{"id":135092,"date":"2024-11-04T09:05:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T07:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/gen-zers-the-group-most-likely-to-be-politically-influenced-by-social-media\/"},"modified":"2024-11-04T09:05:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T07:05:10","slug":"gen-zers-the-group-most-likely-to-be-politically-influenced-by-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/gen-zers-the-group-most-likely-to-be-politically-influenced-by-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Zers: The group most likely to be politically influenced by social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135092\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Euronews Business looks at voting trends amongst Gen Z voters, including what influences their political beliefs and why so many of them may be feeling like their civic engagement does not make a difference anymore. Parties in this year&#8217;s US presidential election race have invested more than ever in reaching younger audiences, especially Gen Zers, in an attempt to gain more votes. However, this may be trickier now, given this generation&#8217;s increasingly complex relationship with politics and civic engagement.<\/p>\n<p>This is because, while some Gen Zers may vote less than older people, others are highly engaged in political activism. Yet others are quickly losing faith in the political system, making it more difficult for parties to win them over. The rising popularity of social media has also further complicated this outreach, forcing political parties to adapt their strategies and messaging accordingly. According to the Society Watch 2024 report, by the National Centre for Social Research, Gen Z is likely to make up 25% of the electorate by 2030, making it even more crucial for parties to appeal to this demographic by then.<\/p>\n<p>A new study by EduBirdie, across 2,000 young people in the US, looks at how Gen Z votes, why so many of them may not want to anymore and what impacts their political beliefs. According to the report, 44% of Gen Zers said that social media influenced their social and political views the most. A large percentage of Gen Zers also take financial and career advice from a variety of social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Avery Morgan, the chief communications officer at EduBirdie, said in an email to Euronews: &#8220;I&#8217;d say the younger generation feels lost in a world that seems to be spiralling out of control. This sense of uncertainty underpins Gen Z&#8217;s complex relationship with civic engagement. &#8220;Our research shows Gen Z are struggling to see how their vote makes a difference in today&#8217;s society. They aren&#8217;t uninformed or disengaged; they\u2019re adaptable and open to changing their views. With social media such an influencer for Gen Z, we&#8217;ve seen a dramatic shift in US politicians moving online to capture their attention. Donald Trump joined TikTok in June, with Harris following less than two months later. In addition, for the first time, the Democratic National Convention invited two hundred content creators this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apart from social media some other major influences on political views seem to be personal experiences, news and media and family and friends. Some 60% of the survey respondents for the EduBirdie study said that their political views were influenced by news and media, whereas of 57%, it was by personal experiences. Friends and family shaped political beliefs for 50% of respondents, whereas for 42% of people, education had the most impact on political views. Some 26% of respondents said that living abroad or travelling had influenced their political beliefs while, for 14% of people, it was celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Z has also been very vocal in challenging and addressing the status-quo, with one in seven respondents saying that they don&#8217;t agree with their parents&#8217; political views. Some 47% of respondents also admitted that they had significantly changed their political beliefs, with 11% saying that they did so all the time, whereas 36% said that they had changed some opinions. According to the Society Watch 2024 report, Gen Z voters are also much likelier to share their strong beliefs through acts of civil disobedience than other demographics.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/11\/04\/gen-zers-the-group-most-likely-to-be-politically-influenced-by-social-media\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/11\/04\/gen-zers-the-group-most-likely-to-be-politically-influenced-by-social-media\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/gen-zers-the-group-most-likely-to-be-politically-influenced-by-social-media\/\">Gen Zers: The group most likely to be politically influenced by social media<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[16784,16785,4029,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-135092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-gen-zers","tag-politically-influenced","tag-social-media","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}