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..::: Additional scholarly work in youth civic engagement :::..



Bennett, W.L. (1998). The uncivic culture: communication, identity, and the rise of lifestyle politics. PS: Political Science & Politics, 31 (4), 740-741.

Bucy, E. (2003). The political (dis)engagment of Generation Y. Retrieved October 8, 2003, from Georgetown University, Communication, Culture, and Technology Program website: http://cct.georgetown.edu/apsa/papers/Bucy.pdf

Delli Carpini, M. (2002). Gen.com: youth, civic engagement, and the new information environment. Political Communication, 17 (4), 341-349.

Galston, W.A. (2001). Can patriotism be turned into civic engagement? The Chronicle of Higher Education, 48 (12), B16-B17.

Graber, D. (2001). Adapting political news to the needs of twenty-first century Americans. In W.L. Bennett & R.M. Entman (Eds.), Mediated Politics: Communication in the Future of Democracy (pp.433-452). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Halstead, T. (1999). Politics for Generation X: today's young adults may be the most politically disengaged in American history. The author explains why, and puts forth a new political agenda that just might galvanize his generation. The Atlantic Monthly, 284 (2), 33-34, 36-42.

Mann, S. (1999). What the survey of American college freshmen tells us about their interest in politics and political science. PS: Political Science & Politics, 32 (2), 263-268.

Putnam, R. (2000). Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Sparks, C. (2001). The Internet and the global public sphere. In W.L. Bennett & R.M. Entman (Eds.), Mediated Politics: Communication in the Future of Democracy (pp.433-452). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Wilkins, K.G. (2000). The role of media in public disengagement from political life. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 44 (4), 569.

Youniss, J., McClellan J.A., & Yates, M. (1997). What we know about engendering civic identity. American Behavioral Scientist, 40, 620-631.