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KOTILAINEN, Sirkku. Promoting youth civic participation with media production: The case of youth voice editorial board. Comunicar [online]. 2009, vol.16, n.32, pp.243-259. ISSN 1988-3293.

Public space, especially online, is now offered more than ever before. Still, the role of public media production in youth cultures has not been very much noticed in civic pedagogic settings. This analysis provides insights into the relations between youth, civic participation and media publicity in the context of youth work. It is based on a three years follow up study of the Youth Voice Editorial Board in Finland, among youngsters aged 13-17 years. The results of the study show that youth citizenship can be strengthened with media literacy education. This process consists of three elements related with each other: youth civic participation (including media productions), media publicity, and pedagogy understood as learning community. They foster feelings of societal influence among young people and are conducive to online participation as well as traditional civic engagement and can prove effective in increasing cross-generational dialogue.

Palavras-chave : Audiences; Civic Engagement; Civic Participation; Media Literacy Education; Media Production; Media Publicity; Public Journalism; Community Media.

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