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Section 1
- Youth in Europe. Characterising the Millennials
- QUIZ: Youth in Europe
- New online political participation spaces and practices
- QUIZ: New online political participation spaces and practices
- Main barriers and inequalities of online political participation
- QUIZ: Main barriers and inequalities of online political participation
- Public policy proposals on youth and online political participation
- QUIZ: Public policy proposals on youth and online political participation
Youth in Europe. Characterising the Millennials
Work plan:
- Watch the introductory video.
- Read the materials.
- Do the quiz.
- Tweet one recent claim or campaign that, in your opinion, represents the way millennials participate in politics in your country. Please, use the hashtags #EURYKAmooc and #millennials.
- Interact on Twitter. Retweet, comment or reply to other tweets that have been using #EURYKAmooc and #millennials during the week.
- Publish IN THE FORUM a brief summary of the debate generated on Twitter around the hashtags #EURYKAmooc and #millennials. Add a reflection on the issues you want to highlight in this debate. Please, use the definitions and ideas about millennials learned in this lesson.
Materials for the Quiz
- Introductory video: Interview with Carles Feixa, social antropologist. Expert on youth cultures.
- “The Precariat- Guy Standing”, Attack TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctpR2fDzgv4
- UN World Report on Youth Civic Engagement (2016) http://www.unworldyouthreport.org/images/docs/un_world_youth_report_youth_civic_engagement.pdf
Other readings:
- European Commission, 2014. Political Participation and EU Citizenship?: Perceptions and Behaviours of Young People. Eacea, pp.1–22. Available at: http://www.ies.be/files/EACEA Report – Political Participation and EU Citizenship. Perceptions and Behaviours of Young People.pdf
- Lenhart, A. (2015). Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015. Washington, DC: Pew Internet & American Life Project. Retrieved April 10, 2015 from http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/09/teens-social-media-technology-2015/
- Smith, A. (2016). Shared, Collaborative and On Demand: The New Digital Economy. Washington, D.C.: Pew Internet & American Life Project. Retrieved May 21, 2016 from http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/05/19/the-new-digital-economy/
- Weinstein, E.C., 2014. The personal is political on social media: Online civic expression patterns and pathways among civically engaged youth. International Journal of Communication, 8(1), pp.210–233. Available at http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/2381/1066
- Xenos, M., Vromen, A. & Loader, B.D., 2014. The great equalizer? Patterns of social media use and youth political engagement in three advanced democracies. Information, Communication & Society, 17(2), pp.151–167. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263537910_The_Great_Equalizer_Patterns_of_Social_Media_Use_and_Youth_Political_Engagement_in_Three_Advances_Democracies