Participar é partilhar? Juventude, mobilização e democracia em rede. Um estudo qualitativo com jovens portugueses
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juventud, participación política, redes sociales, ciudadaníaResumen
Objetivo. A menudo se presenta a los jóvenes como desinteresados, y prevalece la idea de que están desvinculados de la vida política. Sin embargo, el siglo XXI ha introducido nuevas formas de participación, nuevos canales de comunicación, así como nuevas preocupaciones y retos en relación con la toma de decisiones colectivas. Este estudio pretende explorar cómo los jóvenes portugueses se comprometen políticamente y el papel que los medios sociales desempeñan en estos procesos. Metodología. Se adoptó un enfoque cualitativo, con datos recogidos a través de 18 sesiones de grupos focales en los que participaron jóvenes de entre 15 y 29 años. La población de estudio se dividió en tres fases de la juventud: adolescentes (15 a 19 años), adultos emergentes (20 a 24 años) y adultos jóvenes (25 a 29 años), para analizar el compromiso político en las diferentes etapas de la juventud. Resultados y conclusiones. Los resultados revelan una percepción generalmente negativa de la política y una desconexión entre los jóvenes y los partidos políticos. La socialización política familiar es crucial para la relación que los jóvenes establecen con la participación política. Podemos identificar una brecha entre los jóvenes que siguen las noticias y muestran cierto interés por la actualidad política, mientras que otros manifiestan abiertamente su desinterés y desconexión con los temas políticos y la participación. Las principales formas de movilización, al margen de las actividades electorales, identificadas por los participantes son las conversaciones con familiares y amigos y, sobre todo, compartir contenidos en las redes sociales, lo que plantea el debate de una oleada pasiva de participación de las nuevas generaciones. Singularidades. Este artículo introduce el concepto de Re-share-politics para destacar una forma pasiva de participación política juvenil en Portugal que merece nuestra atención.
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