scholarly journals “That’s How Revolutions Happen”: Psychopolitical Resistance in Youth’s Online Civic Engagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 074355842110621
Author(s):  
Sara Wilf ◽  
Laura Wray-Lake
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Youth Civic Engagement ◽  
Generation Immigrant ◽  
Inductive Constant ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Constant Comparative Analysis

This paper describes forms of online youth civic engagement that center the experiences of youth with historically marginalized identities and documents ways that youth are civically engaged. Twenty U.S.-based, digitally active youth ages 16 to 21 years old were interviewed. Seven participants (35%) identified as female, nine (45%) as male, and four (20%) as gender nonbinary. Twelve (60%) identified as a first or second generation immigrant. Youth were recruited through youth-led movement accounts on Twitter and contacted via Direct Messaging. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with youth between March and September 2020, a period spanning the outbreak of COVID-19 and rise in participation in the Black Lives Matter movement. Inductive Constant Comparative Analysis was used to document forms of youth civic engagement on social media and understand how youth ascribed meaning to their civic engagement. Framed by literature on critical consciousness and psychopolitical resistance to oppression, findings highlight three forms of online youth civic engagement: Restorying, Building Community, and Taking Collective Action. These findings indicate that, for youth with identities that have historically been marginalized, social media is an important context to be civically engaged in ways that resist oppression and injustice.

scholarly journals “That’s How Revolutions Happen”: Psychopolitical Resistance in Youth’s Online Civic Engagement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Wilf ◽  
Laura Wray-Lake
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Movement Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Youth Civic Engagement ◽  
Generation Immigrant ◽  
Inductive Constant ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Constant Comparative Analysis

Aims: This paper aims to describe forms of online youth civic engagement that center the experiences of youth with historically marginalized identities and documents ways that youth are civically engaged. Demographics: Twenty U.S.-based, digitally active youth ages 16-21 years old were interviewed. Seven participants (35%) identified as female, nine (45%) as male, and four (20%) as gender nonbinary. Twelve (60%) identified as a first or second generation immigrant. Settings: Youth were recruited through youth-led movement accounts on Twitter and contacted via Direct Messaging. Methodology: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with youth between March and September 2020, a period spanning the outbreak of COVID-19 and rise in participation in the Black Lives Matter movement. Analysis: Inductive Constant Comparative Analysis was used to document forms of youth civic engagement on social media and understand how youth ascribed meaning to their civic engagement. Findings: Framed by literature on critical consciousness and psychopolitical resistance to oppression, findings highlight three forms of online youth civic engagement: Restorying, Building Community, and Taking Collective Action. Implications: These findings indicate that, for youth with identities that have historically been marginalized, social media is an important context to be civically engaged in ways that resist oppression and injustice.

scholarly journals Astrotourism–Exceeding Limits of the Earth and Tourism Definitions?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 373
Author(s):  
Martina Pásková ◽  
Nicol Budinská ◽  
Josef Zelenka
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Space Tourism ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Mental Mapping ◽  
Insight Into

Emerging forms of alternative or even niche tourism represent a dynamic trend in tourism development. Astrotourism is completely off the beaten path. The aim of this study is to provide a deeper insight into this phenomenon. It strives to reveal motivations, experiences, and perceptions of its participants. It also aspires to propose its complex definition as an activity including both terrestrial astrotourism and space tourism. It is suggested to perceive it not only as a form of alternative and/or niche tourism, but also that of mass and professional tourism. To reach these objectives, the authors analyzed relevant published studies and astrotourism products presented on relevant websites and social media. They elaborated the collected secondary data by mental mapping and the comparative analysis of terrestrial and space tourism products. Moreover, the authors collected primary data through a survey with open-ended questions addressed to persons interested in astrotourism and through semi-structured interviews with terrestrial astrotourism participants and personalities. The results provide insight into both the specifity and variability of astrotourism and their typical products, as well as a discussion of their future trends. They also bring a motivation spectrum for the astrotourism participants and benefits perceived by them.

scholarly journals Institutional Performance of Collective Irrigation Systems: A Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis in the Nile Delta of Egypt

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1103
Author(s):  
Ahmed Soliman ◽  
Andreas Thiel ◽  
Matteo Roggero
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Group Size ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Nile Delta ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Command Area ◽  
Structured Interviews

Egypt, akin to many countries in the global South, has striven to promote collective management to overcome the challenges of irrigation management since the 1990s. Establishing shared pumping stations (SPSs) has been one of the cornerstones helping farmers better manage water for irrigation. Operating SPSs successfully poses collective action problems, for which there is no single set of solutions. This paper utilizes fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to identify which conditions or configurations are sufficient or necessary for well-operated SPSs. The study draws on empirical data gathered through semi-structured interviews from 45 cases, located in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate in Egypt’s Nile Delta. Results show that three different paths are sufficient to ensure well-operated SPSs. These are: (1) the condition of effective rules related to allocation, monitoring, and sanctions; (2) the configuration of small group size of SPSs and large irrigated sizes of SPSs; or (3) the configuration of adequate water supply and appropriate location of the SPS command area. The paper concludes that neither group size nor resource size alone explains the outcome of collective action, while a combination of both factors does. Similarly, an adequate water supply is essential to enhance users’ engagement in collective actions only when resource location characteristics do not provide alternative water sources for irrigation.

