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Subject: Law and Political Science Computer science, Multimedia and TelecommunicationsPublic policy proposals on youth and online political participation
Dossier featuring different reflections on public policies that seek to increase young people's engagement in online political participation.

eParticipation
Collection of resources dealing with different modes of participation through electronic media.
Article that brings together the conclusions of the study of two EU-funded political participation projects, DEMOS-Plan and Electronic Town Meeting, two participatory tools in administrative processes. They are tested in 18 local pilots across several European regions and encompass fields such as socioeconomic programming, environmental strategy and open government, among others.
Since 2000, the European institutions have set up several projects of this type. This document focuses on the institutional strategies, the actors they mobilize and their main effects.
The objective of the study, based on 16 interviews, is to develop a toolbox that enriches the dialogue between politicians and citizens on the Web.
Politicians are aware of the importance of the social media systems and their evolution. There is little agreement between citizens and politicians about how the different genres should be enacted.
It explains the AUGMENT project, which includes content for users and the production of a prototype to share information. This initiative is based on the analysis of participatory methods for the growth of shared transformative spaces.
The empowerment brought about by technologies to participate in social and political causes can also result in more control by politicians.
Based on two studies, the authors link the interaction of online multiplayer games with the promotion of political debates on the Web and citizen engagement.
This communicative platform requires knowledge, vocabulary and suitable rules. It is the European Commission-funded Horizon 2020 programme implemented in Hamburg, Rome and London.
From the initial exposure, It also argues that some participation in digital environments could be classified as political participation. The author recommends the establishment of measures to quantify eParticipation at the same level as traditional participation.
A survey of 328 students from six faculties of Hacettepe University shows that the socioeconomic differences of individuals affect the use of e-governance apps. Thus, security, usage level and internet usage tendencies and skills are key to finding the solution to improving ICT usage in governance processes.
The web portal belongs to the MacArthur Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics (YPP), an initiative that believes that technology has an effect on youths' political participation and that this population segment is engaged, better informed and more involved.
This article takes as a reference the Telecoms Package campaign and discusses whether these types of campaigns are inclusive in terms of participation. It argues that these mobilizations are led by a small group specialized in technology and expert in political techniques.
It provides a definition of slacktivism and confronts the voices that state that online participation increases differences and weakens the influence of citizens.
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Elisabet Cervera
Operative subgroup: Librarian for Law and Political Science, Doctoral School Operative group: Library for Learning