A cross-national study of school students' perceptions of political messages in two national election campaigns

Rivers, Ian and Carragher, Daniel J. and Couzens, Jimmy and Hechler, Rachel C. and Fini, Gia (2018) A cross-national study of school students' perceptions of political messages in two national election campaigns. International Journal of Educational Research, 92 (Decemb). pp. 10-19. ISSN 0883-0355

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    Abstract

    The aim of this study is to understand, qualitatively, the ways in which school students from England and the US engaged with campaign messages during two national elections. We combined data from eight focus groups conducted in four schools in England (2 primary/elementary and 2 secondary/high; N = 60) and individual interviews conducted in one school in the US (N=19). Three common themes were identified from our cross-national data: the trustworthiness of candidates, equality, and the narrative surrounding immigration. We argue that it is important for students to have spaces to understand, explore and debate political messages and for teachers to feel confident and able to engage with those campaign messages especially where they may be controversial, partisan or challenging.

    Author(s):Rivers, Ian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6102-9075, Carragher, Daniel J., Couzens, Jimmy, Hechler, Rachel C. and Fini, Gia
    Item type:Article
    ID code:64583
    Keywords:elections, schools, student politics, political messages, teachers, England, US, Education, Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology
    Subjects:Education
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Education
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:22 Jun 2018 16:01
    Last modified:14 Jan 2020 23:05
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/64583
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