Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Toward Participatory Politics
6. 1 Putting Our Conversation in Context: Youth, Old Media, and Political Participation, 1800– 1971 17
7. 2 Youth, New Media, and the Rise of Participatory Politics 35
8. Part II. Participation Up Close: Case Studies
9. 3 Impure Dissent: Hip Hop and the Political Ethics of Marginalized Black Urban Youth 57
10. 4 “Undocumented, Unafraid, and Unapologetic”: DREAM Activists, Immigrant Politics, and the Queering of Democracy 80
11. 5 The Dangers of Transparent Friends: Crossing the Public and Intimate Spheres 105
12. Part III. Participation Out Far: Concepts and Mechanisms
13. 6 Cute Cats to the Rescue? Participatory Media and Political Expression 129
14. 7 Viral Engagement: Fast, Cheap, and Broad, but Good for Democracy? 155
15. 8 Reconceiving Public Spheres: The Flow Dynamics Model 178
16. Part IV. Participatory Vistas
17. 9 Pursuing Cognitive Democracy 209
18. 10 Reclaiming Disinterestedness for the Digital Era 232
19. 11 Achieving Rooted Cosmopolitanism in a Digital Age 254
20. 12 Acting Politically in a Digital Age 273
21. Conclusion 293
22. Notes 295
23. References 327
24. Contributors 363
25. Index 367