Does ‘clicking’ matter? The role of online participation in adolescents’ civic development

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F17%3A00095297" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/17:00095297 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/8741/8151" target="_blank" >https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/8741/8151</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CP2017-4-5" target="_blank" >10.5817/CP2017-4-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Does ‘clicking’ matter? The role of online participation in adolescents’ civic development

Original language description

This study focuses on the role of online civic participation in the civic development of adolescents. We build on the assumption that online civic participation differs from more traditional offline civic participation in several key characteristics, namely lacking proximity to other actors, possible disconnection between civic actions and their outcomes, and a reduced hierarchy within the online environment. Considering these specifics, the study examined the longitudinal effect of online participation on the development of civic identity, political self-efficacy, and attitudes toward social authorities. Concurrently, we contrasted the impact of online participation with the impact of offline civic participation. Data from a survey-based two-wave panel study conducted in Spring 2014 and Autumn 2015 in the Czech Republic were utilized. The sample comprised 768 adolescents (aged 14-17 in T1; 54% females). The results showed that online participation predicted increased challenging attitudes towards social authorities, while offline participation had the opposite effect. Furthermore, online participation had no effect on political self-efficacy or civic development, but offline participation positively predicted civic identity. The findings are discussed with regard to the specific benefits and limits of online civic participation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-20582S" target="_blank" >GA14-20582S: Psychological aspects of adolescents´ civic development</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Cyberpsychology : Journal of psychosocial research on cyberspace

ISSN

1802-7962

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000418947900005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85041335398