Political Socialization Of Youth Research Articles

The impacts of new propaganda media use on youth's political socialization

ABSTRACT Given the critical role of media in political socialization, the relationship between media use and political trust has attracted considerable attention from Western scholars. To examine the media mobilization effect in contemporary China, this paper aims to investigate how the use of New Propaganda Media (NPM) by youth relates to their patriotism and political trust based on a cross-sectional study conducted by cluster random sampling among Chinese youth in 31 provinces (N = 3011). Results indicated that (1) NPM use, in generally, positively predicts patriotism and political trust; (2) the intensity of patriotism mediates the connection between NPM use and political trust; and (3) usage of official media, social media and learning media has a positive impact on political trust, while the effect of entertainment media use is not significant. Our findings contributed to a better understanding of the effect of NPM on political trust and provide theoretical and practical significance in media mobilization and youth's political socialization of future research.

中国共产党推进青年政治社会化的实践新样态——模拟政协提案活动

Abstract: Youth political socialization is the key work of the CPC to promote the socialist democratic political system, but it also faces multi-dimensional practical challenges. In the new era, the CPC must answer the issue of how to promote the multi-dimensional development of political socialization at the individual level of youth and internalize the universal norms of political socialization at the group level. In the path selection of youth political socialization, simulating the proposal activity of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference has become a new practice form of youth political socialization in China. As a new attempt of the CPC to promote the political socialization of youth, the simulated proposal activity of the CPPCC is aimed at shaping the political personality of young people through improving their political awareness, political participation and political consciousness to realize the political socialization of young individuals; At the same time, it also promotes the development of socialist democratic political system by consolidating consensus, building belonging, and enhancing identity, in order to achieve the political socialization of young people.

ОСОБЕННОСТИ ПРОЦЕССА ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ СОЦИАЛИЗАЦИИ МОЛОДЁЖИ В РОССИЙСКОМ ОБЩЕСТВЕ В УСЛОВИЯХ ЦИФРОВИЗАЦИИ

The purpose of the article is to analyze current areas of interaction between society and the state in solving problems of spiritual and moral education of the younger generation, to form the continuity of generations based on the assimilation and reproduction of traditional values basic to society which are a necessary condition for cultural and civilizational identity. The role of the state in solving these problems is to formulate a policy adequate to emerging challenges through the creation of an institutional environment that creates favorable, non-antagonistic, conflict-free conditions for society for the implementation of public initiatives and the development of a system of public relations in the global digital communication space. The specifics of interaction between the state and civil society structures in the system of public relations and political socialization of youth in the implementation of national policy aimed at ensuring national interests are outlined. In conclusion the authors sum up that in order to solve these problems it is necessary to develop a model of interaction that would unite the efforts of the state, society and individuals. The following are identified as elements of this model at the level of public authorities and civil servants: the need to develop and improve competencies based on the use of the capabilities of the digital communication environment; increasing the level of responsibility of employees in their interaction with citizens; guiding the performance of their official duties by the principles of patriotism and service to society; building open, trusting relationships in the implementation of joint projects aimed at solving socially significant problems; eliminating any possibility of incorrect relations with citizens and the public which can provoke a negative formation of public opinion and reduce the effectiveness of the system of public relations formed by the authorities.

Historical reflection as a source of inspiration for youth resistance in illiberal regimes – a qualitative study of the FreeSZFE movement in Hungary

ABSTRACT Political socialization of youth is crucial both in the maintenance of an illiberal regime and in the resistance by civil society. The present qualitative study provides insight into the personal motivations of student leaders of a youth resistance movement organized for the protection of academic autonomy against the ‘illiberal democracy’ of Hungary. The study sought to explore how collective historical memory contributes to political socialization, whether historical reflection was a source of inspiration and whether history education triggered conscious citizenship resulting in the engagement of youth in resistance. Data collection involved interviewing 15 former students of the University of Theatre and Film (Színház- és Filmművészeti Egyetem, SZFE) who played a key role in managing a 71 days long university blockade in 2020. Thematic analysis suggests that history education has the potential to trigger consciousness regarding citizens’ responsibility to confront power restricting individual freedoms and institutional autonomy. However, mainstream, alienating history education supported by the government in Hungary did not realize these potentials. Findings can be utilized in further research on the necessity of interactive, engaging history education methodologies to facilitate comparative reflection on history and current public affairs and to encourage conscious and active citizenship in illiberal regimes.

