Article Title
The Impact of Student Political Identity Over the Course of an Online Controversial Issue Discussion
Abstract
As civic educators become increasingly concerned about polarized political environments, researchers have begun explore the ramifications of contentious political discourse on young people. Through a quantitative analysis of data gathered from two rural, Midwestern schools, this study provides evidence that the degree to which a student socially identifies with a political party is influential over the course of an online discussion. Strength of identification was associated with students’ relative amount of knowledge for and against their position on a controversial issue and with the types of contributions students made to the online forum.
Response to this Article
Ryan Knowles, Re-envisioning Education for Civic Engagement in the Social Media Century
Recommended Citation
Clark, C. H.
(2018).
The Impact of Student Political Identity Over the Course of an Online Controversial Issue Discussion.
Democracy and Education,
26
(2), Article 1.
Available at:
https://democracyeducationjournal.org/home/vol26/iss2/1
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