Section: Participatory Communication Research Session: 6, “Communities, Citizenship & Social Movement” Date: July 23 Time: 9.00-10.45 Room: DGSCA 3 Chair: Ullamaija Kivikuru, University of Helsinki, Finland Discussant: Tom Jacobson, Temple University, United States of America Madalena Oliveira, Sara Pereira, Manuel Pinto, Luís Pereira, Fábio Ribeiro, Departamento de Ciências da Comunicação, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade do Minho Media participation: why to get citizens involved Sevilen Alayoglu, Marmara University The Quest of New Social Movements for Alternative Media Chen-Ling Hung, National Taiwan University Preserving culture through ICT access and community participation: Observation on the digital archive project of an aboriginal tribe in Taiwan Declan Tuite, School of Communications, Dublin City University Merging online and offline participation; opportunities and limits for civic engagement and active citizenship through eParticipation Jon Gant, Jeanie Austin & Sarah Jackman, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign Engaging the Public: Building Community Facilitated Maps to Support Participation in Chicago and East St. Louis, Illinois, USA Gerardo L. Dorantes, UNAM Communication and political participation of the academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in the construction of the university agenda power