Деятельность молодежных политических организаций

The article examines the activities of youth political organizations (YPO), the purpose of which is the political socialization of youth. Since political parties benefit from working with young people for electoral campaigns, political parties create their own youth organizations. In particular, the largest YPOs are the Young Guard of United Russia and the Leninist Communist Youth Union under the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. For political parties, the ultimate goal of youth policy is to get loyal supporters who are close to party values. The author reviews the changes in activities of YPOs in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

Preferred Reporting Items for A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Prisma): The Relationship between Social Media Use and Political Participation Behavior

This systematic literature review describes the importance of social media for political participation. The widespread use of social media at the social level in China has promoted extensive academic research on this media. This study makes a systematic analysis of the existing research on the use of social media for political participation by Chinese youth (for college students). The goal of the current study is to evaluate and compare the existing research on political participation on social media. The first aspect of the study involved a search of the literature to determine the depth of study on social media and political participation. The second aspect of literature concentrated on categorizing works that discuss how social media has affected political engagement. How much of the research on social media has been devoted to studying political participation? How many of these research were conducted with Chinese college students as a focus? How many of these studies are conducted from China’s perspective? Understanding the true views of college students on political participation and observing their political participation behaviors can better open political communication channels between the government and youth groups, establish a demand response feedback mechanism between youth and the government, improve youth political literacy, promote youth political socialization, and promote the development of socialist democracy in China.

Mass media mobilization component in the process of youth political socialization

The article reveals the role of the institute of mass media in the processes of formation of political consciousness and socio-political guidelines of modern youth. The formation of political consciousness and behavior of modern youth takes place in the context of the growing mobilization component of the global network, that is, the «mediatization» and «Internetization» of social life. These processes are characterized, on the one hand, by the growing interdependence of the world community in all spheres of life, primarily political, economic, and cultural ones, and, on the other hand, by the formation of a global media structure of these relations, connecting individual societies into a single system. The rapidly changing space of the Internet determines the specific vector of the socialization process of Russian youth. The analysis showed that the processes of Internetization and spread of modern information and communication technologies contribute to a significant increase in the effectiveness of interaction with the youth segment and social transformation. Therefore, not only the process of studying the behavior of the young generation in the context of the development of network technologies becomes relevant, but also the development of relevant tools and mechanisms for conducting political and public discussions in the conditions of politics mediatization, as well as more active and widespread inclusion of Russian youth in state construction. Modern processes of informatization of society and education have exacerbated the problem of information security of the individual in the educational environment. Propaganda of extremism and terrorism in social networks, the increasing negative role of prohibited information on the Internet, manipulation of the consciousness and behavior of the younger generation, and the lack of censorship of a significant part of the information space remain a social issue. It is justified that media educational technologies aimed at increasing media literacy of young citizens contribute to the implementation of their socio-political subjectivity and initiative in the interests of the state and civil society. The state should develop productive mechanisms of public control over the formation of spiritual values that meet the national interests of the country, the education of patriotism and civil responsibility for its fate.

