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Online civic participationamong youth:An extension of traditional participation, or a new quality? Paper presented at the Surrey PIDOP Conference on “Political and Civic Participation”, April 16th-17th, 2012, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Jan ?erek, Zuzana Petrovi?ová, Hana Machá?ková Petr Macek Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Strengths of the PIDOP WP6 survey cross-country comparison ethnic minorities Strengths of the PIDOP WP6 survey cross-country comparison ethnic minorities items on different types of participation, including nonconventional online activities Online participation internet is an important source of social capital (Ellison et al., 2009) debates about its potential for political and civic engagement (Gurak, 2005) efficient place for discussion, information sharing, planning, or even quick mobilization spreading of inaccurate information, no effective control over aggressive comments no conclusive evidence on the differences between online and offline participation (Couldry et al., 2007; Zhang et al., 2010; Byrne, 2007) Online participation internet is an important source of social capital (Ellison et al., 2009) debates about its potential for political and civic engagement (Gurak, 2005) efficient place for discussion, information sharing, planning, or even quick mobilization spreading of inaccurate information, no effective control over aggressive comments no conclusive evidence on the differences between online and offline participation (Couldry et al., 2007; Zhang et al., 2010; Byrne, 2007) Online participation internet is an important source of social capital (Ellison et al., 2009) debates about its potential for political and civic engagement (Gurak, 2005) efficient place for discussion, information sharing, planning, or even quick mobilization spreading of inaccurate information, no effective control over aggressive comments no conclusive evidence on the differences between online and offline participation (Couldry et al., 20