Trust and Political Information: Attitudinal Change in Participants in the Youth Parliament in Brazil
This article analyses the impact of socializing experiences on the political attitudes of youngsters. More specifically, our goal is to evaluate the impact of the Youth Parliament program on youngsters’ confidence levels in the Minas Gerais State Assembly (MGSA). The analysis focuses on the cognitiv...
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| description | This article analyses the impact of socializing experiences on the political attitudes of youngsters. More specifically, our goal is to evaluate the impact of the Youth Parliament program on youngsters’ confidence levels in the Minas Gerais State Assembly (MGSA). The analysis focuses on the cognitive foundations of attitudes and results show a substantial increase in confidence levels in MGSA, an increase associated with the acquisition of information on the institution. It is asserted that the increase in confidence in MGSA represents and attitudinal “gain”. The study design involves quasi-experimental research on a non-random sample. We conducted two rounds of interviews in 2008, prior and subsequent to the program, with 335 participants (167 in the treatment group; and 168 in the control group). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a49aff27a0f84da3ac99938ef8d012512022-12-22T01:26:54ZengBrazilian Political Science AssociationBrazilian Political Science Review1981-38211981-38212012-06-01617089Trust and Political Information: Attitudinal Change in Participants in the Youth Parliament in BrazilMario Fuks0Gabriel Avila Casalecchi1UFMGUFMGThis article analyses the impact of socializing experiences on the political attitudes of youngsters. More specifically, our goal is to evaluate the impact of the Youth Parliament program on youngsters’ confidence levels in the Minas Gerais State Assembly (MGSA). The analysis focuses on the cognitive foundations of attitudes and results show a substantial increase in confidence levels in MGSA, an increase associated with the acquisition of information on the institution. It is asserted that the increase in confidence in MGSA represents and attitudinal “gain”. The study design involves quasi-experimental research on a non-random sample. We conducted two rounds of interviews in 2008, prior and subsequent to the program, with 335 participants (167 in the treatment group; and 168 in the control group).http://www.bpsr.org.br/index.php/bpsr/article/download/138/129Political attitudespolitical knowledgepolitical socializationcivic education |
| spellingShingle | Mario Fuks Gabriel Avila Casalecchi Trust and Political Information: Attitudinal Change in Participants in the Youth Parliament in Brazil Brazilian Political Science Review Political attitudes political knowledge political socialization civic education |
| title | Trust and Political Information: Attitudinal Change in Participants in the Youth Parliament in Brazil |
| title_full | Trust and Political Information: Attitudinal Change in Participants in the Youth Parliament in Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Trust and Political Information: Attitudinal Change in Participants in the Youth Parliament in Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trust and Political Information: Attitudinal Change in Participants in the Youth Parliament in Brazil |
| title_short | Trust and Political Information: Attitudinal Change in Participants in the Youth Parliament in Brazil |
| title_sort | trust and political information attitudinal change in participants in the youth parliament in brazil |
| topic | Political attitudes political knowledge political socialization civic education |
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