Orchestrating Palestinian youth political socialization during the British Mandate (1917-1948): policies and community responses

ABSTRACT Arab Palestinian youth and children’s political socialization during the British Mandate (1922–1948) has largely been ignored in the literature. Most of the research has focused on the colonial project in Palestine and how different figureheads influenced the discourse. Indeed, this does not mean there isn’t a framework in place to understand youth and children’s political engagement. This study will focus on how social-political elements conceptualized the formation of Arab Palestinian youth’s political socialization. The Mandate period provided distinct social-political actors elements that were articulated within demographic control, semi-education, and economic deprivation. Arab Palestinian children and youth’s political socialization was shaped within the context of these interweaving social-political aspects. These elements altered the Arab Palestinian community’s livelihood and by extension youth and children’s political engagement. Each one of these aspects was centred within the Zionist ideology and administrated by the British Mandates’ colonial policies. This research deconstructs the juxtaposition of each element in relation to children’s political socialization.

Understanding how place is addressed in research on young people’s political action: cases from Sweden

ABSTRACT Following recent critiques of the metrocentric nature of global youth studies, this paper explores the role of place in current research on youth political action in Sweden. Drawing on Agnew’s [2011. “Chapter 23: Space and Place.” In Handbook of Geographical Knowledge, edited by J. Agnew, and D. Livingstone. London: Sage] concept of place and using qualitative interpretive review as our method, we examined three sets of research publications on three different aspects of youth political action in Sweden. Our analysis found that place was addressed differently in each set of publications: youth political socialization and civic engagement were approached as placeless, street protests were examined as place assumed and urban justice movements were studied as place-based. The first two sets of publications contribute to reproducing a metrocentric understanding of youth political action, where urban areas are constructed as the key settings for political action among young people, while rural or peripheral areas are assumed to work in the same way or are depicted as non-political. By contrast, the publications on urban justice movements offered an alternative by exploring political action as place-based. The need to study the place-specific ways that young people do politics is discussed, with its potential to further the understanding of how young people do politics from where they are.

Political Socialization in a Changing Society: A Crisis of Value Orientations or Asynchronization of National Memories?

The article examines qualitative changes in the socio-cultural parameters of intergenerational communication that impact social cohesion and civic identification in contemporary society. Diversification of symbol production and an increase in the number of agents of political communications, a greater heterogeneity of political ideologies, and modes of political representation shape political processes. To adequately address these changes, one needs new theoretical models of political socialization. Such models would examine youth political incorporation as a particular form of communication predicated on the spatial and temporal design of political events within national communities. The focus on generational differences in the interpretation of political events helps explain youth positioning vis-à-vis older generations. In this case, political socialization goes beyond the processes of the younger generation’s adaptation to institutions and value-normative regimes of the “adult” society. It is a communicative process of establishing generational political expectations. Analysis of the legitimating profiles of national memory—those that include competing symbolic representations of images of the future and the past, typologies of the heroic, concepts of guilt and responsibility—is crucial to studying the political socialization of the younger generation. The authors emphasize the significance of both a theoretical and applied analysis of symbolic structures of political memory and the role of iconic power in understanding intergenerational continuity and change. Drawing on the methods of cultural sociology, the authors outline novel theoretical approaches to studying youth political socialization in today’s society.

The Infantilism of Modern Society and the Problem of Electoral Age: A Rational View

The article is devoted to studying the problems of infantilization of modern societies, as well as the main reasons for intergenerational gaps that significantly affect the socio-political interaction between different generational strata. At the same time, the author noted that the main initiators and beneficiaries of such destructive processes are the “progressive” neo-libertarian elites who seek to dismantle traditional societies. The author draws the readers’ attention to the following paradox: even though sociologists, political scientists, demographers and psychologists note the rapid infantilization of youth, nevertheless, the primary trend of the leading states of the world at the beginning of the 21st century is the maximum possible involvement of young people in politics, including, the electoral processes. However, according to the author, the “premature” political socialization of youth is fraught with severe risks for the sustainable development of modern states, including the Russian Federation.

