Youth Impact in the Public Sphere: The Dissolution of the Spanish Youth Council in the Press and on Twitter

Autor/inn/en	Clua, Ana; Ferran-Ferrer, Núria; Terren, Ludovic
Titel	Youth Impact in the Public Sphere: The Dissolution of the Spanish Youth Council in the Press and on Twitter
Quelle	In: Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 26 (2018) 55, S.49-57 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Clua, Ana) ORCID (Ferran-Ferrer, Núria) ORCID (Terren, Ludovic)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1134-3478
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Political Issues; Citizen Participation; Youth; Handheld Devices; Telecommunications; Youth Programs; Content Analysis; Newspapers; Government Role; Activism; Community Organizations; Public Policy; Information Dissemination; Statistical Analysis; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Politischer Faktor; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Telekommunikationstechnik; Jugendsofortprogramm; Inhaltsanalyse; Newspaper; Zeitung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Öffentliche Ordnung; Informationsverbreitung; Statistische Analyse; Spanien
Abstract	This article aims to contribute to the study of the difficulties that young people face in accessing the public sphere as political actors. It looks at the press coverage and the Twitter activity surrounding the restructuring process and the subsequent dissolution of the Spanish Youth Council (Consejo de la Juventud de España-CJE). A content analysis was carried out on the news published in 22 newspapers between 2012 and 2014, as well as on the use of Twitter within the framework of the "Salvemos el CJE" campaign during the same period of time. The main objective of the analysis has been to see the prominence of this issue on both the media and citizens agendas. In most newspapers, the measures taken by the government vis-á-vis the CJE were treated as punctual news of peripheral importance. The online campaign, mainly orchestrated by youth grassroots movements, raised the controversy on the biased nature and the political consequences of this plan. The core of the campaign addressed the representation of young people in public institutions. The results of the study suggest that the increased potential for visibility offered by social media is not always maximized and does not necessarily alter the prominence of an issue in the public sphere. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01