Rethinking (children’s and young people’s) citizenship through dialogues on digital practice

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Abstract

Over the last decade, the concept of ‘digital citizenship’ has begun to supplant ‘cybersafety’ as a critical pillar of policy and programmes pertaining to the use of online and networked media. We argue here that coupling ‘citizenship’ with ‘the digital’ is a move brimming with promise for rethinking citizenship through the digital. And yet, this potential has gone largely unnoticed and untapped. Over the last decade, the concept of ‘digital citizenship’ has begun to supplant ‘cybersafety’ as a critical pillar of policy and programmes pertaining to the use of online and networked media. We argue here that coupling ‘citizenship’ with ‘the digital’ is a move brimming with promise for rethinking citizenship through the digital. And yet, this potential has gone largely unnoticed and untapped.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNegotiating Digital Citizenship: Control, Contest and Culture
EditorsAnthony McCosker, Sonja Vivienne, Amelia Johns
Place of PublicationU.K.
PublisherRowman & Littlefield
Pages41-59
Number of pages20
ISBN (Print)9781783488889
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • citizenship
  • cybersafety
  • mass media
  • social media
  • youth
  • Australia

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