ERIC Number: EJ1024588
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 17
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New Media and the Power of Youth Organizing: Minding the Gaps
Conner, Jerusha; Slattery, Amanda
Equity & Excellence in Education, v47 n1 p14-30 2014
As the gulfs between low-income and more affluent youth widen, researchers and practitioners continue to search for effective means of closing gaps in academic achievement, digital participation, and civic engagement. This article examines how youth organizing offers a bridge across these divides. We consider how one youth organizing group, The Philadelphia Student Union, integrated new media into its core functions and how the student members experience these tools. Drawing on extant research, we argue that when situated within an organizing framework, new media tools can help to promote the digital literacy, academic achievement, and civic engagement of low-income youth of color, who have otherwise limited opportunities to contribute to the civic life of their communities.
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Academic Achievement, Citizen Participation, Achievement Gap, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Activism, Student Organizations, Middle School Students, High School Students, Mass Media Use, Information Technology, Student Experience, Citizenship Education, Student Participation, Youth Opportunities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools; Junior High Schools; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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