DÜŞÜK MALİYETLİ ALTERNATİF SİYASAL KATILIM BİÇİMİ: ‘90 SONRASI GENÇ KUŞAĞIN SİYASAL KAYITSIZLIĞI MİT Mİ GERÇEK Mİ?

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 249 - 296, 30.07.2018

Serdar Ünal

https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.456032

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Çalışmada yükseköğretim düzeyinde eğitim gören ‘90 sonrası kuşağı temsil eden örneklem üzerinden gençlerin kendilerinden önceki kuşaklara göre siyasal anlamda daha kayıtsız ya da ilgisiz oldukları argümanı sorgulanmaya çalışılmıştır. Bu yönde, çalışmada nicel ve nitel düzeyde elde edilen saha verileri temelinde gençlerin çevrimdışı geleneksel siyasal katılım eğilimleri ve maliyeti daha düşük ya da kolay olan yeni çevrimiçi dijital katılım olanaklarına yönelik eğilimlerini tespit etmek hedeflenmiştir. Ayrıca, çevrimiçi katılımın geleneksel katılım biçimlerini ne ölçüde ikame edebildiği siyasal ilgi, kayıtsızlık, sinizm ve slaktivizm kavramlarıyla ilişkilendirilmeye çalışılmıştır. Araştırmanın verilerine göre, gençlerin siyasal sinik tutumları veya ana akım politik uygulamalardan beklentilerinin düşük olması onları maliyeti yüksek olan geleneksel katılım biçimlerinden uzaklaştırmaktadır. Ancak, bu onların siyasal kayıtsızlıkları anlamına gelmemektedir. Gençler toplumsal sorunlara yönelik kaygılarını muhafaza ettikleri için kolay ve maliyeti düşük olan oy verme etkinliğine katılmakta, kendilerini kolayca ifade edebildikleri ve güçlü hissettikleri yeni katılım biçimi olarak dijital ağ temelli maliyeti düşük katılım etkinliklerine yönelmektedirler.  

Keywords

Yükseköğretim Gençliği, Çevrimiçi ve Çevrimdışı Siyasal Katılım, Siyasal Sinizm, Siyasal Kayıtsızlık, Düşük Maliyetli Siyasal Katılım Biçimi

Low-Cost Alternative Political Participation: Is Political Apathy Among The Post-90s Young Generation Myth or Real?

Abstract

In the study, it was tried to question the argument that young people are politically more uninterested or apathetic than the previous generations through the sample which represents the post-90s generation, which are studying at higher education level. In this respect, with reference to quantitative and qualitative field data, it was aimed to determine the tendency of young people’s to offline traditional political participation and to new low-cost or easier digital participation opportunities. In addition, the extent to which online participation can substitute traditional forms of participation has been tried to relate to the concepts of political interest, apathy, cynicism and slacktivism. According to the survey data, young people’s political cynicism or low expectation from mainstream political practices distract them from the more costly traditional forms of participation. However, this does not mean they are politically uninterested. As young people maintain their concerns about social problems, they participate in the easiest and least costly voting activity and are turning to digital network-based low-cost participation as a new form of participation that they can easily express themselves and feel strong.

Keywords

Youth in Tertiary Education, Online and Offline Political Participation, Political Cynicism, Political Apathy, Low-Cost Political Participation

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