Social Media Youth Participation in Local Democracy

Author

• Edited by Jasmine Ali, LGiU and Tim Davies, Practical Participation

Date published

• 05/11/2009

ISBN

• 978 1 903731 90 1

Price to members

• £10

Price to non-members

• £10

Summary

• This practical guide aims to help councils understand and ultimately harness the power of social media as an important tool for engaging young people in democratic activity.

In 2009 the LGiU’s Children’s Services Network set up a special project in partnership with Practical Participation and other specialists to work with representatives from 30 local authorities. The project has provided useful insights into the mass phenomenon of social networking sites and the opportunity they present for engaging young people in democratic society.

This practical guide is based on the work of that project and aims to help councils understand and ultimately harness the power of social media as an important tool for engaging young people in democratic activity.

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