Digital Citizenship and Political Engagement

Ariadne Vromen is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include: political participation, social movements, advocacy organisations, digital politics, and young people and politics. She has completed extensive research on young people’s political engagement, including a comparative project on social media use in Australia, the UK and USA. She has also co-authored several texts on Australian politics, including Powerscape: Contemporary Australian Politics (2009).

• List of Figures and Tables.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Digital Citizenship and political engagement.- Chapter 3 Social media use for political engagement.- Chapter 4 Hybrid online campaigning organisations.- Chapter 5 Storytelling and changing values.- Chapter 6 Entrepreneurial leadership styles.- Chapter 7 Diffusion and sharing in the advocacy organisation sector.- Chapter 8 Conclusion: the future of digital citizenship and political engagement.- References.- Index.