Global Citizenship in Comparative Perspective: Youth Perceptions of Global Rights, Responsibilities and Efficacy Across Five Continents

Authors

  • Roman Gerodimos Bournemouth University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6284-727X
  • Cecilia Balbin Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
  • Connie Chan Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
  • Ursula Freundt-Thurne Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)
  • Fernando José Gutiérrez Atala Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
  • Rosemary Nyaole-Kowuor Daystar University
  • Jad Melki Lebanese American University (LAU)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS16Special%20Issue20222177

Keywords:

global citizenship, human rights, media literacy, participation, quantitative methods, young people

Abstract

This paper makes the case for global empirical research exploring youth perceptions of globalization and modes of citizenship and participation, including through media, as a pragmatic response to the complex global challenges facing us today. We first present a framework for the conceptualization of global citizenship, drawing on an interdisciplinary body of literature on globalization, cosmopolitanism, political theory, media literacy and civic engagement. We then operationalize some of these questions into a research agenda and a survey questionnaire. We also present the findings of a pilot survey (n=1,214 students) carried out across 10 countries in five continents (Africa, North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East). We identify tentative patterns that are worth exploring further, including a divide between participants in Western liberal democracies, who feel more removed from globalization, and those in the Global South, who demonstrate greater levels of engagement, responsibility and efficacy.

Author Biographies

Roman Gerodimos, Bournemouth University

Professor of Global Current Affairs, Department of Communication & Journalism, Faculty of Media & Communication; senior faculty member, Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change

Cecilia Balbin, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina

Professor and International Relations Coordinator of the Social Communication Institute

Connie Chan, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Senior Lecturer at the School of Communication

Ursula Freundt-Thurne, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)

Dean of the Communication Faculty

Fernando José Gutiérrez Atala, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Communication, History and Social Sciences

Rosemary Nyaole-Kowuor, Daystar University

Senior Lecturer at the School of Communication

Jad Melki, Lebanese American University (LAU)

Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, chairperson of the Communication Arts Department, and director of the Institute of Media Research and Training (IMRT)

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Published

2022-11-28

How to Cite

Gerodimos, R., Balbin, C., Chan, C., Freundt-Thurne, U., Gutiérrez Atala, F. J., Nyaole-Kowuor, R., & Melki, J. (2022). Global Citizenship in Comparative Perspective: Youth Perceptions of Global Rights, Responsibilities and Efficacy Across Five Continents. Observatorio (OBS*), 16(Special Issue). https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS16Special Issue20222177

Issue

Special Issue 2022: Media Literacy and Civic Cultures

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