Behind Their Screens by Emily Weinstein & Carrie James

Author:Emily Weinstein & Carrie James [Weinstein, Emily & James, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adolescents; adolescence; digital; social media; digital well-being; sexting; online privacy; digital citizenship; technology; teens
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2022-07-27T00:00:00+00:00

Youth and Participatory Politics: New Powers, New Puzzles

One need not look far to find inspiring examples of how young people leverage digital tools for voice and influence. You may think of Greta Thunberg: the teen climate change activist named TIME magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year and who, at the time of this writing, has five million-plus Twitter followers. But Thunberg has plenty of company from smaller players who are engineering big impacts. Examples of digital activism aimed at protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) offer an illustrative case (see the “‘Give the Animals and People a Voice!!!’” box).

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