https://roehampton.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=56f5424a-64ce-4a53-80d1-ad0f00b21c37  Transcript: “Hey guys and welcome to my vlog. My name is Era Fili and I am currently a Roehampton University student studying Sociology. I am in my third year and today I’m going to be talking to you about why you need to be politically engaged. Even though some laws may not directly affect […]

Welcome, This page lists all of the literature that I have used throughout all of my blogs so you don’t have to search through the blogs individually. I hope you find it helpful. 🙂   Banaji, S. Buckingham, D. (2013). The Civic Web: Young People, the Internet and Civic Participation. Cambridge. MIT Press. Barret, M, D. Pachi, […]

“Political participation in a modern democracy is a seal of approval on individual citizenship of state belonging; it is important for the integration of citizens ad the well- being of the state.” (Mustafa, 2015) Political participation allows all individuals to come together in order to make decisions about how they would like their country to […]

Your socioeconomic status is confirmed by your place in society and this is defined by the kind of job that you work and the earnings that you make. Where you fall upon the social hierarchy is primarily affected by these two things. “Political participation has proved to be consistently and highly associated with individuals’ socioeconomic […]

Young people have found themselves feeling increasingly disconnected from politics with a decreasing interest in the political parties and their policies in the UK. The younger generation of voters has the lowest voter turnout across all of the different age groups who are eligible to vote in the UK elections and referendums. Elections are described […]