More Stereotyping but More Sympathy: Youth Political Socialization in Mixed Gender Environments

More Stereotyping but More Sympathy: Youth Political Socialization in Mixed Gender Environments

New vs traditional agents of political socialization of youth of the regions of the Russian Federation in digital communication environment

New vs traditional agents of political socialization of youth of the regions of the Russian Federation in digital communication environment

Институциональные основы политической социализации молодежи как факторы гражданского участия в управлении жизнью общества

Presented is research in the problem of political socialization of the youth. Socialization of individual plays the role as a way of forming a political picture of the world among young people, determining degree of participation in management of society that is an important component of the process of socialization of the individual as a whole. At the same time, today there is no holistic understanding of institutions through which the process of political socialization of youth can be carried out. The main purpose of this work is to conduct a systematic analysis of the list of forms of direct participation of young people in political life of society as a means of political socialization. In this regard, the authors have classified these forms into two groups, i.e. traditional ones, established by special laws forms of political participation of citizens in the life of the country, and alternative ones, implemented in the framework of state youth policy. On the basis of research results of the department of political psychology, faculty of philosophy of Lomonosov Moscow State University, aimed at comparative analysis of the nature of political socialization and re-socialization of different age groups, substantiated is gradual decrease in the role of traditional institutions in political socialization with variety of alternative ones. Also defined are place and role in the life of modern young person of such institutions as elections, political parties and various forms of youth self-government.

Политическая социализация молодежи в современных условиях трансформации общества: агенты и факторы

The article identifies the main agents and factors of political socialization of youth at the present stage of development of society. The basic characteristics and functions of such institutions of political socialization as the family, education, the state, and the mass media are considered. The growing role of such agents as mass media, Internet forums and social networks is noted. The article shows the need to strengthen the role and significance of the state and youth movements in the process of political socialization of young people.

Effects of the Usage of Social Media on Political Socialization of Youth

This research is conducted to explore how much social media involved in engaging Pakistani adolescents towards political socialization. In addition, how they are participating and what impact of their participation is reflecting on their political motivation, political behavior and voting tendency. It was tentative estimate that social media plays significant role in political socialization. To explore this prospect, Uses and Gratification school of thought were closer to this research, which questions about what are the purposes behind use of social media and what urges youth to use them? This theory also suggests that the usage of these social mediums vary from user to user where everyone has right to use these for their satisfaction. This study is grounded on quantitative analysis in which survey method is used with Non-probability sampling technique and respondents have been selected through convenient sampling to obtain a representative sample by using a sound judgment. The study explored the usage of media by gender and purpose. Moreover, the relation between social media and political socialization is also observed in this study. For this purpose, statistical tests are also applied on gathered data. It can be concluded that the usage of digital media in Pakistan politicize the youth and that affects the voting behavior of its users. As Pakistan is not considered suitable for demonstrations due to internal threats that’s why individuals could not participate physically. Therefore, most of the users share their views online because it is convenient and safest platform for them to reveal their concerns.

Гражданский активизм молодежи в современной России: особенности проявления в онлайне- и офлайн-средах

The article presents the empirical results of the study focused on the Russian youth online and offline civic activism. The main collecting data method is a mass online survey of Russian youth. Correlation between the Russian young generation belonging to various clusters of protest potential (leaders, activists, involved, spectators) and the features of its civic activism in digital and real spaces are identified. The author makes conclusion on the high potential for the development of conventional forms of online network civic activity of Russian youth. The results of the study may be of interest to the relevant committees of the Russian State Duma and the Public Chamber; departments of government departments working with youth; universities. It also may contribute to the development of measures to overcome the destructive forms of youth political socialization, the formation of the attitudes to the conventional dialogue of the young generation with the government.

Book Review: Political Socialization of Youth: A Palestinian Case Study by Janette Habashi

Book Review: Political Socialization of Youth: A Palestinian Case Study by Janette Habashi

Особенности политической социализации молодежи в университетском городе

Особенности политической социализации молодежи в университетском городе

Editor's Introduction

Editor's Introduction