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The American government is a representative democracy called a republic (19). Two visions of citizenship exist in the United States: self-interested citizenship (20) holds that individual participation in government should be limited, and that “too much” democracy may be dangerous; public-interested citizenship (20) puts its faith in the citizen’s ability to act virtuously for the common good. Modern communication and hashtag activism (23) have enabled citizens, especially digital natives (20), to engage more efficiently with their government and each other, creating new venues for civic engagement and challenging traditional control of the political narrative. However, today’s mediated citizens (20) rely on self-tailored media streams that can back us into information bubbles (23).