[Air-L] New Book - Not Your Parents' Politics: Understanding Young People's Political Expression on Social Media

[Neta Kligler-Vilenchik]

Dear AOIR community,
Ioana Literat and I (Neta Kligler-Vilenchik) am happy to announce the
publication of our new book,
*Not Your Parents' Politics: Understanding Young People's Political
Expression on Social Media
<https://www.amazon.com/Your-Parents-Politics-Understanding-Communication/dp/0197795161/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8AVQR8045XZT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Nd3auBJnETnYXuMjwWNkEW5m3Xl3jH1oz2ALXLgzIwelQ-Ea7-jb3a0XOYjRItuqb0pd2CHafBTadbUNOmpMHGzTX-NfDhKVBzzJp_V-ni1YLJV-Qs0GPn7PnLISv3YVj8KxJQ7XlrAEeqRNxGHn7vcTnrAIw1tmN79p-tEL54EZIy95WdGx-jVH_Rrl1Uz_F7smoSIdCqfRzpP2N_tDn2GLrQ_QLmR43i-t2xvHobg.4Mj4yhJq0TP-AtSl3h032r1NmMs5ip3nY2Ix0brUHiM&dib_tag=se&keywords=not+your+parents%27+politics&qid=1729420597&sprefix=not+your+parents%27+politic%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1>*
,
with Oxford University Press.

Whether we like it or not, social media platforms have become a key space
for youth political expression. Yet young people’s engagement with politics
on social media looks and feels different from adult conceptions of
political expression: it is creative, making inventive use of platform
affordances; it is personal, shaped by young people’s experiences and
identities; and it is meaningful to young people, as a space to exert their
political voice.

This book thus argues for the need to consider the potential value of
social media, both as a space for young people to experiment with their
political voice, and as a window into the political and social concerns on
their minds.

Grounded in empirical research on three case studies of youth political
expression (the U.S. 2016 election, Black Lives Matter, and climate change)
on musical.ly, Instagram and YouTube, the book 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.


Please ask your library to purchase a copy, or get your own here
<https://www.amazon.com/Your-Parents-Politics-Understanding-Communication/dp/0197795161/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8AVQR8045XZT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Nd3auBJnETnYXuMjwWNkEW5m3Xl3jH1oz2ALXLgzIwelQ-Ea7-jb3a0XOYjRItuqb0pd2CHafBTadbUNOmpMHGzTX-NfDhKVBzzJp_V-ni1YLJV-Qs0GPn7PnLISv3YVj8KxJQ7XlrAEeqRNxGHn7vcTnrAIw1tmN79p-tEL54EZIy95WdGx-jVH_Rrl1Uz_F7smoSIdCqfRzpP2N_tDn2GLrQ_QLmR43i-t2xvHobg.4Mj4yhJq0TP-AtSl3h032r1NmMs5ip3nY2Ix0brUHiM&dib_tag=se&keywords=not+your+parents%27+politics&qid=1729420597&sprefix=not+your+parents%27+politic%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1>
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use this promotion code to get 30% off: ASFLYQ6


Neta will be at AOIR 2024 in Sheffield - please email me (
neta.kv at mail.huji.ac.il) if you'd like to hear more about the book. I am
also considering a small celebratory get-together at AOIR and will be happy
to invite you to it!


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