New Book from Nordicom
Youth Engaging with the World. Media, Communication and Social Change.
Yearbook 2009
Editors: Thomas Tufte & Florencia Enghel
The International Clearinghouse on Children,
Youth and Media at Nordicom, University of
Gothenburg 2009, 340 p., ISBN 978-91-89471-82-5, Price: ? 23
The Yearbook 2009 focuses on youth as a
generation of actors and citizens who are
increasingly exposed to and making use of
media/ICT for entertainment and informational
purposes, for social networking and mobilization, and for knowledge sharing.
Throughout history, young people have often been
active participants in the manifestation of
social change, and most times their creative
uses of media and innovative practices of
communication have been crucial in the process.
Youth have had key roles in citizen media, in
alternative media that stimulate public debate,
or in campaigning for particular causes such as
HIV/AIDS prevention, political freedom, freedom
of expression, fair trade, etc. Different
Internet platforms like Facebook, Youtube and
blogs have become rapidly growing virtual sites
that give shape to new forms of social
networking, communication and mobilization, primarily amongst youth.
Young people?s competence in using media, their
ability to produce, understand and interact with
the multiplicity of both new and old media
formats and technologies have been instrumental
in the manifestation of social processes of
change. This book seeks to explore theoretical
assumptions as well as empirical evidence of
media and information literacy in action. But it
also gathers examples of how youth in developing
countries have used their skills to bring about change.
For further information se
<http://www.nordicom.gu.se/clearinghouse.php?portal=publ&main=info_publ2.php&ex=292&me=1>http://www.nordicom.gu.se/clearinghouse.php?portal=publ&main=info_publ2.php&ex=292&me=1
Best regards,
Ulla C.
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Ulla Carlsson, Dr., Professor
Director
NORDICOM/The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media
University of Gothenburg
Box 713
SE 405 30 Göteborg
