Adolescents’ Analyses of Digital Media Related to Race and Racism in the 2020 U.S. Election: An Assessment of Their Needs and Skills

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q1 Social Sciences

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1177/00027162231195186

Matthew Coopilton, Brendesha M. Tynes, Stephen M. Gibson, Joseph Kahne, Devin English, Karinna Nazario

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Adolescents’ heavy engagement with digital news and social media brings them considerable exposure to race-related content, especially during election cycles. We assess how well young people navigate that kind of digital content, using a nationally representative longitudinal study in which baseline data was collected during and after the 2020 election. We categorize young people’s responses to two real-life examples of digital media related to participation in the election as beginner, emerging, and mastery level in terms of their ability to critique racism. We also find responses that we categorize as race evasive, anticritical, and white supremacist. Most of these young people performed at the beginner level, and a minority achieved mastery. We argue that there is a clear need for young people to be better prepared to assess race-related online information and that educators need to support them in developing those skills.

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青少年对2020年美国大选中与种族和种族主义相关的数字媒体的分析:对他们需求和技能的评估

青少年对数字新闻和社交媒体的大量参与使他们大量接触到与种族有关的内容，特别是在选举周期期间。我们通过一项具有全国代表性的纵向研究来评估年轻人浏览这类数字内容的能力，该研究在2020年大选期间和之后收集了基线数据。根据年轻人批判种族主义的能力，我们将他们对两个现实生活中与参与选举有关的数字媒体的反应分为初级、新兴和精通水平。我们还发现了一些回应，我们将其归类为种族回避、批判和白人至上主义者。这些年轻人中的大多数表现在初级水平，少数人达到了精通水平。我们认为，年轻人显然需要更好地准备评估与种族有关的在线信息，教育工作者需要支持他们发展这些技能。

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