Youth digital participation: Measuring social impact

Research Output

Current scholarly debate around digital participatory youth projects and approaches to their evaluation are examined in this article. The analysis of the literature presented here reveals (1) an over-reliance on traditional evaluation techniques for such initiatives, and (2) a scarcity of models for the assessment of the social impact of digital participatory youth projects. It is concluded that the challenges and limitations of social impact evaluation practice in digital participatory youth projects should be addressed through the adoption of alternative, participant-centred approaches. These issues are discussed in reference to a current ongoing study that seeks to identify solutions for enhancing social impact evaluations of participatory digital initiatives by young people.

Type:

Article
Date:

17 May 2018
Publication Status:

Published
DOI:

10.1177/0961000618769975
Cross Ref:

10.1177/0961000618769975
ISSN:

0961-0006
Library of Congress:

HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Dewey Decimal Classification:

362 Social welfare problems & services
Funders:

Edinburgh Napier Funded

http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/output/1112435 Pawluczuk, A., Webster, G., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2020). Youth digital participation: Measuring social impact. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 52(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769975

Citation

Pawluczuk, A., Webster, G., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2020). Youth digital participation: Measuring social impact. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 52(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769975