Plugged In or Tuned Out? Youth, Race, and Internet Usage in the 2008 Election

García-Castañon, Marcela; Rank, Alison D.; Barreto, Matt A.

doi:10.1080/15377857.2011.540209

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“…Bond et al (2012) show how these strategies can also be successful in bring-out-the-vote initiatives. In these examples, young people became ‘the conduits and forces behind their own participation in offline politics because of online political activity’ (Garcia-Castañon et al, 2011: 134).…”

Section: Pathways To Youth Political Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

#Votebecause: Youth mobilisation for the referendum on British membership of the European Union

Sloam

2018

New Media & Society

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For several decades, academics and political commentators have lamented the decline in electoral participation among younger citizens. In the United Kingdom, the proportion of 18- to 24-year-olds voting in general elections fell from over 60% in 1992 to an average of 40% between 2001 and 2015. Nevertheless, the high youth turnout in 2017 showed that young people will vote if they are interested in an issue or cause. Despite the scholarly interest in youth turnout, few studies have investigated the individual motivations for electoral participation among young people. This article aims to fill this gap. It presents a qualitative analysis of ‘#Votebecause’, an offline–online initiative to encourage students to vote in the 2016 referendum on British membership of the European Union. The findings identify the importance of social networks, appropriate spaces for communication, deliberation, prior group membership and internal efficacy for engaging young people in the campaign.

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Section: Pathways To Youth Political Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

#Votebecause: Youth mobilisation for the referendum on British membership of the European Union

Sloam

2018

New Media & Society

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“…It serves as a recognition of culture as, in Hall's terms, "the arena of consent and resistance" (1981, p. 239), a space in which systems and structures of power and hegemony are not merely expressed and represented, but built and maintained. Cultural politics can be influenced and mobilized for many purposes, and efforts to turn the new public sphere of the internet to political purposes through large-scale, informal cultural movements have had impressive impact on the institutions of conventional political power in recent years, not only increasing donations and voter turnout, but shifting conversations around key political issues (Garcia-Castañon, Rank, & Barreto, 2011;Hall & Sinclair, 2011). It is important to consider, however, that while research on online political discourse has tended to focus on its use as a tool for achieving clear-cut electoral and legislative goals (Kahne, Middaugh, Lee, & Feezell, 2012), it can have far more insidious impacts.…”

Section: Cultural Politics and Digital Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Look at Us, We Have Anxiety: Youth, Memes, and the Power of Online Cultural Politics

Burton¹

2019

J Child. Stud.

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Childhood is often defined by social marginalization— by a denial of access to public space and voice, and the circumscription of what interests, issues, and discourses are open to young people. The internet, as a space of expression that has lowered barriers to entry and confounded attempts at social control, is one of the primary spaces in which 21st-century youth are able to resist adult efforts to regulate their agency and expression. However, it is not only the technological tools of the online world that help them to resist marginalization from public discourse in these spaces, but also its symbolic and cultural resources—shared ideas, practices, and vocabularies particular to online communities. As part of larger projects on teens’ and young adults’ use of online communities to engage with cultural politics, I have been investigating the use of memes—patterns of formulaic content that rise and fall in popularity in short periods of time—in social critique, ideological discourse, community building, and identity representation. This paper examines the impact of memes on cultural discourse and, indirectly, on institutional politics, exploring their potential as an empowering channel of expression as well as their ongoing use as a tool of manipulation by larger political forces. I argue that understanding the cultural power of memes and other aspects of online remix culture is vital to theorizing contemporary politics, to analyzing the experiences and identities of contemporary youth, and to preventing the worst eventualities the increasing significance of online cultural politics may enable.

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“…It has utilized innovative social media techniques and the Internet to target Latino youth, such its giveaway on Facebook of 30 free songs from iTunes to Latinos who pledge to register to vote in the 2012 election (Voto Latino). Efforts focused on Internet outreach by Voto Latino are likely to be effective among Latino youth given the evidence that online political activity has a strong positive effect on political participation offline (García‐Castañon, Rank, and Barreto, ). In addition to Latino attitudes and political behavior, Latino organizations have also embraced the political identity of Latinos as a group.…”

Section: The Latino Votementioning

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It's Complicated: Latinos, President Obama, and the 2012 Election*

Wallace

2012

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective Assess Latino support past, present, and future for President Obama and his policies, and the role of the Latino vote in the 2012 election. Methods Examine Latino voting patterns, administrative decisions and legislation enacted by President Obama affecting Latinos, and Latino public opinion polls to evaluate potential support for Obama by Latinos. Results Despite disappointment and anger over immigration policy by President Obama, Latinos still indicate high levels of support for him and willingness to vote for him in the 2012 elections. Obama has demonstrated his commitment to issues salient to the Latino community in addition to appointing a large number of Latinos to top‐ranking government positions. The influence of the Latino vote in 2012 is dependent on voter mobilization in competitive places. Conclusion Latinos in the 2012 election could play a significant role in the presidential race but also in congressional races if they turn out in high numbers in competitive places to ensure their numbers result in influence.

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Plugged In or Tuned Out? Youth, Race, and Internet Usage in the 2008 Election

Cited by 26 publications

References 14 publications

#Votebecause: Youth mobilisation for the referendum on British membership of the European Union

#Votebecause: Youth mobilisation for the referendum on British membership of the European Union

Look at Us, We Have Anxiety: Youth, Memes, and the Power of Online Cultural Politics

It's Complicated: Latinos, President Obama, and the 2012 Election*

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