This paper aims to examine what motivates political engagement for a young university student. The paper has been guided by Esser & de Vreese’s definition of political engagement. Furthermore, we sought to complement the current knowledge in relation to young voters regarding what motivates them and how the political communication and digitalization matters in the process. Three research areas have been selected to understand the behavior of young voters: turnout, personalization of politics and grassroots organizations. Qualitative interviews with a hermeneutic-phenomenological approach were conducted, with the individual’s view of reality in focus. The analysis indicates that the digitalization has confused and created misbelief regarding...
The role of social media in political participation cannot be overstated as sites like Facebook and ...
Research has described political participation as becoming ever more individualised (eg Bennett & Se...
A vast amount of literature has been dedicated to political participation of young people. How do yo...
Political actors and parties have, during the parliamentary elections 2018, marketed themselves in a...
During recent years, there has been a major change in the way people engage in politics. The introdu...
In the Swedish general election in 2018, social media is expected to play a major role for young peo...
Användandet av sociala medier ökar i samhället, både som källa till information men även för diskuss...
Young people have low influence on societal issues even though one of the general objectives of poli...
Problem statement and purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze in what way first-time voter...
The purpose of the study is to explore how social media can be used as a forum to discuss politics a...
This thesis has attempted to understand and deepen our knowledge of political participationamong stu...
The purpose of this essay is to explore how social media affect the political orientation and commit...
This study aims to examine the new and unexplored phenomenon political influencing from a recipient ...
Det politiska engagemanget i det civila samhället har under de senaste årtiondena genomgått en förän...
In the age of political confrontation the public is at times presented with statements in the media ...
The role of social media in political participation cannot be overstated as sites like Facebook and ...
Research has described political participation as becoming ever more individualised (eg Bennett & Se...
A vast amount of literature has been dedicated to political participation of young people. How do yo...
Political actors and parties have, during the parliamentary elections 2018, marketed themselves in a...
During recent years, there has been a major change in the way people engage in politics. The introdu...
In the Swedish general election in 2018, social media is expected to play a major role for young peo...
Användandet av sociala medier ökar i samhället, både som källa till information men även för diskuss...
Young people have low influence on societal issues even though one of the general objectives of poli...
Problem statement and purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze in what way first-time voter...
The purpose of the study is to explore how social media can be used as a forum to discuss politics a...
This thesis has attempted to understand and deepen our knowledge of political participationamong stu...
The purpose of this essay is to explore how social media affect the political orientation and commit...
This study aims to examine the new and unexplored phenomenon political influencing from a recipient ...
Det politiska engagemanget i det civila samhället har under de senaste årtiondena genomgått en förän...
In the age of political confrontation the public is at times presented with statements in the media ...
The role of social media in political participation cannot be overstated as sites like Facebook and ...
Research has described political participation as becoming ever more individualised (eg Bennett & Se...
A vast amount of literature has been dedicated to political participation of young people. How do yo...