Political socialization

When political scientists look at voting behavior and political beliefs, they often turn to people’s upbringings. When looking at this, one area often studies is the environment where people grew up. This means the city and state of a person’s upbringing. While many say that the most effective way to influence political beliefs is through those closest to a person, the geography of where they grew up cannot be ignored. States in America vote for presidents, not people directly and this provides…

Political Socialization, being the way thoughts and opinions about politics are formed, is of great importance as it helps shape views of politics. Politics is affected by many factors, some ordained by the creation of the world, and some fated by human interference. Black Lives Matter is an activist movement demanding freedom, justice and equality in the United States for African Americans. The manner in which citizens form opinions is an extensive process including environmental factors,…

In this political study, the formation of public opinion in the political sphere will be defined through “political socialization” and the “agents of political socialization.” Personally, I will define how my concept of “middle class” politics has been nurtured in my political beliefs through my family and environment. My “self-interests” are based on my father’s view of the middle class as an important part of American life, which has inspired him to traditionally vote for the Democratic Party.…

with political ideas, nor do we make them: we learn them through a process called political socialization. Beginning in early childhood and throughout our lives, we are exposed to a range of individuals and groups known as agents for political socialization. These individuals or groups teach us about their political opinions and the workings of the political system. Some of these agents have a greater impact on our independent personal beliefs than others. Agents for political socialization…

In my American government class, we use the term political socialization to describe the influence one’s family has on their own political identity. Although the political aspect of political socialization remains exclusive to the term, the concept that families have a profound influence on the social development of children is wide-ranging, even helping explain people's perceived value of a college education. In my own life, the expected influence of my family's experience with higher education…

In “The Political Socialization of Adolescent Children of Immigrants,” Melissa Humphries and Chandra Muller of the University of Texas and Kathryn S. Schiller of the State University of New York perform an intriguing study of the political socialization of the children of immigrants. Their studies clearly showed that it is impractical to assume that the process of becoming politically active is the same among all racial groups particularly among children of immigrants. The educational level of…

LeTourneau University For this assignment I will be discussing why humans need socialization. The need for socializing spreads throughout humankind. Without socialization a person can be driven to depression, aggressiveness, and insanity. Even for people who mostly dislike socializing and could be labeled as introverts, some sort of social interaction is necessary. Most of the time, after socialization a person will feel unexplainably happy. A famous study attempts to…

1. Which agent or agents of socialization have had the greatest effect on you? In what ways did they affect you? Please give specific examples. In my life, there are many agents of socializations that have an effect on my life cycle. I will now going into a couple and give examples for each. The first one would have to be school, the reason school has had the greatest effect on my life is because I want to become successful in all that I do. College and the homework that I have to accomplish…

The Distinctive Influence of Hip Hop on the Political Socialization of Minorities In the 1970s, hip hop started out as a small hobby in the housing projects of Bronx, New York. Over the past forty years the popularity of the Hip hop industry constantly expanded; started out in housing projects in urban community, then moved to the homes of all races in america, and now today Hip Hop is a global industry. When one thinks of rap music they relate it to violence and hypermasculinity.…

online schooling and against social norm to not own some kind of smart phone. “Not only does our society lay the broad framework for our behavior, but it also influences the ways we think and feel” (p. 146). Technology is constantly changing the socialization process from writing and sending letters to reading an enclyopedia to now sending a text to looking up anything thing we might not know all in a matter of seconds off of a satellite. Along with the improvement of the internet, online and…