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Review of Shakuntala Banaji and David Buckingham: The Civic Web – Young people, the Internet and Civic Participation, MIT Press, 2013

Review of Shakuntala Banaji and David Buckingham: The Civic Web – Young people, the Internet and... Information Polity 19 (2014) 153­155 DOI 10.3233/IP-140331 IOS Press Review of Shakuntala Banaji and David Buckingham: The Civic Web ­ Young people, the Internet and Civic Participation, MIT Press, 2013. Jakob Linaa Jensen, Centre for Internet Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark E-mail: linaa@imv.au.dk For the last two decades there have been widespread hopes that the Internet could facilitate a democratic renewal due to its interactive nature and the possibility of feedback and involvement when compared to traditional mass media. The expectations have been discussed in the light of the often discussed `crisis of democracy' indicated by lower levels of formal political participation and the decline of the civic sphere, for instance as discussed by Robert Putnam in his 2000 book `Bowling Alone' [1]. There have been certain hopes of democratic renewal initiated by young people, the so-called `digital natives'. Because they have grown up with the new technologies, it has been expected that they might also use those for civic or political purposes and thereby enhance their level of political involvement, which traditionally has been significantly lower than for elder age groups. This book by Shakuntala Banaji and David Buckingham aims at investigating such claims, based on a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Information Polity IOS Press

Review of Shakuntala Banaji and David Buckingham: The Civic Web – Young people, the Internet and Civic Participation, MIT Press, 2013

Information Polity , Volume 19 (1) – Jan 1, 2014
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Information Polity 19 (2014) 153­155 DOI 10.3233/IP-140331 IOS Press Review of Shakuntala Banaji and David Buckingham: The Civic Web ­ Young people, the Internet and Civic Participation, MIT Press, 2013. Jakob Linaa Jensen, Centre for Internet Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark E-mail: linaa@imv.au.dk For the last two decades there have been widespread hopes that the Internet could facilitate a democratic renewal due to its interactive nature and the possibility of feedback and involvement when compared to traditional mass media. The expectations have been discussed in the light of the often discussed `crisis of democracy' indicated by lower levels of formal political participation and the decline of the civic sphere, for instance as discussed by Robert Putnam in his 2000 book `Bowling Alone' [1]. There have been certain hopes of democratic renewal initiated by young people, the so-called `digital natives'. Because they have grown up with the new technologies, it has been expected that they might also use those for civic or political purposes and thereby enhance their level of political involvement, which traditionally has been significantly lower than for elder age groups. This book by Shakuntala Banaji and David Buckingham aims at investigating such claims, based on a

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