Overview
- Answers a call for new approaches to civics education
- Gives examples of social media in civics education classroom
- Elucidates current issues in civic education while investigating how these might be combatted
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Educational Media (PSEM)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Media for Civic Education
Book Subtitle: Engaging Youth for Democracy
Authors: Amy L. Chapman
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Educational Media
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10865-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10864-8Published: 18 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10867-9Published: 14 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-10865-5Published: 17 October 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-7361
Series E-ISSN: 2662-737X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 161
Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Youth Culture, Education, general, Social Media, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights