Political efficacy and interest as mediators of expected political participation among Belgian adolescents

Maurissen, Lies

doi:10.1080/10888691.2018.1507744

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“…Research demonstrates that online civic communication mediates political information processing , and functions as a steppingstone towards offline participation (Moeller et al, 2014). One core mechanism in this process is the development of internal political efficacy (e.g., Maurissen, 2018), or the perception of being competent "to understand and to participate effectively in politics" (Craig, Niemi, & Silver, 1990, p. 290). By engaging with politics in the digital realm, adolescents gain confidence in their civic skills, which later translates into more political participation (Moeller et al, 2014).…”

Section: Digital Participation As Part Of the Political Socialization Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Following Politicians on Social Media: Effects for Political Information, Peer Communication, and Youth Engagement

Marquart

Ohme

Moeller

2020

MaC

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Young citizens increasingly turn to social media platforms for political information. These platforms enable direct communication between politicians and citizens, circumventing the influence of traditional news outlets. We still know little about the consequences of direct contact with politicians on such platforms for citizens’ political participation. Here, we argue that the interplay of different actors in the political news diet of citizens should be investigated from a networked communication perspective. Relying on a cross-sectional survey of young Danes (15–25 years old, <em>n</em> = 567), we investigate the relationship between following politicians on social media and: (a) the composition of young citizens’ political media diet; and (b) their civic messaging and campaign participation. Following political actors on social media relates to increased campaign engagement and can be a catalyst for young people’s exposure to campaign news, but their friends and followers function as the main node of their political online networks. We document a process of the de-mediation of politics on social media: Established news media lose influence as primary information sources for young citizens. We discuss these results in the context of users’ active curation and passive selection of their political social media diet.

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Section: Digital Participation As Part Of the Political Socialization Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Following Politicians on Social Media: Effects for Political Information, Peer Communication, and Youth Engagement

Marquart

Ohme

Moeller

2020

MaC

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“…Future research may consider how personality traits or prosocial values influence the determined relationships, especially for illegal participation (Cawvey et al, 2018; Mondak, 2010). Studying how civic education at school (Treviño et al, 2019) or classroom environments (Maurissen, 2020) would affect our findings may prove a fruitful research avenue for informing civic education practices.…”

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Political Trust in Early Adolescence and Its Association with Intended Political Participation: A Cross-sectional Study Situated in Flanders

Stals

Isac

Claes

2022

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Empirical research on the relationship between political trust and political participation has rarely focused on adolescents. By acknowledging the important role of young people for the sustainability of representative democracies, this study considers a two-dimensional conceptualization of political trust—that is, distinguishing between trust in order institutions (e.g., the police) and trust in representative institutions (e.g., the parliament)—to examine how it relates to several intended acts of legal and illegal political participation among Flemish eight-grade adolescents. Using structural equation modelling on data from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2016 ( n = 2,829), we find that Flemish adolescents with lower levels of trust in representative institutions are more likely to withdraw from political life as adults. Those with lower levels of trust in order institutions, however, have a stronger inclination to use a range of political participation modes, including illegal means.

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“…Indeed, various studies have proven the importance of internal and external efficacy perceptions in explaining various types of political behaviour, both offline and online (e.g., [70][71][72][73]). When considering youth in particular, the school context is considered crucial in fostering political efficacy beliefs, which could lead to increased democratic participation [74,75]. However, several authors have pointed to the inconsistencies in the application of political efficacy measures throughout the literature.…”

Section: Political Efficaciesmentioning

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Digital Issue Movements: Political Repertoires and Drivers of Participation among Belgian Youth in the Context of ‘School Strike for Climate’

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It often remains unclear how young citizens are combining various forms of political participation, as well as why they choose some over others, especially within a single-issue movement. Moreover, little is known about how social networking sites (SNS) fit into the political repertoires of citizens. Therefore, this study explores youths’ political participation patterns in the context of the 2019 youth-led climate strikes. We rely on data from a paper and pencil survey among 498 high school students in Belgium. To identify different types of activists, the study used latent class analysis (LCA). In addition, a multinomial logistic regression was conducted to assess how identified participation types differ from each other. Four different participation repertoires regarding the climate issue were identified, each distinctive in the way they rely on different forms of political participation. In addition, membership to each of the different classes is associated with a unique set of characteristics (in terms of political efficacies, climate issue involvement, and online expression motives). The article shows how SNS make up a crucial part of youths’ issue-specific participation patterns and sheds light on the mechanisms underlying their participation choices within the climate movement.

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Political efficacy and interest as mediators of expected political participation among Belgian adolescents

Cited by 22 publications

References 60 publications

Following Politicians on Social Media: Effects for Political Information, Peer Communication, and Youth Engagement

Following Politicians on Social Media: Effects for Political Information, Peer Communication, and Youth Engagement

Political Trust in Early Adolescence and Its Association with Intended Political Participation: A Cross-sectional Study Situated in Flanders

Digital Issue Movements: Political Repertoires and Drivers of Participation among Belgian Youth in the Context of ‘School Strike for Climate’

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