report: youth online in the us

Report from the Center for Social Media, School of Communication at the American University.

Youth as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital Generation
By Kathryn Montgomery, Ph.D., Barbara
Gottlieb-Robles and
Gary Larson, Ph.D.

Youth as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital Generation provides a groundbreaking overview of Web-based efforts to increase youth civic engagement. Beginning with a close-up examination of website content, the report also examines the organizations and institutions creating that content, and the larger environment in which civic sites function. The full report offers:

--Case studies of high-profile sites' strategies for launch, visibility and funding; the online response to 9/11; and online youth activism.
--Discussion of the potential that websites offer to build lasting habits of civic involvement.
--Current developments in technology, regulation and law that raise urgent questions about the viability of the civic Web.

In addition, the project has created an online showcase of top youth civic websites. To see how they use the Internet to facilitate civic involvement and learning, take the Online Tour!