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Dissertation: Political participation of Generation Z on the…
Dissertation: Political participation of Generation Z on the internet/social media
Uses of social media
information gathering
campaigning
organising
mobilising
shaping viewpoints
Education
life experience
raising awareness
sharing personal perspectives
Political participation
Different forms of participation
traditional
voting
petitions
protest
newspaper
contacting MP
new/ modern
social media
online petitions
online news media
information sharing
Defining participation
defining participation depends a lot upon time and context
narrowly defining participation can exclude key means
leading to pessism about young people
narrow focus on traditional forms is exclusionary
The value of different forms of participation
are some more important or valuable than others
The manner of participation or the degree of participation
Politics of Gen z
Do-it-ourselves
online and offline young people are doing and living politics
Values and identity
more value orientated political outlook
post-materialist
life politics
politicise own actions: recycling or climate friendly diet
apathy from institutional/ low turnout
not a decline in political engagement but a diversification of means
Generational differences
Causes of generational differences
Life cycle effect
Attitudes and beliefs develop through the stages of life
Generational/cohort/period effect
young people born in a specific era—a cohort—are exposed to decisive and memorable events and contexts with a shared habitus (Bourdieu)
The importance of generational differences
Gen Z have grown up in digital age - 'Digital natives'
common to have pessimistic view of young people
Idea of civic engagement/ citizenship
What it means to partake in democracy (Anderson, 2021)
Engagement outside of elections
importance of participation to democracy
Key texts
Pickard, Sarah. (2019). Politics, protest and young people : political participation and dissent in 21st century Britain . Palgrave Macmillan
Andersen, Kim. (2021) Generational Gaps in Political Media Use and Civic Engagement: from Baby Boomers to Generation Z, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Norris, Pippa. (2002). Democratic phoenix : reinventing political activism . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Key concepts
Young people
Avoid essentialism when defining young people
participation
Pippa Norris (2002) ‘any dimension of activity that are either designed directly to influence government agencies and the policy process, or indirectly to impact civil society, or which attempts to alter systematic patterns of social behaviour’
Gen Z:
Mid/late nineties onward
slacktivism
where the real life impact of the activities is limited; the main effect is to enhance the feel–good factor for participants.
Youthquake
Importance of young people in 2017 GE election