The New Political Voice of Young Americans: Online Engagement and Civic Development among First-Year College Students

Autor/inn/en	Metzger, Molly W.; Erete, Sheena L.; Barton, Derek Lee; Desler, Mary K.; Lewis, Dan A.
Titel	The New Political Voice of Young Americans: Online Engagement and Civic Development among First-Year College Students
Quelle	In: Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 10 (2015) 1, S.55-66 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1746-1979
DOI	10.1177/1746197914558398
Schlagwörter	College Freshmen; Longitudinal Studies; Undergraduate Students; Citizen Participation; Problem Solving; Educational Experience; Political Attitudes; Civics; Social Networks; Mass Media Use; Correlation; High Schools; Secondary School Curriculum; Regression (Statistics); Young Adults; Adolescent Development; Activism; Advocacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Problemlösen; Bildungserfahrung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Staatsbürgerkunde; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Mediennutzung; Korrelation; High school; Oberschule; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Sozialanwaltschaft
Abstract	We present findings from the first wave of a longitudinal study of civic and political engagement among undergraduate students at a mid-sized university in the Midwestern United States. We find that high school experiences of civic learning are a significant predictor of three of our four measures of civic and political engagement, namely, the likelihood of contacting a public official, participating in a protest, and engaging in collective problem-solving. Online political engagement appears to partially mediate the relationship between high school civic learning and offline political engagement. In terms of the specific aspects of high school civic learning that may be most salient to adolescents, the classroom experience of "meeting people who make society better" emerges as the strongest predictor of students' civic engagement. These findings suggest that citizenship norms among young adults may be shifting to new forums of engagement rather than simply eroding, as some current literature suggests. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01