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AFTER YOU READ. Comprehension check. 1. Answer the following questions on the text. 2. Read the text again and complete the chart below, summarizing the main information about political socialization. Then be ready to present it in class.
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AFTER YOU READ
Comprehension check
1. Answer the following questions on the text.
1. What purpose does the political socialization process serve?
2. How do young and old people interact in this process?
3. How do people come to understand their role and place in a political culture?
4. What does the concept of political learning encompass?
5. How do children understand that they’re becoming a part of a political community?
6. How do young people get an understanding of political reality through political socialization?
7. What are the agents of socialization? How do they contribute to the process of political socialization?
8. Under what circumstances do young people get socialized to politics?
9. To what extent is political socialization similar to indoctrination?
10. At what age are people more politically impressionable? Why?
11. How can colleges and universities influence people’s political views?
12. What can alter adults’ political views?
13. How do various agents of socialization influence people’s political beliefs throughout their life? Do they all convey the same message?
14. What comes as a culmination of interactions with different groups?
15. Why are media powerful socialization agents? How did the advent of TV influence the process of political socialization?
16. Why do young people’s mass media experiences occur in isolation?
17. How do personalized forms of media affect young people’s political socialization?
18. How do social media influence young people’s political views and behavior?
19. How do people learn about political life and politicians through different media sources?
20. What factors play against the media as agents of political socialization?
21. How does the author define the process of political socialization and the role of its agents?
22. How does political socialization vary from one age group to another? How does it differ among social groups in society?
23. What is a political generation?
2. Read the text again and complete the chart below, summarizing the main information about political socialization. Then be ready to present it in class.
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Political socialization | |||||
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Political learning | |||||
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Sources |
At different ages | ||||
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Agents of political socialization | |||||
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Family, surrounding |
Media |
Personalized media | |||
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Political socialization in society | |||||
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Age groups |
Social groups |
Political generation | |||
2. Explain the following sentences from the text, paying special attention to word combinations in italics.
1. Individuals develop a political self, a sense of personal identification with the political world. para 2
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2. Political socialization is a particular type of political learning whereby people develop the attitudes … para 3
3. Young people who see television coverage of their peers volunteering in the community may take cues from these depictions and engage in community service themselves … para 3
4. … interpretations presented in impressive form, incessantly, and in moments when they are open to suggestion… para 7
5. The capacity of mass media to socialize people to politics has grown massively as the number of media outlets has increased … para 7
6. Young people’s exposure to mass media has increased markedly since the 1960s. para 8
7. Studies indicate that the typical American aged two to eighteen spends almost forty hours a week consuming mass media … para 8
8. More than 60 percent of people under the age of twenty have televisions in their bedrooms, which are multimedia sanctuaries. para 8
9. Agents, including … and popular culture, pass on political orientations. para 12
10. Political generations consist of individuals similar in age who develop a unique worldview because of living through particular political experiences. para 13
3. Find in the text words and expressions that match the following definitions.
11. officially accept someone into (v) para 1
12. notice something happening (v) para 2
13. an idea of something (n) para 2
14. include a lot of things (v) para 2
15. create a situation that makes it possible for something to happen (adj) para 3
16. communicate ideas or messages to someone (v) para 3
17. be similar to an idea that is seen as usual or normal (v) para 4
18. make it difficult for something to start or continue, prevent (v) para 4
19. easily impressed or influenced by others (adj) para 5
20. to a great degree (adv) para 6
21. extremely important, strong or great (adj) para 7
22. greatly, significantly (adv) para 7
23. continuing for a long time without stopping that may be annoying (adv) para 7
24. experienced through the actions of other people (adv) para 7
25. growing or increasing very fast (adv) para 9
26. to show something in a way that attracts attention and emphasizes positive qualities (v) para 10
27. make someone feel less important (v) para 13
4. Find the synonyms for the following words and expression in the text and give the context in which they are used in the text.
1. get, obtain (v) para 2
2. understand (v) para 2
3. get, achieve (v) para 3
4. changing, capable of being changed (adj) para 3
5. similar to (adj) para 4
6. be different or opposite (phrase) para 4
7. meet or see (usually for the first time) (v) para 5
8. very different (adj) para 5
9. change (v) para 5
10. whole, all or every part of (adj) para 6
11. influence, impact on (v) para 13
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