Participation Barriers to Youth Civic Engagement in Social Media

Authors

  • Petter Brandtzæg The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (SINTEF)
  • Ida Maria Haugstveit The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (SINTEF)
  • Marika Lüders The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (SINTEF)
  • Asbjørn Følstad The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (SINTEF)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v9i1.14640

Keywords:

Social media, civic engagement, youth

Abstract

Organizations aiming to foster civic engagement, such as government bodies, news outlets, political parties, and NGOs, struggle to purposefully use social media to engage young people. To respond to this challenge we conducted five group-interviews with 27 youth, 16–26 years, about their experiences of and barriers to civic engagement in social media. Our paper contributes to identifying specific participation barriers that young people experience concerning social media civic engagement, and how organizations should work to overcome these barriers.

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Published

2021-08-03

How to Cite

Brandtzæg, P., Haugstveit, I. M., Lüders, M., & Følstad, A. (2021). Participation Barriers to Youth Civic Engagement in Social Media. Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 9(1), 578-581. https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v9i1.14640