Political Satire as a Means of Informing and Mobilizing Political Participation

Tema rada je analiza konzumiranja političko satiričnih sadržaja s političkim ponašanjem studenata Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Teorijski pregled rada obuhvaća pojam satire i političke satire, te oblike političko satiričnih tekstova. Osim toga, iznosi se i veza političke satire s političkom informiranošću i političkom participacijom. U drugom djelu rada provedeno je istraživanje na studentima Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (N=156) gdje se ispituje postoji li veza između konzumiranja političke satire s razinom političke informiranosti građana, političkom participacijom, s razinom podrške demokraciji te veza s ciničnim stavovima. U istraživanju je mjereno konzumiranje političko satiričnih sadržaja, zainteresiranost za politička zbivanja, informiranje o političkim događajima putem medija, politička participacija, podrška demokraciji te razina cinizma. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su kako postoji statistički značajna pozitivna korelacija između konzumiranja sadržaja političke satire s razinom političke informiranosti građana kao i s političkom participacijom građana. U istraživanju je također pronađena statistički značajna negativna povezanost između konzumiranje sadržaja političke satire s razinom cinizma. Povezanost između konzumiranje sadržaja političke satire s razinom podrške demokraciji samo je djelomično potvrđena.The main topic of the paper is the analysis of the link between the consumption of politically satirical content and the political behavior of students at the University of Zagreb. The theoretical overview of the paper includes the concept of satire and political satire, as well as forms of political satirical texts. In addition, the connection between political satire and political information and political participation is presented. In the second part of the paper, a study was conducted on students at the University of Zagreb (N = 156) where it examined a link between consuming political satire with the level of political information, political participation, support for democracy and cynical attitudes. The research measured the consumption of politically satirical content, interest in political events, interest in political events through the media, political participation, support for democracy and the level of cynicism. The results showed that there is a statistically significant positive correlation of consumption of political satire with the level of political awareness of information of citizens and the political participation of citizens. The study also found a statistically significant negative correlation between political satire with and the level of cynicism. The link between political satire and the level of support for democracy has only been partially confirmed