By Any Media Necessary: Mapping Youth and Participatory Politics

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WELCOME TO THE BY ANY MEDIA NECESSARY COMPANION READER, RESOURCE, AND MEDIA ARCHIVE.


This online experience is organized around the following categories and clusters. Please choose one depending on the experience you are looking for:

Guide to the Online Interface
New to the scalar platform? This quick tutorial will help you get oriented.

About the Project
Are you wondering who we are and what we do? Learn more about us, the MAPP project, and the MacArthur Foundation Youth and Participatory Politics Network.

Dig in Deeper - The Book Companion 
This path is a companion to the "By Any Media Necessary" book and provides readers with opportunities to further explore ideas and examples it contains.

Featured Individuals, Groups and Organizations
Do you want to learn more about individuals, groups and organizations that are engaged in "by any media necessary" participatory politics? This path explores the work of active practitioners in this space.

Conversation Starters
Are you looking to start a conversation with students, friends or colleagues around issues related to digital media and social action. These short provocations and discussion questions can help you get started.

Workshops
Are you an educator or community organizer looking for ideas of what you can do to help scaffold innovative participatory civic practices? This path navigates curated activities from other groups and organizations.

Digital Media Toolkit 
Are you looking to strengthen your foundational media making skills? This path contains media literacy resources and a collection of suggested projects from USC's Media Arts + Practice Division designed to help anyone enhance their media making capabilities.

Media Library
Are you in mood for sightseeing? Browse through the vast collection of media examples curated by the MAPP project.

Glossary
Learn our language. Get to know key terms related to our work and project.

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