The networked young citizen: social media, political participation and civic engagement

Loader, Brian D.; Vromen, Ariadne; Xenos, Michael A.

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2013.871571

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“…Sloam (2016) claimed that young Europeans have increasingly turned to 'non-electoral' and 'non-institutionalised' forms of participation, and many young people use social media to engage with politics in different ways. This activity focuses on individual self-expression that bridges the private-public boundary and addresses issues related to young people's lives (Loader et al, 2014;Sloam, 2014). Storsul (2014) found that social media facilitated participants' deliberation, but also that 'the social character of the arenas delimit political debates' (p. 21).…”

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Engagement, passivity and detachment: 16‐year‐old students’ conceptions of politics and the relationship between people and politics

Mathé

2017

British Educational Res J

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While there is a wealth of literature on young people and politics, most studies have examined their interest, trust and participation in politics as well as their attitudes toward and knowledge about formal politics. Little is known, however, about young people and the concept of politics. This article investigates 16-year-old students' perceptions of the concept of politics and their conceptions of the relationship between people and politics. This knowledge is valuable for citizenship and social studies education, as an increasingly polarised political climate poses challenges to democratic politics and, consequently, to young people's political engagement and participation. In this study, semistructured interviews were conducted with nine students at five Norwegian upper secondary schools. The students varied in their interest and involvement in politics. A main finding is that the students perceived politics as processes related to shaping society, as decisions and activities related to ruling a country, and as the activities of discussion and debate. Three conceptions of the relationship between people and politics are presented: engagement, passivity, and detachment. In addition, while the 16-year-olds participated in political discussions privately and at school, they stated that they did not participate in political discussions in social media. Implications for citizenship and social studies education include the need to strengthen the bottom-up perspective on politics and focus on in-depth understanding of political processes and tools and methods of social-scientific enquiry, as well as providing students with opportunities for and practice with handling opposition in political discussions online.

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Engagement, passivity and detachment: 16‐year‐old students’ conceptions of politics and the relationship between people and politics

Mathé

2017

British Educational Res J

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“…These changes in media practices and technologies not only affect how youth relate to each other and to civic organisations (de Zuniga, 2015) but also the way in which youth practice civic engagement (de Zuniga, 2015;Wells, 2014). Xenos, Vromen and Loader (2014) suggested that social media may lower the threshold for civic engagement, in particular for youth. Loader and colleagues (2014) argued that citizens in general, and youth in particular, are moving away from traditional engagement with mainstream politics, such as voting and membership in political parties and civic organisations.…”

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“…This individualisation may be seen in the increasing uptake of personalised and self-actualising forms of civic engagement (Loader, et al, 2014).…”

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“…However, they find it difficult to devise appropriate strategies for civic engagement that are suited to the networked culture of young people Loader, et al, 2014). Furthermore, the communicative infrastructure within civic organisations may be illsuited for adapting to the ways in which new forms of civic engagement are enacted and performed.…”

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“…However, youth practices of civic engagement are changing from long-term engagement with formal civic organisations -such as political party membership, membership in humanitarian organisations and subscription to newspapers -to short-term engagement in project-based initiatives, such as protest movements and online campaigns on social media (Flanagan & Levine, 2010). While social media are seen as a promising arena for civic organisations to facilitate youth civic engagement (Brandtzaeg, Haugstveit, Lüders, & Følstad, 2015;de Zuniga, 2015;Wells, 2014), civic organisations are struggling to adapt to the changing networked media and civic cultures of young people Delli Carpini, 2000;Loader, Vromen, & Xenos, 2014).…”

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Bridging the Generational Culture Gap in Youth Civic Engagement through Social Media: Lessons Learnt from Young Designers in Three Civic Organisations

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Brandtzæg

Følstad

2016

JOMI

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Youth civic identities and social media practices are changing rapidly, and civic organisations are struggling to exploit the potential of social media to reach youth. One major challenge concerns the generational culture gap between the networked culture of today's youth and the top-down culture characteristic of many civic organisations. This study presents lessons learnt from three cases where young designers (22-26 years) were engaged to develop social media concepts for civic organisations. Drawing on this experience, we present lessons learnt on how design by youth for youth may help to bridge the generational culture gap concerning civic engagement through social media. It is suggested that design may benefit from not only being informed by youth but also created by them. Through the design cases, we contribute to how civic organisations might innovate in their social media approach to better reflect the fast-changing networked youth culture.

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Traditional and “New Media” Forms and Political Socialization

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2020

The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology

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Media are an important pillar of political socialization, that is, the way a person learns about the function of democratic principles and institutions in their formative years and beyond. Changes in the social and media environment affect the way new citizens become politically socialized. With the emergence of social media, communication changed toward a socially networked, algorithmic, and highly personalized environment. This new, networked communication logic , in which information is shared, ubiquitously accessible, and aligned to personal interests, reshapes the mechanisms through which media use can impact political socialization outcomes. While cultivation of universal perceptions in the population through mass media becomes less likely, political role models, previously found mostly in mass media, can now be met in citizens' own online communities. In the background of this new logic, research has started to model socialization outcomes as a process, rather than treating them as simultaneous and equivalent results of media use, for example, by investigating how media effects on political participation are mediated through the development of citizenship norms. This entry sheds light on the interplay of networked media use and socialization outcomes and explains how a networked communication logic attenuates traditional patterns of political socialization.

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The networked young citizen: social media, political participation and civic engagement

Cited by 313 publications

References 18 publications

Engagement, passivity and detachment: 16‐year‐old students’ conceptions of politics and the relationship between people and politics

Engagement, passivity and detachment: 16‐year‐old students’ conceptions of politics and the relationship between people and politics

Bridging the Generational Culture Gap in Youth Civic Engagement through Social Media: Lessons Learnt from Young Designers in Three Civic Organisations

Traditional and “New Media” Forms and Political Socialization

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