Designing for youth civic engagement in social media

Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Web Based Communities and Social Media 2012, IADIS International Conference Collaborative Technologies 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 65-72

  Brandtzæg, Petter Bae ^a   Følstad, Asbjørn ^a   Mainsah, Henry ^b  

^a SINTEF ICT   (Norway)

^b OSLO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Design; Facebook; Social media; Youth

Indexed keywords

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS; FACEBOOK; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG PEOPLES; YOUTH;

DESIGN;

EID: 84887466983     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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