The economic level also strongly effects on if young people have computer or not; also to have DSL or router for internet service also depending on how much money you have. B. K. L. Genova and Bradly S. Greenberc, 2006 indicated that the population with higher socioeconomic status their trends to political information a faster rate than lower status segments, so that the gap in knowledge between them trends to increase rather than decrease Age effects how University students rate credibility in online news and the students found online news more credibility than old media (Bucy, 2003),. Delli Carpini & Keeter, 1996 young people with high levels of education have higher political knowledge and civic engagement (Delli Carpini & Keeter, 1996).
Speech researchers in this field have indicated that socio-economic status is another factor in assessing political knowledge and civic engagement, especially income; consequently, those with greater incomes are more engaged both civically and politically activities, and they are much more knowledgeable about politics issues than other groups with low income status (Delli Carpini & Keeter, 1996, p. 215; Schlozman & et al., 1999, p. 433). but the negative correlation between exposure to political comedy shows and age according to (Xiao Xia cao.2008, p, 56) in his study about the moderating effects of age and education in exposure to political comedy shows and its relation with political knowledge in 2000&2004 primary election campaigns in America but he found positive relationships between education " young people with high degree education more than lower level of educated " in political knowledge and political participation.
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...g access to news and gaining information. Instrumental sites such as search engines, social contacts through e-mail, blogs, and Facebook, as well as the discussion of taboo topics are just some of the uses; along with entertainment, sports, and search for moral guidance and religious advice through religious websites (Bunt, 2009; Hofheinz, 2005; Abdulla, 2007 in Dominika and Sisler,210.p.3).
-in Egypt and according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics the young people age (15-29) years as 2008 statistical were (35.5) million as (33.31%) of the total population and the gender ratio among Egyptian young people 103 males per 100 females; whereas the number of Internet users from young people (376.2) million (8.60%) men and (2.39%) women, this mean Men more likely to use and access the internet than women and this maybe for cultural reason .
In chapter one, Wattenberg discusses the declining trends of Americans who regularly read newspapers between the 1960’s and present day. This can be attributed the aging patterns among generations who frequently read newspapers as well as with the use of technology rising. Reading the newspaper is a habit that either is or is not developed by the time one reaches voting age. With this, newspapers have become an older generation’s primary source of information, however, are still the best source for political matters. Younger generations tend to be more computer literate and have grown up with television and media more accessible to them than the previous generation. These trends not only reflect in American culture, but in other countries worldwide such as Italy, and Germany. Quoting a 2003 fox news interview of President Bush, Wattenberg illustrates the vast decline of newspaper consumption; even the U.S. President isn’t reading newspapers (11). Using tables throughout chapter one to illustrate the drastic differences within the last 50 years, the author exemplifies a 35% point decrease from 1957 to 2004. He speculates that perhaps young adults don’t like to read, but proves that is not the case as surveys have shown that education levels have risen overall, and access to books and reading has also increased over the years; thereby concluding that young people read, but do not typically read the newspaper. While there are several newspaper websites available, young adults do not frequently read those websites either. Although TV news information is not as detailed as it is in newspapers, young people have an ability to make up for their disinterest in newspapers by watching the news headlines (30). Chapter one makes a strong case...
Claim: In the article, Civic and Political Disengagement, Wendell Berry claims that emerging adults are becoming less politically active as time progresses. On top of that, he claims that we have developed categories of “adult orientations to political life”.
The demographic factors, education, income, and gender may affect a person's opinion in politics. Their education may come into play when they are watching the presidential debate on television, and they don't understand the terms the debaters are using. If they have a lower income, they are most likely for Obamacare. Their gender may help them decide their position on gun control. There are many demographic factors that may or may not make a person think different.
