Citizenship norms in digital environments

The importance of citizenship norms—shared understandings of how citizens ought to participate in society—has been discussed at length in the past two decades, particularly in conversations around changing notions of citizenship in the digital age. Integrating the concepts of dutiful and self-actualizing citizenship, research group on “Digital Citizenship” at the Weizenbaum Institute has worked to conceptualize a notion of discursive citizenship norms to demonstrate how citizenship norms are actualized in social media environments. My lecture will address the social dimension of discursive citizenship and highlight how social ontological approach to the study of citizenship can be fruitful for understanding normative engagement.