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Attitude of United College Students towards Politics
United College Final Year Project
Group 56
Group members Chen Kit Wing Lam Tan Ying Lee Siu Hung Tse Ying
Introduction During Chief Executive Election and National
Curriculum Protest, many students express their
opinion through different ways like Facebook and
911 Class Suspension
Introduction
拉闊反國教戰線︰學界應該站得更前Broaden the anti-brainwash campaign; the students should stand-up
Introduction
• Find out the attitudes of UC students towards politics and the reason behind it and thus conducting the research.
Introduction
• The reduced occurrence of student movement made us review the significance of being a university student
• How does the current UC students thinks about the role they play in politics may explain the phenomenon
• The active online social expression V.S the multimedia
Introduction
達明一派 十個救火的少年 … 十個決定去救火的少年 the young man decided to put out the fire. 其中一位想起他少鍛鍊 one of them thought that he’s not fit. 實在是危險 報了名便算 it’s too dangerous for him, he gave up. 另有別個勇敢的成員 there must be someone who is stronger and have courage. 為了要共愛侶一起更甜 to stick with his lover 靜悄靜悄 便決定轉身竄 he slowly, quietly flee from them 又有為了母親的勸勉 also due to his mother’s words, 在這社會最怕走得太前… ” do not be too over-expose in this society.”
Introduction
The psychological aspect of a Hong Kong teenage
Newspaper claims that Hong Kong teenager or young people are political apathetic.
Introduction
• Two research methods
• questionnaire • group and individual interview
Introduction
• Questionnaire: investigate the general attitude of UC students towards politics
• Interviews: in depth investigation on the reasons behind the UC students’ attitudes
Area of interest
The political attitude of United
College Students• WHAT is their political attitude?• WHY is that so?
Methodologies
• Qualitative Method– Cannot generalize
the result obtained
• Quantitative Method– Don’t know the
reason behind the statisticsWHY NOT
COMBINE THEM?
Methodology
Triangulation• A combination for quantitative and qualitative approach to
study one phenomena• “Triangulation aims to reveal complementarily,
convergence and dissonance among the findings.” - The use of Triangulation in Social Sciences Research: Can qualitative and quantitative methods be combined?' Ashatu Hussein Journal of Comparative Social Work 2009/1
Advantages: overcome the limitation of one methodological approach, highlighting “the within-and between types”.
Methodology
Quantitative Approach• quantitatively presenting the degree of
politic assertiveness• e.g. number of people going to
demonstration• survey
• 1) Personal Information• 2) Political Activity• 3) Political Knowledge
Methodology
2) Political Activity
1) Have you been involved in any protest group, rally
and/or demonstration in the past year? • If the answer to the above questions is “yes”,
• 1a) Have you joined the “7-29 No brain wash rally”? • 1b) Have you joined the “1st July rally” in 2012? • 1c) Have you joined the class suspension on the 1st
September, 2012? ______ Yes _______ No • 1d) If you had involved in other kinds of rally or protest
groups?• 1e) Did you vote for the current legislative council?
Methodology
3) Political Knowledge• Questions about recent issues.
• No “brain-wash” campaign• Universal Suffrage of the Chief
Executive.• Scores was added for correct
answers.
Methodology• Qualitative Approach
• Aims at searching for the reason behind such phenomenon
• Method used• Focus group• Interview of a significant
person
Quantitative Method
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
Sample needed
Sample percentage needed : 0.0106%
Target : United College student
No. of United College student : 2964
Least sample needed : 0.0106% * 2964
≈32
Questionnaires
Information• Internet questionnaires
• http://esurvey.psy.cuhk.edu.hk/SE/?SID=SV_aaf064NiHQjpH6Z
• No. of questionnaires received : 101• No. of valid questionnaires : 91• Percentage of valid questionnaires : 90%
Questionnaires
Information• 16 questions• 3 parts:
1. Personal information2. Experience about joining of political
meetings or protests3. Questions about information of
national education and policy of HK government
Questionnaires
Question 1• In the past year, have you participated in any
political meetings and protests?
• Result:
Option Number Precentage
Yes 46 51%
No 45 49%
Questionnaires
51%49%
In the past year, have you partic-ipated in any political meetings
and protests ?
YesNo
Questionnaires
Result:• 49% of student have not• Show that they almost half of them never
join• 49% not active in politic
Questionnaires
Question 2• Have you ever join the Hong Kong 1 July
protests?
Result:Option Number Precenta
ge
Yes 10 11%
No 81 89%
Questionnaires
11%
89%
Have you ever join the Hong Kong 1 July protests ?
YesNo
Questionnaires
Hong Kong 1 July protests:• The biggest protests in Hong Kong• But only 11% of student join it before• What politics activities they join?
Questionnaires
Question 3• Have you taken part in the suspension of
11, September, 2012?
Result:
Option NumberPercenta
geYes 38 42%No 53 58%
Questionnaires
42%
58%
Have you taken part in the sus-pension of 11, September, 2012?
YesNo
Questionnaires
Result:• 42 % of student Yes• Many student care about national
education• Relate to themselves
Questionnaires
Question 4• Do you have confidence that Leung Chun-
ying as the Chief Executive ?
Result:
Option NumberPercentag
eYes 12 13%No 48 53%No
comment 31 34%
Questionnaires
13%
53%
34%
Do you have confidence that Leung Chun-ying as the Chief Executive ?
