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Jan Šerek, Zuzana Petrovičová , Hana Macháčková & Petr Macek

Online civic participation among youth: An extension of traditional participation, or a new quality?. Paper presented at the Surrey PIDOP Conference on “Political and Civic Participation”, April 16 th -17 th , 2012, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Jan Šerek, Zuzana Petrovičová ,

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Jan Šerek, Zuzana Petrovičová , Hana Macháčková & Petr Macek

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  1. Online civic participationamong youth:An extension of traditional participation,or a new quality? Paper presented at the Surrey PIDOP Conference on “Political and Civic Participation”, April 16th-17th, 2012, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Jan Šerek, Zuzana Petrovičová, Hana Macháčková & Petr Macek Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

  2. Strengths of the PIDOP WP6 survey • cross-country comparison • ethnicminorities

  3. Strengths of the PIDOP WP6 survey • cross-country comparison • ethnicminorities • items on differenttypesofparticipation, includingnonconventional online activities

  4. Online participation • internet isanimportantsourceofsocialcapital (Ellisonetal., 2009) • debatesaboutitspotentialforpoliticalandcivic engagement (Gurak, 2005) • efficientplacefordiscussion, informationsharing, planning, orevenquickmobilization • spreadingofinaccurateinformation, no effectivecontroloveraggressivecomments • no conclusive evidence on thedifferencesbetween online and offline participation (Couldryetal., 2007; Zhangetal., 2010; Byrne, 2007)

  5. Online participation • internet isanimportantsourceofsocialcapital (Ellisonetal., 2009) • debatesaboutitspotentialforpoliticalandcivic engagement (Gurak, 2005) • efficientplacefordiscussion, informationsharing, planning, orevenquickmobilization • spreadingofinaccurateinformation, no effectivecontroloveraggressivecomments • no conclusive evidence on thedifferencesbetween online and offline participation (Couldryetal., 2007; Zhangetal., 2010; Byrne, 2007)

  6. Online participation • internet isanimportantsourceofsocialcapital (Ellisonetal., 2009) • debatesaboutitspotentialforpoliticalandcivic engagement (Gurak, 2005) • efficientplacefordiscussion, informationsharing, planning, orevenquickmobilization • spreadingofinaccurateinformation, no effectivecontroloveraggressivecomments • no conclusive evidence on thedifferencesbetween online and offline participation (Couldryetal., 2007; Zhangetal., 2010; Byrne, 2007)

  7. Online participation • internet isanimportantsourceofsocialcapital (Ellisonetal., 2009) • debatesaboutitspotentialforpoliticalandcivic engagement (Gurak, 2005) • efficientplacefordiscussion, informationsharing, planning, orevenquickmobilization • spreadingofinaccurateinformation, no effectivecontroloveraggressivecomments • no conclusive evidence on thedifferencesbetween online and offline engagement (Couldryetal., 2007; Zhangetal., 2010; Byrne, 2007)

  8. Canweidentify a patternofparticipationthatischaracterized by a strongemphasis on online participation?

  9. Sample & procedure N = 732 ethnic majority 61 % females Age 15-28 questionnaire-based survey

  10. Formsofparticipation online – linking social or political content, discussing, visiting a politicalwebsite, Facebook, online protest/boycott direct – demonstration, political graffiti, illegalaction, boycott/buying civic – volunteering, donating money, fundraisingevents, wearing a symbol

  11. hierarchical cluster analysis(Ward‘s method) threetypesofpoliticalparticipation fourclusters

  12. Activists

  13. Disengaged

  14. Onlycivic

  15. Only online

  16. Gender

  17. Gender 79.7 124.3 expectedfrequencies

  18. Gender 79.7 124.3 χ2 (1) = 1.10, p = .29 malesandfemalesrepresentedequally

  19. Age

  20. Age 60.7 140.3 expectedfrequencies

  21. Age 60.7 140.3 χ2 (1) = 3.23, p = .07 youngerandolderrepresentedequally

  22. What is the difference between activists and people who participate only online?

  23. What is the difference between activists and people who participate only online? • psychologicalempowerment • trust • socialviews • politicizedsocialenvironment

  24. Psychological empowerment F(3,636) = 22.71, p < .01

  25. Psychologicalempowerment t(636) = 0.11, p = .91 F(3,636) = 22.71, p < .01

  26. Psychologicalempowerment

  27. Psychologicalempowerment F(3,633) = 12.34, p < .01

  28. Psychologicalempowerment t(633) = 1.04, p = .30 F(3,633) = 12.34, p < .01

  29. Psychologicalempowerment

  30. Psychologicalempowerment F(3,609) = 9.96, p < .01

  31. Psychologicalempowerment t(609) = 1.84, p = .07 F(3,609) = 9.96, p < .01

  32. Psychologicalempowerment

  33. Psychologicalempowerment F(3,609) = 0.66, p = .58

  34. Psychologicalempowerment t(609) = 0.22, p = .83 F(3,609) = 0.66, p = .58

  35. Psychologicalempowerment

  36. Trust F(3,618) = 2.97, p = .03

  37. Trust t(618) = 1.13, p = .26 F(3,618) = 2.97, p = .03

  38. Trust

  39. Trust F(3,615) = 1.91, p = .13

  40. Trust t(615) = 0.59, p = .56 F(3,615) = 1.91, p = .13

  41. Trust

  42. Trust F(3,618) = 1.97, p = .12

  43. Trust t(618) = 0.57, p = .57 F(3,618) = 1.97, p = .12

  44. Trust

  45. Trust F(3,615) = 2.69, p = .05

  46. Trust t(615) = 0.57, p = .57 F(3,615) = 2.69, p = .05

  47. Trust

  48. Socialviews F(3,604) = 2.91, p = .03

  49. Socialviews t(604) = 0.87, p = .38 F(3,604) = 2.91, p = .03

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