Remixing Citizenship

Democracy and Young People's Use of the Internet

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By Dr. Stephen Coleman

Remixing Citizenship starts from the position that it is not young people that are disconnected from formal politics, but political institutions that are disconnected from young people.

The report sets a new agenda for debating the relationship between young people, the Internet and democracy. It argues that the nature of citizenship is changing – there is a generation moving to newer, more creative forms of participation and that new forms of communication are key to this. Young people are now able to sample and remix citizenship, picking
out the desired elements and discarding those that lack relevance. Remixing Citizenship refers to the idea of adding one’s own innovation to the concept
of citizenship.

Publication Series

We also have three series of publications, you can find out more and download PDFs of these using the links below:

Measuring the Magic

Perpetua Kirby

Perpetua Kirby, author of CYPI’s Measuring the Magic, remains committed to helping CYPI work with participation workers, to evaluate their practice.