Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-205) and index.

Introduction : young citizens in the digital age : disaffected or displaced? / Brian D. Loader -- Youthful steps towards civic participation : does the Internet help? / Sonia Livingstone, Nick Couldry & Tim Markham -- New media and new voters : young people, the Internet and the 2005 UK election campaign / Gustavo S. Mesch & Stephen Coleman -- Young voters and the web of politics : the promise and problems of youth-orientated political content on the web / Michael Xenos & W. Lance Bennett -- Young activists, political horizons and the Internet : adapting the net to one's purposes / Peter Dahlgren & Tobias Olsson -- Youth online : researching the political use of the Internet in the Italian context / Davide Calenda & Lorenzo Mosca -- Australian young people's participatory practices and Internet use / Ariadne Vromen -- Rethinking online youth civic engagement : reflections on web content analysis / Roman Gerodimos & Janelle Ward -- Technology, schools and citizenship education : a fix too far? / Neil Selwyn -- Reconnecting young people in Northern Ireland / Roger Austin -- Chattering classes : the moderation of deliberative forums in citizenship education / Ross Ferguson -- How democracies have disengaged from young people / Stephen Coleman.