[Air-L] Book launch - Not Your Parents' Politics - Saturday 10:40 AM

[Neta Kligler-Vilenchik]

Dear AOIR community
For those of you here in Sheffield -
On Saturday, November 2, during the morning coffee break, I would like to
share with you the launch of Ioana Literat and my new book,
*Not Your Parents' Politics: Understanding Young People's Political
Expression on Social Media*
published with Oxford University Press.
The book appeared two weeks ago, and in the UK will be released on Dec 1
2024.
We'll meet at the Octagon, not far from the book publisher stands,
tomorrow, Saturday at 10:40 AM.
Champagne will be served!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Neta


*Not Your Parents' Politics: Understanding Young People's Political
Expression on Social Media*.
By Neta Kligler-Vilenchik and Ioana Literat

Social media has become a key space for young people to experiment with
their political voice and to hone it through interaction with others.
However, authors Neta Kligler-Vilenchik and Ioana Literat argue that in
order to seriously consider social media as a space for youth political
expression, we need to put aside conventional expectations about the forms
that political expression should take. According to longstanding criteria
for evaluating good citizens, political expression should be serious,
focused on facts and rationality, and detached and objective. By contrast,
the authors uncover political expression that is humoristic or cynical,
colorful, and frequently infused with popular culture references. It is
deeply emotional and often profoundly personal. If we look at this
political speech through traditional lenses, we may not only miss it, but
misunderstand young people's relationship to politics.

Grounded in empirical research on three case studies of youth political
expression on three different social media sites, Not Your Parents'
Politics offers insights into the varied ways young people engage with
political issues on the social media platforms most popular with youth
audiences. On a theoretical level, the book offers a conceptual framework
for analyzing how different platforms shape political expression through
the interaction between their affordances, norms, and contents. This
empirical and theoretically-based investigation sets the stage for a
normative discussion, asking how the forms of expressive citizenship
identified throughout the book might bolster-or hinder-democratic
engagement. Ultimately, the book considers what it means to take youth
political expression on social media seriously, and what the stakes are for
political socialization and democratic participation.

-- 
Neta Kligler-Vilenchik, Ph.D. (she/her)
Associate Professor at the Department of Communication & Journalism at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.