Citizenship and Democracy: How Young Citizen Behave Democratically in Digital Age

摘要

The article aim to theoretically answers gap challenges between expected and the reality in the field, for example: Why is someone not yet democratic, while he has long "studied" democracy. The more question is why democratic attitudes are not yet embedded while they have studied democracy for a long time. Learning democracy and citizenship is not merely the result of an experience in school but also obtained in the context of daily life, both within the family, community, workplace, and others. The main focus also on how media can construct citizen transformation in democracy life. Now, exposure to news media (newspapers, radio, and the Internet) influences citizen participation, which depends on student involvement in discussions (primarily Internet-based) on citizenship issues and democracy.