By Any Media Necessary: Mapping Youth and Participatory Politics

Welcome Page


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


Who? 

The Media, Activism, and Participatory Politics (MAPP) project is comprised of a group of multidisciplinary scholars based at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. We were funded by the MacArthur Foundation to develop a series of case studies of innovative networks and organizations that have deployed tactics of 
participatory politics to get young people involved in efforts to heighten 
public awareness and promote social change. A series of individual reports on these networks and organizations were released through the MacArthur research network on Youth and Participatory Politics (YPP).  


How and Why? 

Working with our partners at USC, School of Cinematic Arts Institute for Multimedia Literacy, MAPP created a project that translates MAPP research findings into an accessible and participatory digital media library. On one level, this media library provides resources that enhance and illustrate a MAPP authored book, By Any Media Necessary: Mapping Youth and Participatory Politics. On another level, this media archive will become a tool which educators within high schools civics and composition classes, afterschool programs, college classes, and activists organizations can use to help students to master core skills necessary for effectively harnessing digital media tools and participatory politics practices towards changing the world. The library will combine original media produced by activist groups, critical reflections from participants, and curricular resources and activities.



What? 

We have developed multimedia resources (and testing a range of classroom practices) that will support scholars, students, and educators -- in school and out -- who want to help foster civic learning. We invite you to explore each of the paths, getting to know the research,  people, organizations, and media artifacts that inspired this project. 

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


Book Companion - This path is a companion to the "ByAny Media Necessary" book and provides readers with opportunities to further explore ideas and examples it contains.


Themes - This path highlights key conceptual themes that emerged through our research and other work.


Featured Campaigns- This path introduces campaigns that we encountered through our work.


Media Type - Do you want to learn what media to use for what purposes? Follow this path to encounter media type specific examples.


Genres - Are you interested in how comedy intersects with civic action? Are you looking for examples that would inspire your civically oriented music video? Then this genre specific path is for you.


Activities - 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.


Media Library - Browse through the vast collection of media examples curated by the MAPP project.


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