Social media for civic education : engaging youth for democracy / Amy L. Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Amy L., author.

Series:

Palgrave studies in educational media

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Study and teaching.

Citizenship.

Social media in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 161 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

Summary:

This open access book provides the theoretical and pedagogical foundations for a promising new approach to civic education: using social media to teach civics. While many measures indicate that youth civic engagement has long been in decline, many of these measures fail to take into account all of the ways that youth can interact with civic life. One of these understudied ways is through social media, including platforms like Twitter, where young people have the opportunity to encounter the news, engage with people in power, and bring attention to the needs in their community. Throughout this volume, Chapman explores how and why teachers can use social media to teach civics, as well as how it might meet the needs of students in ways other approaches do not. Amy L. Chapman is Director of the Collaborative for Spirituality in Education and a Fellow in the Clinical and Counseling Psychology Department at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. Her research interests lie at the intersection of social media, social studies, and social justice, with a particular concern for vulnerable and marginalized students. .

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Reclaiming Civic Education

Chapter 2 Is Twitter for the Birds? The Young and The Restless Dont Think So

Chapter 3 The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: How Social Media Operates in the Civic Sphere

Chapter 4 The Study: Teachers Use of Twitter for Civic Education

Chapter 5 #CivicEd: Teachers Stories of Connection, Civics, and Social Media

Chapter 6 (Digital) Citizenship: Dissenting from Indifference

Chapter 7 Nurturing a Capacity That May Well Be Limitless: Supporting Student Worth as a Matter of Civic Urgency

Chapter 8 With a Little Help from Friends: Teaching About, With, and Through Social Media

Chapter 9 The Margins Dont Get Erased by Simply Insisting that the Powers That Be Erase Them: Social Media as a Disrupter

Chapter 10 Conclusions: My Liberation is Bound Up with Yours.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: CHAPMAN, AMY L. SOCIAL MEDIA FOR CIVIC EDUCATION.

ISBN:

9783031108655

3031108655

OCLC:

1348931956

Access Restriction:

Open access

Restricted for use by site license.