Political Socialization, Civic Consciousness and Political Interest of Young Adults

2013 ◽  
pp. 65-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Lange ◽  
Holger Onken
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Civic Consciousness

scholarly journals This One’s for the Boys: How Gendered Political Socialization Limits Girls’ Political Ambition and Interest

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
ANGELA L. BOS ◽  
JILL S. GREENLEE ◽  
MIRYA R. HOLMAN ◽  
ZOE M. OXLEY ◽  
J. CELESTE LAY
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
The United States ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Women And Politics ◽  
Political Ambition ◽  
Gendered Expectations

This article develops and tests a new theoretical framework, gendered political socialization, which offers important insights into how children perceive gender in politics and the consequences of these perceptions on sex differences in political interest and ambition. Based on data from 1,604 children who live in four different regions across the United States, we find that children not only perceive politics to be a male-dominated space, but with age, girls increasingly see political leadership as a “man’s world.” Simultaneously, as children grow older, they internalize gendered expectations, which direct their interests toward professions that embody the gendered traits that fit with their own sex. One result of this mismatch between women and politics is that girls express lower levels of interest and ambition in politics than do boys.

What Does It Mean to Be a Good Citizen? Citizenship Vocabularies as Resources for Action

2012 ◽  
Vol 644 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kjerstin Thorson
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Conceptual Mapping ◽  
Good Citizen ◽  
Political Consumption

This article introduces the concept of citizenship vocabularies and argues that these vocabularies serve as resources for civic and political action. Drawing on interviews with young adults, the author presents a conceptual mapping of citizenship vocabularies. Examples show how citizenship vocabularies play a role in constraining or enabling emerging repertoires of participation such as political consumption. The article concludes by briefly outlining an agenda for exploring the connections among political socialization, citizenship vocabularies, and political participation.

scholarly journals Social media and youth political engagement: Preaching to the converted or providing a new voice for youth?

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 877-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avril Keating ◽  
Gabriella Melis
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Web Survey ◽  
Online Tools

Amidst concern about declining youth political engagement, it is often suggested that social media can provide a solution to this challenge. In this article, however, we argue that these online tools have not thus far mobilised a new audience to become engaged in either institution-oriented activities or political expression. Instead, we found that some young people are far more engaged in using social media for political purposes than others, and that a substantial proportion of young adults never use social media for this purpose. Using latent class analysis (LCA) of a unique web survey of young Britons aged 22–29, we show that the principal driver of online political engagement is political interest (even after controlling for socio-demographic characteristics). On this basis, we conclude that social media may be providing a new outlet for some young adults; it is not re-engaging the young adults who have already lost interest in politics.

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