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Brett L M Levy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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toward fostering environmental Political participation framing an agenda for environmental education research
Environmental Education Research, 2013Co-Authors: Brett L M Levy, Michaela ZintAbstract:Scholars of environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) have been among the environmental leaders calling for individuals to become increasingly engaged in Political action aimed at addressing environmental and sustainability issues. Few, however, have studied how educational experiences might foster greater environmental Political engagement. Fortunately, there is a rich body of research in Political science, psychology, and education that provides insights that EE and ESD scholars and educators can build on. Studies in these domains suggest, for example, that Political Efficacy (the belief that individuals’ actions can influence Political processes) and Political interest (individuals’ willingness to pay attention to politics) are strong predictors of Political participation. Moreover, these studies have shown that educators can strengthen individuals’ Political Efficacy and interest through activities such as open-ended discussions of Political issues, opportunities to ...
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toward fostering environmental Political participation framing an agenda for environmental education research
Environmental Education Research, 2013Co-Authors: Brett L M Levy, Michaela ZintAbstract:Scholars of environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) have been among the environmental leaders calling for individuals to become increasingly engaged in Political action aimed at addressing environmental and sustainability issues. Few, however, have studied how educational experiences might foster greater environmental Political engagement. Fortunately, there is a rich body of research in Political science, psychology, and education that provides insights that EE and ESD scholars and educators can build on. Studies in these domains suggest, for example, that Political Efficacy (the belief that individuals’ actions can influence Political processes) and Political interest (individuals’ willingness to pay attention to politics) are strong predictors of Political participation. Moreover, these studies have shown that educators can strengthen individuals’ Political Efficacy and interest through activities such as open-ended discussions of Political issues, opportunities to ...
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an empirical exploration of factors related to adolescents Political Efficacy
Educational Psychology, 2013Co-Authors: Brett L M LevyAbstract:Political scientists have found that one of the strongest predictors of Political participation is Political Efficacy, the belief that individuals’ actions can influence Political processes. Prior research indicates that Political Efficacy increases through various experiences, such as discussions of public issues, but it does not explain why or how these experiences support the development of Political Efficacy. To address this gap, this paper explores the broad set of factors that influence Political Efficacy amongst adolescents, who are at a crucial age for identity development. By analysing interview data from 32 high school students and questionnaire responses from 142 undergraduates, I found evidence to support a model that includes a wide variety of factors that contribute to Political Efficacy, such as persistence, Political interest and Political trust. Based on this empirical model, I provide practical recommendations to educators and researchers interested in preparing students for active polit...
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fostering cautious Political Efficacy through civic advocacy projects a mixed methods case study of an innovative high school class
Theory and Research in Social Education, 2011Co-Authors: Brett L M LevyAbstract:One of the strongest predictors of Political participation is Political Efficacy, the belief that individuals' action can influence governmental processes. Prior research indicates that Political Efficacy is higher for individuals who have had opportunities to discuss public issues (e.g., Hahn, 1999; Morrell, 2005) and participate in small-scale democratic processes (e.g., Dressner, 1990; Stroupe & Sabato, 2004). In this study, the author examined one high school course in which students had these experiences through their completion of civic advocacy projects. These projects required students to identify, investigate, and advocate for public issues of concern to them. Throughout the semester-long course, the author recorded fieldnotes on classroom observations, conducted interviews, and administered surveys. Findings indicate that completing civic advocacy projects positively influenced students' development of Political Efficacy and their understanding of Political challenges, but it also reduced their ...
Michaela Zint - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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toward fostering environmental Political participation framing an agenda for environmental education research
Environmental Education Research, 2013Co-Authors: Brett L M Levy, Michaela ZintAbstract:Scholars of environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) have been among the environmental leaders calling for individuals to become increasingly engaged in Political action aimed at addressing environmental and sustainability issues. Few, however, have studied how educational experiences might foster greater environmental Political engagement. Fortunately, there is a rich body of research in Political science, psychology, and education that provides insights that EE and ESD scholars and educators can build on. Studies in these domains suggest, for example, that Political Efficacy (the belief that individuals’ actions can influence Political processes) and Political interest (individuals’ willingness to pay attention to politics) are strong predictors of Political participation. Moreover, these studies have shown that educators can strengthen individuals’ Political Efficacy and interest through activities such as open-ended discussions of Political issues, opportunities to ...
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toward fostering environmental Political participation framing an agenda for environmental education research
Environmental Education Research, 2013Co-Authors: Brett L M Levy, Michaela ZintAbstract:Scholars of environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) have been among the environmental leaders calling for individuals to become increasingly engaged in Political action aimed at addressing environmental and sustainability issues. Few, however, have studied how educational experiences might foster greater environmental Political engagement. Fortunately, there is a rich body of research in Political science, psychology, and education that provides insights that EE and ESD scholars and educators can build on. Studies in these domains suggest, for example, that Political Efficacy (the belief that individuals’ actions can influence Political processes) and Political interest (individuals’ willingness to pay attention to politics) are strong predictors of Political participation. Moreover, these studies have shown that educators can strengthen individuals’ Political Efficacy and interest through activities such as open-ended discussions of Political issues, opportunities to ...
