Technology and the new generation of active citizens : emerging research and opportunities / by Paolo Beneventi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beneventi, Paolo, 1953- author.

Series:

Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book series.

Advances in Public Policy and Administration (APPA) Book Series, 2475-6644

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--Technological innovations.

Political participation.

Internet and activism.

Physical Description:

12 PDFs (xiii, 173 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global, 2018.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book explores how to live in the global world as active citizens, taking part in what happens and sharing one another joys and responsibilities, or as passive consumers of goods and services, lonely and helpless in front of a world we can occasionally enjoy but never control"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1. At the dawn of digital revolution: problems and hopes of a globalized world

Chapter 2. When technology becomes popular: a multimedia, shared production for the information age

Chapter 3. Let the children play!: born into technology, beyond the transmitted knowledge

Chapter 4. Technology is not a one-way road: at a crossroads a real revolution or only market?

Chapter 5. Consumption and production: culture and food between global and local management

Chapter 6. Aware consumers are active citizens too: participation as a possible strong individual and collective solution.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781522537717

OCLC:

1017730147