Motivators of Participation and Non-Participation in Youth Environmental Protests

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ID13137459
AutoresHannah R Feldman (0000-0002-3827-7115, Australian National University, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume3
Data de publicação2021-09-10
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFrontiers in Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2673-3145 • E-ISSN: 2673-3145
EditoraFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpos.2021.662687
OpenAlexW3201250929
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas51

This paper is an exploratory study investigating motivators of teenagers to both attend and not attend a climate change related protest event. Using open-ended surveys and focus groups, 16–19-year-old Australian students were asked about their motivators to attend and abstain from School Strike 4 Climate events. Through qualitative analysis and thematic coding, results show key motivators to attend a Strike include climate change and acts of political participation that provide youth with a public voice. Protest is positioned as a key part of teen political repertoires. Reasons for non-attendance included prioritizing schoolwork and low efficacy in protest or participatory action. However, low efficacy in climate change mitigation, or an outright rejection of climate science, was not evident in this sample. Overall, reasons for attendance and non-attendance at a Strike event were not direct mirror images of the other, and implications for inclusion of non-participants in further studies is discussed in this light

Attendance · Citizen journalism · Climate change · Focus group · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Psychology · Social Media and Politics