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This study is about new media, the crisis of democracy and political renewal. It asks: What is the political? How can we understand politics in a network age? Can we talk sensibly about generational change? Analysing four international case studies, this book gives an optimistic assessment of how digital media supports new forms of politics.

"This study is about new media, young people, the crisis of democracy and political renewal. It addresses a mixture of traditional and new questions: What is the political? How do we understand politics in a 'network age'? Can we talk sensibly about the concept of generation and generational change? Does democracy have a future? This book presents an optimistic assessment of how digital media supports new and distinctive forms of politics. Four case studies are offered: one of performance art and protest in Russia, another investigates new media campaigns to defend the rights to freedom of speech and copyright in America, one enquires into indigenous art and cartoons as politics in outback Australia and the last explores new forms of student action in schools and the university"--

The present article aims to analyze the contemporary political theories whichaffirm that the use of the new media - mainly the internet - for politics online would replacemore traditional means of democratic participation. Its scope is understanding the politicalmotivations of the individuals - primarily the youth - involved in these direct actions like theuse of DDoS, and also its criminalization by the State, indispensable to the understanding thisnew form of political activism. Keywords: Slacktivism; DDoS; Hacktivism; Cyberpolitics; Democratic Participation. ; El artículo busca analizar críticamente las nuevas teorías políticas que afirman que la uso de nuevos medios de comunicación, principalmente Internet, cuando se utiliza para hacer la política en línea, estaría reemplazando los medios tradicionales de participación. Su enfoque es comprender las motivaciones políticas de las personas, especialmente los jóvenes, que participan en acciones directas y también la criminalización de DDoS, que es fundamental para entender esta nueva forma de activismo. ; L'article cherche à analyser de manière critique les nouvelles théories politiques qui prétendent que l'utilisation de nouveaux moyens de communication - principalement Internet -, lorsqu'ils sont utilisés pour faire de la politique en ligne, remplacerait les moyens traditionnels de participation. Son objectif est de comprendre les motivations politiques des individus - en particulier les jeunes - engagés dans des actions directes ainsi que la criminalisation des DDoS, ce qui est essentiel pour comprendre cette nouvelle forme d'activisme. ; L'articolo cerca di analizzare criticamente le nuove teorie politiche che affermano che l'uso dei nuovi media, principalmente Internet, quando utilizzato per condurre la politica online, starebbe sostituendo i tradizionali mezzi di partecipazione. Il suo approccio è quello di comprendere le motivazioni politiche delle persone, soprattutto dei giovani, che partecipano ad azioni dirette e anche la criminalizzazione del DDoS, fondamentale per comprendere questa nuova forma di attivismo. ; O artigo procura analisar criticamente as novas teorias políticas que afirmam que o uso dos novos meios de comunicação - principalmente a internet -, quando usados para fazer política online, estariam a substituir os meios tradicionais de participação. O seu foco é entender as motivações políticas dos indivíduos - especialmente a juventude - engajados em ações diretas e também a criminalização do DDoS, imprescindível para compreender essa nova forma de ativismo.

New and emerging technologies are challenging certain long-standing ideas about work, education, play and even what it means to be human. The "digital revolution" is transforming not only unskilled work, it is now encroaching on many fields of professional practice and threatening the viability of traditional models of professionalism. Against a backdrop of considerable debate on youth work about the value of adopting the core elements of a profession, like a code of ethics or forming professional associations, youth workers now have the opportunity to think again about what it means to be a profession. This article suggests how the new and emerging technologies can play a major role in helping youth work develop new ways of being a profession while retaining its core commitment to enabling young people to flourish. This includes drawing on distributed innovation technologies to promote new decentralised forms of democratic, interactive and collaborative peer relations oriented to an ethos of subsidiarity.

This article establishes whether there is a case for revising traditional accounts of politics and the public sphere given the ways in which digital technology is now being used in Western and non-Western settings to engage people politically. The article presents a case for framing this inquiry in terms of imaginaries. It then argues for a new political imaginary which helps to specify what is required for deliberative democratic practice in a way that shifts us away from the dominant liberal-utilitarian political imaginary that currently informs the political value systems of most Western nations. Drawing on the work of key political theorists such as Habermas and Dahlgren, five propositions or conditions for deliberative practice are identified that can be used in empirical investigation to help determine the democratic capacity and potential of new political communication and civic spaces being opened by means of digital media. Adapted from the source document.

This article establishes whether there is a case for revising traditional accounts of politics and the public sphere given the ways in which digital technology is now being used in Western and non-Western settings to engage people politically. The article presents a case for framing this inquiry in terms of imaginaries. It then argues for a new political imaginary which helps to specify what is required for deliberative democratic practice in a way that shifts us away from the dominant liberal-utilitarian political imaginary that currently informs the political value systems of most Western nations. Drawing on the work of key political theorists such as Habermas and Dahlgren, five propositions or conditions for deliberative practice are identified that can be used in empirical investigation to help determine the democratic capacity and potential of new political communication and civic spaces being opened by means of digital media.