Raymond J Pingree - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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effects of journalistic adjudication on factual beliefs news evaluations information seeking and epistemic Political Efficacy
Mass Communication and Society, 2014Co-Authors: Raymond J Pingree, Dominique Brossard, Douglas M McleodAbstract:A frequent critique of contemporary journalism is that journalists rarely adjudicate factual disputes when covering politics; however, very little research has been done on the effects of such passive journalism on audiences. This study tests effects of active adjudication versus “he said/she said” journalism on a variety of outcomes, finding that adjudication can correct factual beliefs, increase perceived news quality, satisfy perceived informational needs, and increase the likelihood of future news use. However, for readers who were less interested in the issues under dispute, adjudication also reduced epistemic Political Efficacy, which is confidence in one's ability to find the truth in politics.
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distinguishing effects of game framing and journalistic adjudication on cynicism and epistemic Political Efficacy
Communication Research, 2013Co-Authors: Raymond J Pingree, Megan Hill, Douglas M McleodAbstract:An online experiment tested the influence of “he said/she said” coverage versus active adjudication of factual disputes, as well as strategy versus policy framing in postdebate news coverage. Adjudication in policy-framed stories increased epistemic Political Efficacy (EPE), a measure of confidence in one’s own ability to determine the truth in politics. However, adjudicated policy stories also elicited greater cynicism than passive policy framing. This suggests a caveat for the spiral of cynicism, calling into question its assumption that all policy framing behaves similarly in reducing cynicism. Results also provide several forms of evidence that effects of adjudication on EPE differ from spiral of cynicism effects while further validating the EPE construct as distinct from the reverse of Political cynicism. Adjudication also positively affected evaluations of the coverage as interesting and informative.
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effects of unresolved factual disputes in the news on epistemic Political Efficacy
Journal of Communication, 2011Co-Authors: Raymond J PingreeAbstract:This experiment tests effects of passive, neutral reporting of contradictory factual claims on audiences. Exposure to such reporting is found to affect a new self-Efficacy construct developed in this study called epistemic Political Efficacy (EPE), which taps confidence in one’s own ability to determine truth in politics. Measurement of EPE is found to be reliable and valid, and effects of neutral reporting on it are found to be conditional on prior interest in the issues under dispute. Implications of this effect and of EPE are discussed. Self-Efficacy theory (Bandura, 1982) suggests these short-term effects may accumulate over time. EPE mayaffectoutcomesrelatedtoPoliticalunderstanding,opinionformation,andinformation seeking.
Connie Roserrenouf - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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do hostile media perceptions lead to action the role of hostile media perceptions Political Efficacy and ideology in predicting climate change activism
Communication Research, 2017Co-Authors: Lauren Feldman, Sol P Hart, Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Connie RoserrenoufAbstract:This study joins a growing body of research that demonstrates the behavioral consequences of hostile media perceptions. Using survey data from a nationally representative U.S. sample, this study tests a moderated-mediation model examining the direct and indirect effects of hostile media perceptions on climate change activism. The model includes external Political Efficacy as a mediator and Political ideology and internal Political Efficacy as moderators. The results show that hostile media perceptions have a direct association with climate activism that is conditioned by Political ideology: Among liberals, hostile media perceptions promote activism, whereas among conservatives, they decrease activism. Hostile media perceptions also have a negative, indirect relationship with activism that is mediated through external Political Efficacy; however, this relationship is conditioned by both ideology and internal Political Efficacy. Specifically, the indirect effect manifests exclusively among conservatives and...
Sari Mazzurco - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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e citizenship trust in government Political Efficacy and Political participation in the internet era
Social Science Research Network, 2012Co-Authors: Sari MazzurcoAbstract:This article examines the changing relationship of the United States Federal government and the American public over the internet. The concepts of trust in government and Political Efficacy are used to construct a theoretical framework to study this relationship. After defining these concepts, a typology of high and low levels of trust in government and Political Efficacy is explained to characterize responses from research participants. Each type of American citizen, characterized by high or low levels of trust and Efficacy, is associated with a set of properties regarding Political interest and activity, derived from theories of trust in government and Political Efficacy. Data from the original “Trust and Online Engagement” survey is used to uncover relationships between different internet uses and sample distribution among the theoretical types defined by high or low levels of trust and Efficacy. Additionally, in order to ensure the applicability of the theoretical types to the sample, Political characteristics associated with each type are operationalized and tested against the survey sample, revealing both the viability of the typology and the strength of Political Efficacy over trust in government in determining Political interest and participation among the internet-active American public.