New technologies raise fears in public discourse. In terms of digital media use and youth,
the advice has been to monitor and limit access to minimize the negative impacts. However …

More than 300 studies have been published on the relationship between digital media and
engagement in civic and political life. With such a vast body of research, it is difficult to see …

The increasing and pervasive use of online technologies, especially social media, has
inspired scholars to investigate how the Internet influences communication. As young …

The user-generated Web provides new tools for participation by creating content. Drawing
from uses and gratifications and social identity gratifications paradigms, the authors …

This article explores the role of trust in professional and alternative media as (a) antecedents
of citizen news production, and (b) moderators of the effect of citizen news production on …

Understanding Citizen Journalism as Civic Participation re-conceptualizes citizen journalism
in the context of Habermas's theory of the public sphere and communicative action, to …

Local news organizations play a crucial role in informing rural or suburban communities
about current events and politics. With the growing concentration of populations in large …

The purpose of this book is to move our field's discussion beyond issues of diversity in the
practice of technical communication, which is certainly important, to include discussions of …

Using latent profile analysis and a longitudinal design, we explored how Black and Latinx
adolescents'(N= 535; Mage= 14.47, SD= 1.99) construction of their race/ethnic and civic …

Since the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994, a new generation of 'Born Frees'
have been able to vote. With a worldwide decrease in formal political engagement and a …