Youth in the Space of Civil and Political Communications (results of a comparative analysis)
https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2020-8-4-121-131
Abstract
In the theoretical part of the article, the civic engagement of youth is viewed through the prism of the cognitive-communicative projection of citizenship and as direct activity in the communicative space of civil-political reality. The types of citizen involved are described. The practical part of the article provides a quantitative description and assessment of the involvement of young people in civil and political communications. For this, the metaphor “funnel of civic engagement” is used. The empirical basis for the analysis is two questionnaires. One by the author at the end of 2019. The object of the study was young people aged 16 to 30 living in Tyumen. The study represents the general population by gender and age. The second source of empirical information is a monitoring study of 14-year-olds, completed in 2009 and 2016 by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievements. The secondary analysis compares the relevant indicators for 17 countries (including Russia) for which there are available databases of both dimensions.
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Malenkov V.V. Youth in the Space of Civil and Political Communications (results of a comparative analysis). Communicology. 2020;8(4):121-131. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2020-8-4-121-131
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