scholarly journals KEBUNTUAN PEMAHAMAN TERHADAP POLEMIK WACANA ISLAM NUSANTARA: KAJIAN DARI PERSPEKTIF MAKNA PRAGMATIK

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-154
Author(s):  
Taufik Nurhadi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
The Core ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Worship Practices ◽  
Symbolic Identity ◽  
Constant Comparative Analysis ◽  
Core Problem

This study is aimed at describing of the impasse understanding of the polemic of the Nusantara Islamic discourse. The data were in the form of Indonesian language used in the polemic of the pros and cons of the Nusantara Islam issue, which is published on social media, Youtube. Data collection uses the method of listening with tapping, SBLC, download, and note techniques. The data analysis method used is Constant Comparative Analysis. The results of the analysis showed that there was a deadlock in understanding the issues of the Nusantara Islamic discourse regarding 4 things, namely symbolic identity, rejection in terms of terms, classic rivalry between tribes, and culture as the core problem. The deadlock of understanding was triggered by long competition between the two circles of Muhammadiyah and Nahdatul Ulama in viewing worship practices from different perspectives.

scholarly journals Bullying in Graduate School: Its Nature and Effects

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Gentry ◽  
Bernard Whitley
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
School Context ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Grounded Theory Methodology ◽  
Bullying Behaviors ◽  
Constant Comparative Analysis ◽  
Insight Into

Does bullying exist in graduate school? If so, what does it look like? Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 graduate students from various departments at a medium-sized, Midwestern U.S. university. Grounded Theory methodology (Glaser, 1978) was utilized to gain insight into the terms and behaviors students used to define bullying in the graduate school context. Through constant comparative analysis (Stern, 1980), categories emerged that provided an understanding of the different perspectives inherent in a bully system, and the meanings attached to bullying behaviors. These findings can provide administrators and counselors with the information necessary to conduct preventative training to help students interact in a more professional, inclusive manner.

scholarly journals Between “CV builder” and “Genuine” activist: The many faces of youth civic engagement in Serbia

Sociologija ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-276
Author(s):  
Jelisaveta Petrovic ◽  
Dragan Stanojevic
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Youth Engagement ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Youth Civic Engagement ◽  
Social Good ◽  
Civil Society Organisations

The aim of this paper is to explore the characteristics and relative importance of civic engagement for young members of civil society organisations in Serbia. This article is exploratory in character and is based on qualitative methodology. Youth engagement is observed through the theoretical lens of the life course approach. The questions addressed by the paper are as follows: How do young people perceive their civic engagement? What motivates their participation? How does this engagement relate to other aspects of their life course? The method used here is narrative analysis of 20 semi-structured interviews conducted with young volunteers and members of civil society organisations in Serbia selected through theoretical sampling. The key finding is that there is a range of motivations and accompanying strategies - from the purely idealistic to the highly instrumental. The majority of our respondents displayed a mixed type of motivation, successfully combining activities aimed at protecting the ?social good? with those that contribute to the achievement of personal goals. Motivation, however, tends to vary between the different types of organisations, professional and grassroots. Engagement in professional organisations is more frequently instrumental and, in contrast, grassroots organisations typically attract ?genuine?, value-driven activists.

How Should Organizations Adapt to Youth Civic Engagement in Social Media? A Lead User Approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 664-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petter Bae Brandtzaeg ◽  
Ida Maria Haugstveit ◽  
Marika Lüders ◽  
Asbjørn Følstad
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Youth Civic Engagement ◽  
Lead User

The role of social media in youth civic engagement practices in the Eastern Cape

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-42
Author(s):  
Stenford Matenda ◽  
Gedala Mulliah Naidoo ◽  
Hemduth Rugbeer
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Youth Civic Engagement ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere

The increasing appropriation of social media by young people has impelled many scholars to study how social networks affect their civic participation. Understanding this has become more urgent since there are concerns over the growing indifference to civic participation among young people. The paper was conceptualised using the public sphere theory. A mixed research design was used and 331 questionnaires were distributed to gather quantitative data while six focus group discussions were conducted to gather qualitative data. The findings showed that there is a shifting notion of communities and that young people are using social media to interact and solve issues that affect them in their ‗communities‘. Young people also use social media to get news, to discuss community development issues and to help others within their social networks to address challenges they face individually or collectively. The study concludes that social networks are important tools for promoting civic engagement.

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