Political socialization
What is political socialization?
The process whereby society develops attitudes and feelings towards politics and its members via agents.
What is political culture
The pattern of orientation, political attitudes and beliefs of a people towards there state and how they feel about their government.
What is the difference between political socialization and political culture?
Political the process by which the state can change the feelings of society towards them, whereas political culture is the end result.
What determines political culture?
1. Expectations of government (↑↓)
2. Awareness of government (↑↓)
3. Levels of political participation (↑↓)
What are the three types of political culture?
1. Participant political culture (↑EG,↑AG,↑PP)
2. Subject political culture (↓EG,↑AG, ↓PP)
3. Parochial political culture (↓EG,↓AG,↓PP)
What is an agent?
Agents are groups, institutions or events through with political socialization occurs.
What are the agents of political socialization?
1. Family/household unit
2. School/educational institutions
3. Church/religious
4. The mass media
5. The government
6. Political parties
7. Peer group/friends
8. Events
What is spin/spin doctor?
A form of propaganda achieved through knowingly a biased interpretation of an event or campaigning to influence public opinion about some organization or public figure.
What is propaganda?
A form of persuasion that is often used in the media to further some sort of agenda, such as personal, political or business agenda by evoking an emotional or obligable response from the audience.
What is framing?
To select some aspects of a perceived reality and make them more important(salient) in a communication context in such a way as to promote a particular problem definition, casual interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation for the item described.
What is agenda setting?
This is when the media cannot directly tell what to think about but has a certain level of control over what you think about.
Why is political socialization important?
It transmits shared values which ensure to a significant degree homogeneity is kept within society. Also maintains and lead to the political system being overturned as well. Ensures the continuity of society.