student at the University of Chicago who argues how comedy in politics has a negative impact on social change. Lopez introduces the idea of cynicism and how “it negatively impacts political participation, volunteer work, interpersonal trust, and increases levels of social suspicion and xenophobia” (160). Cynicism makes people believe they know what is happening about a subject and blinds them from accepting different views in politics (Lopez 160). All these factors that cynicism effects are characteristics that are closely related with social change. To support his claim, Lopez states, “The first major study of “The Daily Show’s” impact on cynicism indicated that viewers rated George W. Bush and John Kerry more negatively than non-viewers, and that they were also more cynical about the news media and the electoral system“(160). By watching these news shows that incorporate comedy, the public becomes incapable of grasping new ideas, leaving them with a lack of knowledge about a particular topic. This has a direct effect on social change because the public will no longer advocate for the choices that they make, and instead will “slip into becoming a democracy merely in structure, rather than substance” (Lopez,
The title of DNP scholarly project number 2 is Long-Term Outcomes of Service-Learning on Civic Engagement and Professional Nursing Practice. The study sought to determine if a correlation existed between participation in the service-learning experience and self-efficacy toward civic engagement as a long-term outcome of professional nursing education. This study finding revealed that there is a definite relationship between the pedagogy of service-learning within the professional nursing curriculum and the development of self-efficacy for long-term civic engagement as well as professional practice. This positive finding is supported by the service-learning literature and addresses the development of professional nursing students in the overall
Such factors are their educational background, socioeconomic status, gender and other demographics. There will be a definite difference between a person who has an excellent academic background and a person who does not have such qualification. In the same way, socioeconomic status of a person also decides how well a person engages politically (Riedel and Sullivan, 2001). For instance, an individual who comes from a very lower class will not pay heed to political system of the country because his basic concern is to feed his children and family. His priorities will be different from a person who has all basic necessities. In the same way a middle aged person who has an adequate knowledge and experience regarding the political system of a country and a young person who is just an amateur will have significant differences of political attitudes and political efficacy. So attitudes and experiences also affect the political efficacy and ultimately the voting behaviors of the individuals (Sheerin and Celia Anne, 2007). Mass Media is one of the tools to build these attitudes and political
Some of the main features that distinguish voters from non-voters are level of education, social connectedness and age. The biggest difference between voters from non-voters is their level of education. Less educated Americans, (who typically identify as Democrats) are much less likely to vote. In addition, because of the significant correlation between education and income, lower socioeconomic people also tend to vote in lower proportions. Moreover, the more education that a person has the easier that it is for the person to understand the political system and find the information that they need to make political choices. More educated people are also more likely to feel that they should vote. (Hershey, 2015, p. 167)
The book: Political Character of Adolescence, specifically in the chapter: Political Knowledge, explains correlations by the usage of statistics. Kent Jennings, in his book, Political Character of Adolescence: The Influence of Families and Schools, confirms that girls of homogeneous families are the children that grow up to be more like their parents, than boys. This is only when one parent reports a party difference and the other does not. In this case, the boys’ perspectives about political parties become independent of their parents’ views. Based on the “Student Reports of Party Differences by Parent Reports,” the similarity between a student and his or her parent increases as the student moves up the education ladder. When the head of household has received some grade school or less for education, views of students and parents are independent (-.01). When they have received a high school diploma or have some high school education, correlations are more positive but still small (.10 and .08). Continually, when the head of the household is college-educated, similarity between child-parents is moderate (.17). By observing this, it is clear that perspectives on politics are most learned by children when their parents are highly politicized. Visibly, children, whose parents are more educated, are highly likely to think like their parents, politically. For instance, my older Armenian cousins’ parents are Republicans and they want Trump to win the presidential race. Their parents are educated, one has a master’s degree and the other has a bachelor’s degree. Their political views are strongly conservative and the fact that Trump is the presumptive nominee is a celebration for them. They raised two children who are now adults with their own political views. They adopted their parents’ political views. This is how political views are
Civic engagement is promoting the quality of life in a community through both political and non-political process. The more we have on our brain the more stressed we are and the less empathy we feel for others and reduce our own happiness. Worrying about something that’s going to happen can affect the brain from functioning effectively on that moment. When the mind is absent, the body is usually absent too.
Activities and philosophies that advocate for the connecting of communities with socially sentient beliefs and actions is what have come to be referred to as civic engagement. They are thus individual or collective actions aimed at addressing issues that are deemed to be of public concern. They can be manifested in many ways including; public service, civil activity, service-learning, crusading and advocacy to mention but a few as the list is endless.
Civic engagement means helping out in the community and ultimately making the world a better place. Personally, I have a soft spot for those in poverty and struggling to make ends meet. Those people can be very stressed around the holidays, like Thanksgiving and Christmas, so I try and help make things a little easier for them. My church emphasizes helping those people out around the holidays and as I have gotten older, I have taken more responsibility for helping the less fortunate out myself. I have been running fundraisers and food drives to collect the necessities for Thanksgiving and Christmas, in correspondence with the Adopt-a-Family organization. I choose to hand deliver whatever was collected for families to their doorsteps just
vigorously involving young people in politics. Based on the data collected he concludes that Parties do not give prominence to their opinions, suggestions as well as their difficulties problems. Which he claims to be the one reason that compels youth not to participate in politics actively.
Internet is a network that virtually connects computers around the world. It has an address network which makes communication possible between the computers. It is an open phone line and an open television channel to millions of people around the world who can communicate anonymously (Palmer, 2006). People use it to exchange files and e-mails, to surf the World Wide Web, to download songs or other types of files, to take part of discussion boards, and to send instant messages. It can be beneficial when it comes to freedom of press, and less disintermediation between people (Palmer, 2006). It can also be of assistance when it comes to doing some kind of research, finding some specific information about any topic, or even getting an undergraduate or a postgraduate degree when it comes to busy people who want to expand their horizons. However, internet has many risks in contrast to its benefits and it should not be used by children without adult supervision and parental control.
The first motives which push me the political issues were the political writings and movies. There is a rule that is probably valid for the most, “I read a sentence and my whole life is transferred.” I accept it is seen exaggerated however young people have already be ready for these kinds of experiences which fire the ideas.
Internet has become a new equipment to improve violence and disobedience. Teenagers can have easy access to the pornography sites or adult’s chartrooms. As a matter of fact recent researches has shown that Despite the potential negative effects on children using the Internet, more than 30% of surveyed parents had not discussed the downside of Internet use with their children (Internet Advisory Board, 2001), and 62% of parents of teenagers did not realize that their children had visited inappropriate Web sites (Yankelovich Partner...