Digital Politics and Youth Engagement examines how young people participate in politics through digital media platforms, transforming traditional political activism and civic engagement. The text provides groundbreaking exploration of youth political mobilization in the digital era, bridging media studies, political science, and youth culture analysis. Through diverse global case studies from India's #CAAProtests to Chile's social movements, the material demonstrates digital technologies' role in youth-led political organizing, social movements, and democratic participation. Each chapter analyzes specific platforms, tactics, and youth political cultures across different national contexts. Topics encompass social media activism, digital organizing strategies, online political discourse, influencer politics, meme culture's political impact, and generation Z's civic engagement patterns. The book examines both empowering and concerning dimensions of digital youth politics including surveillance, disinformation vulnerability, and algorithm-driven polarization. Interdisciplinary approach combines communication theory, political sociology, and digital studies. This resource serves students in political communication, media studies, political science, digital sociology, youth culture researchers, and practitioners engaging young voters. Through comprehensive analysis of digital-age youth politics, the text develops understanding essential for contemporary democratic engagement and youth civic participation.
