Response to readings By: Lance Bennett and Danah Byod

Bennett's article talks about the changes in citizenship styles over the past few years. He talks about how children now a days and people now a days are less motivated by a sense of civic duty, referring to being motivated my their own self accomplishment then in the past. I feel like this statement is somewhat true, you do see more people now a days wanting a reward for completing an assignment rather then completing it for their own personal feeling of success. He argues that becoming an effective citizen comes from being in a formal setting such as a school and a type of education. The article also talks about what schools do for the growth of an individual and how it helps them. Then Bennett talks about informal learning environments for the youth where they can receive the same lessons of civic learning. 
The second article by Byod starts off by talking about youth and their involvement in social media website like Facebook, and how they are important to the world wide web. Then the author talks about how these social networking sites attract young mind when advertising information to their interests, typically information not relating to what shapes and motivates a citizen. Political information when put on these social networking sites does not attract as many young individuals as some thought. Byod talks about how social networking sites mirror and magnify how our society really is, showing us that our society is "status-obsessed and narcissistic". Byod also states this following statement, "perhaps we need to focus on the causes of alienation and disillusionment that stop people from participating in communal and civic life."  This statement is probably the most important sentence in the article I believe, because, many people try to focus on other things that people hope to come true or work, rather than the reality of how it actually is involved in our society.

 These two articles talk about the youth and the involvement in citizenship, and how it is not what it used to be. How youth now a days are more consumed in different situations and information then to be concerned with the important factors that a citizen should be aware of. Situations that are important in this society, and information individuals should know.