Gender differences in civic and political engagement and participation among Italian young people

Stefani, Serena; Prati, Gabriele; Tzankova, Iana; Ricci, Elena; Albanesi, Cinzia; Cicognani, Elvira

doi:10.32872/spb.3887

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“…Female participants showed higher civic activity and trusted institutions more than male students. The result is in line with previous research that has observed greater participation of women with respect to men, including among young people, in civic activities like volunteering, community service or donating (e.g., Gaby, 2017;Stefani et al, 2021). These differences can be interpreted as partly resulting from gendered socialization (Albanesi et al, 2012;Cicognani et al, 2012;Stefani et al, 2021), as women tend to be oriented toward gender roles characterized by cooperation, rule-abiding and helping (Eagly et al, 2000).…”

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Perceived School Characteristics Fostering Civic Engagement Among Adolescents in Italy

2021

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It has been widely argued that effective citizenship education should focus on more than mere teaching of civic knowledge, but should provide a wider range of opportunities for the experience of participation and development of skills, efficacy and interest instrumental to active citizenship. Opportunities for critical reflection such as open classroom discussions, fairness at school, institutional efficacy and student participation at school activities have been linked to the development of civic and political attitudes. The capacity of school education to provide opportunities for critical reflection on students’ participative experiences, however, has not been explored empirically sufficiently. This paper aims to identify the contribution of different school characteristics to the development of civic and political attitudes and their impact on students’ level of participation in civic activities through a mixed methods study. Questionnaire data collected in two waves with 685 adolescents from Italy were analyzed through structural equation modeling to test the effects of school characteristics at Time 1 (democratic climate, student participation and critical reflection) on civic participation at Time 2, mediated by institutional trust, civic efficacy and political interest. In order to explore the quantitative findings and examine further students’ perceptions of the school aspects that support their civic involvement, focus group discussions were conducted with students from secondary schools with different tracks.The results highlight the importance of opportunities for active involvement in school and critical reflection in fostering political interest, efficacy and civic participation. Democratic school climate was found to impact institutional trust and civic efficacy, but not participation. Students’ accounts of schools’ citizenship education activities highlight further the need for a participative environment that rises above information transmission by inviting critical reflection and giving value to students’ active involvement in the institution.

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Perceived School Characteristics Fostering Civic Engagement Among Adolescents in Italy

2021

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“…No previous studies on the political ambition gender gap have been conducted in the Italian context (to the author’s knowledge). However, Stefani et al (2021) found that, as in the literature at large, Italian women are less likely to participate in traditional forms of political engagement than men, but more likely to engage in online participation. Sartori, Tuorto and Ghigi (2017) moreover found firstly that the gender gap in participation (e.g.…”

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Media Discrimination and Gender Differences in Political Ambition in a Laboratory Experiment

Haraldsson

2021

Political Research Quarterly

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Very little research has considered how media discrimination could impact men and women’s political ambition. Yet, media discrimination could impact both beliefs about gender roles and political competence, and beliefs about voter bias, both of which could decrease women’s political ambition and increase men’s. Alternatively, media discrimination could lead women to react against discrimination and be motivated politically. This study tests how political ambition of men and women is impacted by media discrimination in a campaign and election lab experiment. Media discrimination in this experiment under-reports on women and uses traditional, stereotypical depictions of men and women. The results suggest that in certain conditions, media discrimination in political news may lead to a reactance or positive challenge effect for women, increasing their political ambition. Men, instead, may feel an aversion to entering politics, lowering their political ambition.

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“…Short video is an emerging audio-visual media communication method that "uses mobile smart terminals as the communication carrier, relies on mobile social platforms and social chains, and has a playback length between a few seconds and a few minutes" [1][2][3]. Short video applications are developing rapidly, and various application platforms are vigorously developing network video technology.…”

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Analysis of the Dilemmas and Countermeasures Brought by Data Analysis Based on Short Online Videos on Civic and Political Work

Xie

2022

Mobile Information Systems

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In the new era of Internet development, short video media has emerged and become the second largest network application in China. While bringing opportunities for the propaganda work of civic and political science, short video also brings difficulties and challenges such as complex network information interfering with the attention of netizens, fragmented communication method not conducive to systematic communication, and algorithmic recommendation technology causing barriers to the reception of information by netizens. In the case that the media short video and the political work need to be constantly updated, we should deal with the short video challenge brought by the media, effectively avoid its negative impact, actively deal with the period of time since the media, and make use of the short video to carry out various forms of educational reform. Facing these challenges, this paper focuses on helping the development of political work in the new era from the aspects of talent training, content optimization, brand building, algorithm standardization, etc.

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Gender differences in civic and political engagement and participation among Italian young people

Cited by 19 publications

References 93 publications

Perceived School Characteristics Fostering Civic Engagement Among Adolescents in Italy

Perceived School Characteristics Fostering Civic Engagement Among Adolescents in Italy

Media Discrimination and Gender Differences in Political Ambition in a Laboratory Experiment

Analysis of the Dilemmas and Countermeasures Brought by Data Analysis Based on Short Online Videos on Civic and Political Work

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