Political Socialization of Younger Generations: Participation, Beliefs, Attitudes and Knowledge (1).

Wednesday, 9 July 2025: 15:00-16:45
Location: SJES025 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC42 Social Psychology (host committee)
RC34 Sociology of Youth

Language: English

Although the study of socialization processes has existed for decades in the social sciences, recent local and global transformations have challenged existing assumptions and renewed interest in these processes. These transformations include intersecting crises such as globalisation, insecurity and misinformation and a diversification of young people’s democratic practices (from local radical acts of resistance to global peaceful demonstrations). Additionally, the emergence of the right-wing conservative movement, growing concern about populist candidates, and increasing political polarization pose uncertain scenarios. The acquisition of knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of the new generations and how these prepare them to exercise their role as citizens in the recent local and global contexts becomes an important question.

These scenarios challenge knowledge about intergenerational socialization processes, the role that families and schools can or should play, and the role of traditional media and social networks, among others. To address these challenges, this panel accepts theoretical, empirical, and experimental contributions that aim: to discuss findings of different agents of socialization and their role in acquiring knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors relevant to the exercise of citizenship throughout life. To discuss the social transformations and their impact on political socialization processes. Finally, to discuss the challenges that social shifts and generational differences put on current knowledge about political socialization processes.

Session Organizers:
Daniel MIRANDA, P. Catholic University of Chile, Chile and Janina SUPPERS, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Oral Presentations
Family – Still an Important Instance of Political Socialization?
Peter RIEKER, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Educational Policies and the Socialisation of Youth in Civic Values: Evidence from the 2015 Fundamental British Values Initiative
Ozan AKSOY, University College London, United Kingdom; Burak SONMEZ, University College London, United Kingdom
The Digital Public Sphere and Epistemic Justice: A Sociological Analysis of Algorithm-Driven News Consumption and Its Impact on Political Opinions Among Young Indians
Vatsal TEWARI, India; Arpita MISHRA, JNU, New Delhu, India
University Students’ Engagement with European Politics: Insights from the European Parliament Elections
Mihaela VANCEA, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
On Measuring Political Consumerism: An Exploratory Study Among Young People in the UK and in Greece
Georgios KYROGLOU, United Kingdom; Matt HENN, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
Young and Resilient? Impact of Outgroup Threat on Anti-Immigrant Attitudes Among Adolescents and Young Adults: Experimental Evidence from Germany
Eylem KANOL, Germany
Gamson’s Mistrustful-Efficacious Political Participation Hypothesis in Adolescents from 24 Countries.
Felipe SÁNCHEZ-BARRÍA, PhD, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; Daniel MIRANDA, P. Catholic University of Chile, Chile
Distributed Papers
Attitudes of Viennese Secondary School Graduates Towards Political Participation Against the Background of Social Inequalities
Katharina DANNER, University of Vienna, Austria
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