GoodWork Paper 50: Engagement 2.0? How the New Digital Media can Invigorate Civic Engagement (PDF)

GoodWork Paper 50: Engagement 2.0? How the New Digital Media can Invigorate Civic Engagement (PDF)
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Author(s): Lindsay Pettingill

Editor(s): Howard Gardner, Series Editor

Media: PDF

Description: I explore the relationship between civic engagement and democratic practice. I suggest that the traditional model of civic engagement does not capture the distinctive engagement of many young people today and is limited in three crucial ways: an inflexible model of organizational commitment, an antiquated understanding of contemporary group membership, and the assumption that nearly all forms of engagement are equal in the sense of efficacy that they convey to participants. A new model inspired by participatory culture is necessary. A contemporary model of civic engagement, Engagement 2.0, suggests that the NDM represents a new space for political change—a space that has been overlooked by many political scientists.



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