Growing up a phrase that always passed through my ears was, “Never talk about religion or politics to people.” Thinking about it now, I can agree to that statement under some circumstances such as an interview. Would not want to risk getting on the wrong foot with my employer! In other circumstances, I believe it should be talked about (respectfully and peacefully). If we are not having a conversation, how are we supposed to develop as an individual and as a collective nation. Some people would avoid the conversation of politics at all cost, others could not shut their mouth about it if their life depended on it. Due to the advent of social media, the conversation of politics has risen in our youth and somewhat elders. It seems like with social
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Imagine a young child or teen going online and all he sees is things such as “The president is bad”, in due time it would register in his head that it is true. Even though it is an opinion not a fact. In the 21st century, something new was introduce in the role of influence as social media plays a substantial role in influencing the youth. Although, studies have shown that the biggest influential factors are usually family and school. We can take away from this, that generally the youth will be expose to things like politics at a much younger age compared to the last generation. As I recall the first major political impression I had was around eight years ago, when Senator Barrack Obama won the Presidential election of 2008. I was currently in eighth grade and like most eight graders, I was developing a self-identity and an opinion that this time. Senator Obama’s election was very historical, due to the nature of prior presidents being …show more content…
Parents are the first examples of a role modeling, as most kids would follow their parent’s views. Parents will teach political social norms unintentionally and intentionally to their offspring. For example, if a child sees their parents politically active, most likely the children will grow up to be politically active as well. Studies has proven that the child will most likely follow their parent’s political affiliation. I am a great example of that, both of my parents are democrats and tend to vote liberal for most issues. I can say I do share many values with my parents. In addition, parents will usually speak to their child about politics or the child will over hear it. From personal experience, I remember my parents having a discussion on gay rights, my mom was against it and my dad was for it. But I choose my dad value since I had reinforcement due to my environment. Aside from parents as political socialization, I believe an overlook factor is location. I believe the location you were raised in plays a big role on your political views. For example, look at the difference between Southern California to South Dakota. Generally, the two locations have opposing views on how the government should work. We can even compare different parts of California, Los Angeles, a very liberal county to Redding, a very conservative county. There is a distinction how people vote and are even though were in the same state. Being Vietnamese,
Imagine a young child or teen going online and all he sees is things such as “The president is bad”, in due time it would register in his head that it is true. Even though it is an opinion not a fact. In the 21st century, something new was introduce in the role of influence as social media plays a substantial role in influencing the youth. Although, studies have shown that the biggest influential factors are usually family and school. We can take away from this, that generally the youth will be expose to things like politics at a much younger age compared to the last generation. As I recall the first major political impression I had was around eight years ago, when Senator Barrack Obama won the Presidential election of 2008. I was currently in eighth grade and like most eight graders, I was developing a self-identity and an opinion that this time. Senator Obama’s election was very historical, due to the nature of prior presidents being …show more content…
Parents are the first examples of a role modeling, as most kids would follow their parent’s views. Parents will teach political social norms unintentionally and intentionally to their offspring. For example, if a child sees their parents politically active, most likely the children will grow up to be politically active as well. Studies has proven that the child will most likely follow their parent’s political affiliation. I am a great example of that, both of my parents are democrats and tend to vote liberal for most issues. I can say I do share many values with my parents. In addition, parents will usually speak to their child about politics or the child will over hear it. From personal experience, I remember my parents having a discussion on gay rights, my mom was against it and my dad was for it. But I choose my dad value since I had reinforcement due to my environment. Aside from parents as political socialization, I believe an overlook factor is location. I believe the location you were raised in plays a big role on your political views. For example, look at the difference between Southern California to South Dakota. Generally, the two locations have opposing views on how the government should work. We can even compare different parts of California, Los Angeles, a very liberal county to Redding, a very conservative county. There is a distinction how people vote and are even though were in the same state. Being Vietnamese,