This study clarifies the evolving notion of civic education that resulted from technological advancement. We investigated Singaporean young people's views on civic education by contrasting the roles of schools, families and friends, and social media in shaping their understanding. Through focus groups, we found that there are contentions on the definitions, approaches, and meanings of civic education. We conclude that in view of the inevitable diversity digital technologies tend to present, young people's civic learning might be limited by the pressure and confusion coming along with the exposure to diverse views, the tendency to retreat from formal politics, and the lack of effective school intervention into the social media space.

本研究阐明了因技术进步而不断演变的公民教育概念。我们通过对比学校、家庭和朋友以及社交媒体在塑造他们的理解方面的作用，调查了新加坡年轻人对公民教育的看法。通过焦点小组，我们发现对公民教育的定义、方法和意义存在争议。我们的结论是，鉴于数字技术不可避免地呈现出多样性，年轻人的公民学习可能会受到不同观点带来的压力和困惑、退出正式政治的趋势以及缺乏有效学校的限制。干预社交媒体空间。