Political Socialization of College Students in India: A Comprehensive Systematic Review
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https://doi.org/10.62656/Keywords:
Political Socialization,, Polarization, Social Media and Technology, Student Civic EngejmentAbstract
Political socialization is how individuals build their political attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors. This is a crucial phenomenon in democratic societies. This systematic review aims to assess how Indian college students are socialized politically. Since India is a culturally, linguistically, and politically diversified country, assessing this process at the college level, when all the most important political identities take form, becomes vital. Such influences as family, peer groups, educational institutions, and media are assessed and found to play their roles in shaping engagement with politics. The review maintains that universities offer an environment that subjects students to significant amounts of political discourse and civic engagement, in the opinion of Thomsen & Olsen (2016), which is fueled by educational spaces that encourage adequate political awareness. Additionally, electronic media changes everything in the process. As Gorodova & Pachina (2023) noted, digital ecosystems have increasingly become indispensable to political socialization: political debates and the lives of public figures are streamed through social networks, unfolding directly on the students' screens. This review provides an integrated analysis of the varied influences bearing on socialization into politics of college Indian students. Along with other agents of socialization, special focus is put on the role of digital media in forming the political logic of students. However, such knowledge is imperative for bringing about higher political activity and participatory democracy among the younger population in India.
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