Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction - Danielle Allen and Jennifer S. Light
Part I. Toward Participatory Politics
1. Putting Our Conversation in Context: Youth, Old Media, and Political Participation, 1800-1971 - Jennifer S. Light
2. Youth, New Media, and the Rise of Participatory Politics - Joseph Kahne, Ellen Middaugh, and Danielle Allen
Part II. Participation Up Close: Case Studies
3. Impure Dissent: Hip Hop and the Political Ethics of Marginalized Black Urban Youth - Tommie Shelby
4. "Undocumented, Unafraid, and Unapologetic": DREAM Activists, Immigrant Politics, and the Queering of Democracy - Beltran
5. The Dangers of Transparent Friends: Crossing the Public and Intimate Spheres - Wendy Chun
Part III. Participation Out Far: Concepts and Mechanisms
6. Cute Cats to the Rescue? Participatory Media and Political Expression - Ethan Zuckerman
7. Viral Engagement: Fast, Cheap, and Broad, but Good for Democracy? - Archon Fung and Jennifer Shkabatur
8. Reconceiving Public Spheres: The Flow Dynamics Model - Danielle Allen
Part IV. Participatory Vistas
9. Pursuing Cognitive Democracy - Henry Farrell and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi
10. Reclaiming Disinterestedness for the Digital Era - Howard Gardner
11. Achieving Rooted Cosmopolitanism in a Digital Age - Angel Parham and Danielle Allen
12. Acting Politically in a Digital Age - Noëlle McAfee
Conclusion - Danielle Allen and Jennifer S. Light
Notes
References
Contributors
Index