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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about eGovernment initiatives relating to youth.
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- Youth Engagement - Report from the UK Government
- Cabinet Office, 4 February 2010. "Young People should take responsibility for their future and tell politicians their ideas, says the Minister for Youth Engagement and Citizenship. In an official Government response to the independent Youth Citizenship Commission, Dawn Butler, has called for young people 'to use their voice to tell us what they want.' The report outlines the achievements of the Government in engaging young people, through initiatives such as the £220 million Youth Opportunities Fund, the £4.5 million youth4u young inspectors programme and the £272 million investment in the MYPLACE programme..."
Added: 24 February 2010;
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- Young people challenged to get involved - 'Tell us what you want', says Minister
- Cabinet Office, Media Release, CAB010-10, 4 February 2010. "Minister calls for young people to speak up in major new report; New portal for youth citizenship launched; Drive to get young people volunteering and involved in their communities..."
Added: 24 February 2010;
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- Social Media & Mobile Internet Use Among Teens and Young Adults
- by Amanda Lenhart, Kristen Purcell, Aaron Smith and Kathryn Zickuhr, Pew Internet & American Life Project, February 3, 2010. "Since 2006, blogging has fallen among teens and young adults while simultaneously rising among older adults. As the tools and technology embedded in social networking websites change, and use of the sites continues to grow, youth may be exchanging ‘macro-blogging' for micro-blogging with status updates..."
Added: 16 February 2010;
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- National ID cards available to London youth
- Public Technology, Monday, 25 January 2010. "The controversial National ID scheme is to be offered to London's young adults aged 16-24 from today, according to the Home Office..."
Added: 10 February 2010;
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- A new Health portal for Youth aged 16 to 25
- ePractice.eu, 16 December 2009. Country France; Domain eHealth; Topic Health portals, ICT and lifestyle management, ICT for disease prevention and health promotion, Regional/national Health Information Networks. "The French Ministry of Health and Sport has launched a new health portal: www.portailsantejeunes.com. Through this portal, young people (aged 16-25) will be able to find answers in a variety of health issues that trouble them, namely, sexually transmitted infections/diseases, contraception, alcohol, smoking, substance abuse, depression and nutrition, among other..."
Added: 17 December 2009;
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- Prime Minister Blogs with Young Australians About What Matters To Them
- The Hon Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Early Childhood Education, Child Care and Youth, Media release, 11 September, 2009. "Today the Prime Minister kicked off a direct conversation with our nation's young people in their own space – online – via his blog at http://www.pm.gov.au . The focus of the blog for the next few weeks will be young Australians and the issues that affect them..."
Added: 15 September 2009;
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- Medvedev launches YouTube channel
- Yahoo News, Posted on Tuesday September 1, 2009. "Moscow (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday joined the likes of Barack Obama, Beyonce and Pope Benedict XVI as he launched his own channel on Google's YouTube site in a bid to reach out to youth..." The site is located at http://www.youtube.com/kremlin
Added: 7 September 2009;
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- Information Commissioner starts drop-in sessions on social networking site
- Public Technology, 3 April 2009. "The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is entering the digital world of social networking site Habbo to launch 'WTMI – Way Too Much Information' – a new teen-friendly campaign to raise awareness of the risks that come with putting too much personal information online...."
Added: 8 April 2009;
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- New text messaging service launched by Flintshire to reach youngsters
- Public Technology, 24 March 2009. "A new text messaging service has now been launched in Flintshire. The 'TXT Flintshire' text messaging service is for young people, parents and those who work with them. Through this free service, those signed up will be able to receive up to date news and information on events happening in Flintshire that might interest them..."
Added: 26 March 2009;
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- Real-time youth offender data available for better decision making across the justice process
- Public Technology, 4 March 2009. "The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB) has completed an 18-month project to wire up youth justice and provide a secure communications network between its 30,000 practitioners operating from more than 200 sites across England and Wales..."
Added: 5 March 2009;
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- Will Social Networks Become the New Inbox?
- By Erik Qualman, Search Engine Watch, December 15, 2008. "The "killer app" of the first part of the Internet boom was e-mail. Then came e-commerce, e-care, search, music, video, and now social media. E-mail has held on through the years as arguably the king of the Internet, used by the old and the young alike. However, the new inbox is shifting toward social media..."
Added: 16 December 2008;
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- Video Republic
- by Peter Bradwell, Celia Hannon, Charlie Tims. Demos, 6 October 2008. "... The falling price of digital technology and the proliferation of broadband access have blown open a whole range of ways for young people to express themselves and communicate with each other in video. The internet is increasingly shaped around moving images. Video mash-ups, citizen journalism, vlogging, viral-video marketing, community film-making projects, happyslapping... we can see the audiovisual explosion everywhere. This pamphlet charts the rise of a 'Video Republic' – a new space for expression created primarily by young people..."
Added: 9 October 2008;
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- Government moves to combat cyber bullying
- The Age, October 6, 2008. "Victims of cyber bullying are being encouraged to share their experiences in a bid to help the NSW government formulate a plan to deal with the problem. NSW Youth Minister Graham West today launched an online forum for young people to tell their stories and offer suggestions on how to curb bullying through technology such as mobile phones, email, instant messaging or chat rooms..."
Added: 7 October 2008;
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- Teens, Video Games and Civics: Teens' gaming experiences are diverse and include significant social interaction and civic engagement
- Report, by Amanda Lenhart, Joseph Kahne, Ellen Middaugh, Alexandra Rankin Macgill, Chris Evans, and Jessica Vitak. Pew Internet & American Life Project, 16 September 2008. "The first national survey of its kind finds that virtually all American teens play computer, console, or cell phone games and that the gaming experience is rich and varied, with a significant amount of social interaction and potential for civic engagement..."
Added: 22 September 2008;
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- Teens, Video Games and Civics
- Pew Research Center Publications, September 16, 2008. "Video games provide a diverse set of experiences and related activities and are part of the lives of almost all teens in America. To date, most video game research has focused on how games impact academic and social outcomes (particularly aggression). There has also been some exploration of the relationship between games and civic outcomes, but as of yet there has been no large-scale quantitative research. This survey provides the first nationally representative study of teen video game play and of teen video gaming and civic engagement..."
Added: 22 September 2008;
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