attempting to draw together some of the themes from the five papers published, contributor Sonia Livingstone makes a couple of telling points.
First, she notes the "explosion" of initiatives - from governments, industry, youth organisations and social activists - seeking to address young people's assumed political apathy by tapping into their equally presumed enthusiasm for the internet. She adds: "Much of this is motivated by the undoubted irony that, over the past half- century, youth participation has declined at the same time as youth rights to participate have gained recognition."
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