Children as agents of social and community change: Enhancing youth empowerment through participation in a school-based social activism project

Torres-Harding, Susan; Baber, Ashley; Hilvers, Julie; Hobbs, Nakisha; Maly, Michael T.

doi:10.1177/1746197916684643

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“…As the results show, young people are more involved in such a form of activity as a youth project, which is consistent with the data of a number of studies (Ivanova & Pastukhova, 2018;Torres-Harding et al, 2018). Forms associated with the manifestation of proactivity less encompass youth.…”

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Youth Involvement In Various Forms Of Social Activity Manifestation

Kharlanova¹,

Sivrikova²,

Popova³

et al. 2021

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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confidence: 90%

Youth Involvement In Various Forms Of Social Activity Manifestation

Kharlanova¹,

Sivrikova²,

Popova³

et al. 2021

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…(6) What motivated you to get involved in that social movement? (7) When you want to express your opinion, which type of language do you use? (8) How are the expressions in that specific group?…”

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confidence: 99%

Activism and Social Media: Youth Participation and Communication

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Background: Digitalization and hyperconnectivity generate spaces for youth participation in social activism through social media platforms. The purpose of this research was to analyze young people’s online experience in social activism movements, including their preferences, themes, usage of language, and perceived impact. Methods: The research is framed within a qualitative interpretative–descriptive paradigm. Five focus groups were conducted, including 58 high school students from Malaga, Spain. Results: Several themes were identified through the coding process, including technological devices and social media preferences, participation in social movements or activism, perception of the degree of participation, the focus of interest, motivation for involvement, language use on social media, and beliefs. Conclusions: In a hyperconnected world, youth participation in social movements becomes more relevant. Their interest is reflected in the enormous potential that this social participation of young people has through networks and virtual platforms, becoming an informal communication model with characteristics to be an effective vehicle for social transformation.

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“…Children climate change activism is in the broad context of child activism which then can fall on various disciplines such as environmental activism (which this study focuses on). Children activism refers to activities generated by children, who take action on their own initiative to effect change (Torres-Harding et al, 2018). Based on this, climate activism entails challenging the status quo pertaining climate laws and policies as well as environmental malpractices among other carbon-polluting actions.…”

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Children Climate Change Activism and Protests in Africa: Reflections and Lessons From Greta Thunberg

Zhanda

Dzvimbo

Chitongo

2021

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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This article is based on a distinctive study that seeks to analyse the nascent role of teenagers’ activism and protests for climate change action. With the increasing realisation of children's rights to participation, the past few years have marked the rise of the new dispensation of climate activism and protests in which teenagers have occupied the centre stage. We pay specific reference to Greta Thunberg, a Swedish child climate activist, in as much as she can set a framework upon which Africa can draw parallels, lessons and insights for climate activism and protests. Even though the context may be different, the paper attempts to inform vibrant climate action through activism by children and ultimately climate policies, laws and management for environmental sustainability in Africa. We engaged document review and thematic approaches, and it emerged that children climate activism and protests in Africa are not as vibrant as they should be given the prevalence of climate inaction across the continent. Therefore, there is much to learn from Thunberg by pushing national governments and regional organisations to increase the decision-making space of children in the fight against climate change.

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Children as agents of social and community change: Enhancing youth empowerment through participation in a school-based social activism project

Cited by 31 publications

References 28 publications

Youth Involvement In Various Forms Of Social Activity Manifestation

Youth Involvement In Various Forms Of Social Activity Manifestation

Activism and Social Media: Youth Participation and Communication

Children Climate Change Activism and Protests in Africa: Reflections and Lessons From Greta Thunberg

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