Sonia Livingstone|Magdalena Bober|Ellen Helsper
Active participation or just more information?
given increasing calls children young people participate via internet civic political activities article examines far success participation occurring among uk teenagers findings national survey conducted uk children go online project show young people using internet wide range activities could considered participation including communicating peertopeer connection seeking information interactivity webpagecontent creation visiting civicpolitical websites findings closely examined using path analysis techniques identify direct indirect relations among different factors may explain young people participate others results suggest interactive creative uses internet encouraged experience using internet gaining interest skills confidence etc visiting civic websites depends primarily demographic factors older middleclass girls likely visit sites finally cluster analysis used identify three groups young people interactors civicminded disengaged distinctive social context approach internet