Digital citizenship with intersectionality lens: Towards participatory democracy driven digital citizenship education

This article presents a review of interdisciplinary scholarship on digital citizenship with 3 different approaches: unidimensional, multidimensional, and critical/radical approaches. By addressing the intersectionality as a critical framework and inquiry, this article advances the concept of digital citizenship effectively responding to the current social issues relating participatory democracy as the ultimate goal of digital citizenship education. Applying Dewey’s conceptions of democracy, the authors discuss definitions of participatory democracy and the usefulness of political participation and personalized forms of politics/citizenship to achieve participatory democracy in the era of the Internet and social media. The article concludes with recommendations for participatory democracy driven digital citizenship education in educational settings.