YesNoNo comment
Questionnaires
Result :• 53% of them no comment• Show that they are not interested
about the Hong Kong government
Questionnaires
Part 2• 5 True or False questions• About the National education of Hong
Kong• 3 option:
• True• False• No idea
QuestionnairesResult of 5 question:
Result Number Percentage
Correct 202 44%
Incorrect 52 11%
No ideal 201 44%
Questionnaires
44%
11%
44%
Result of the question about national education
CorrectIncorrectNo ideal
Questionnaires
44 % of student have no idea
12 % of student incorrect
56 % of student don’t know some information
about national education
Show that they are not care about the
information about national education
Questionnaires
Part 3• About the policy of Hong Kong
government• 4 True or False questions• 3 option:
• True• False• No idea
Questionnaires
Result:
Result Number Percentage
Correct 113 31%
Incorrect 96 26%
No ideal 155 43%
Questionnaires
31%
26%
43%
Result of the question about Hong Kong government 's policy
CorrectIncorrectNo ideal
Questionnaires
43 % of student have no idea
26 % of student incorrect
69 % of student don’t know some information
about policy of Hong Kong government
Show that they are not interest about the
information about policy of Hong Kong government
Questionnaires
Conclusion• Not active in politic activities• Knowledge of Hong Kong politic condition is low• Not interest in Hong Kong politic condition
• Nation education • More active• Related to them
Qualitative Method
Focus Group
Focus Group
Background of interviewees• From different faculties:
Art, Education, Engineering, Science, Social Science, Business
• From different years:Year 3- 3Year 2- 3Year 1- 1
Focus Group
Source of political knowledge:• Online forum• Online news website• Facebook• Friends
Focus Group
Reasons of participating in political
activities:• Want to declare own stance• Agree with organizing unit’s stance • Convenient to get there• Want to raise government
awareness
Focus Group
Reasons of not participating in political events:• Self-oriented:
lazy, convenience, personal stuff
• Historical social event: lack of sympathy, lack of knowledge
Focus Group
Attitude towards anti-national
education:• Not against the subject
but against the guideline• Need to have understanding
of China
Focus Group
People they will discuss social issue with…• Friends meet in secondary school• Friends meet in University
**faculty of Social Science/ Art: discuss with
friends from department
**Other faculty: discuss with college friends
Focus Group
College peers:• Share self-issue and college
life• Seldom discuss about
political, social issue• Mutually affect→ similar
stance
Focus Group
Self-observation in university:• Lack of political awareness among
college, university students• No discussion, no awareness• Faculty of social science student more
aware of political issue• Have feeling, no action• Workloads of major affect students’
awareness• U-life discourage political awareness
Focus Group
Analysis:• Art, Social Science, Education: lower
participation• Engineering, Science, Business: higher
participation• Media influence• College influence depends on years• Department/ major have greater
influence
Qualitative Method
In Depth Interview
In Depth Interview
Background of Interviewee• Jask So• United College• History/ year 2• Vice-editor of CUHK Student post.• Lived in Adamschall Residence for
two years
In Depth Interview
Reasons of choosing Jack So:• Experienced the political
atmosphere for two years• Supposed to have certain extent of
political concern
In Depth Interview
Self-political knowledge:• Originally interested in political
when studying secondary school• Concern raised by History lesson • Political stand point: more or less
agree with Leftist• In favor of some local political
parties
In Depth Interview
Views over political events:• Concern the effectiveness• Aim is to put pressure on government• The power of Student Activism• University Student: leading role• Successful in foreign and also in the
past
In Depth Interview
How University life affect him:• Reinforce political concern• Diversify social issue understanding
(esp. after joining Student post)
• College:• Hostel provided : enough energy• No activities enhance political awareness
In Depth Interview
Observations over United College student:• Expected university student pay
attention to political issue• Image from ocamp, hall life:• No political concern• No social issue discussion• No self-reflection• Just for fun
In Depth Interview
Opinions• Disappointed• Action taken by Student Union:
CUSU , NASU , other SU • No longer have political stance• Not involved in political
movement
Literature Review《國家‧
社會關係與八九北京學運》
趙鼎新
著
…those famous universities in BeiJing post up posters immediately to voice their opinion……..…but I am happy and relieved that students point out a series of serious society problems in public……after 10 years of revolution, Chinese had boarden their horizon and became more open to others’ opinion…..
Literature Review
“The manifold references to Alienation may, for the sake of classification, be classified under three subtypes - Powerlessness, Normlessness and Social Isolation.”
Alienation and Political ApathyDwight G. DeanSocial ForcesVol. 38, No. 3 (Mar., 1960), pp. 185-189
Literature Review
“It is concluded that the three independent variables are for the most part,additive in their effects on the extent and direction of participation in a localpolitical issue.
Status, Anomia, Political Alienation, and Political Participation.Easton, David American Journal of Sociology Vol. 68 No. 2 (1962) ,pp. 205-13.
Literature Review
1970 “Dimensions of Political Alienation.” American Political Science Review 64 ( 2 ) : 389-410.Gamson, William A.
1975 “Political Alienation in Contemporary America.” New York: St. Martin’s Press.Gurr, Ted
Literature Review
1979 “Trends in Aggregate-Level Political Alienation.”Sociological QuarterlyMill, Arthur H.
1993 “Political Alienation and Efficacy.”In Measures of Political Attitudes, Volume 2 of Measures of Social Psychological Attitudes. Eds John P. Robinson, Philip R. Shaver, and Lawrence S. Wrightsman. New York: Academic Press. Pp.413-64.
Conclusion
United college students generally not interested in
political issue
College life : not much influence
Major/ faculty: have influence
Political attitude mainly built in the past
College can hold some activities to waken students’
awareness
Improvement
The focus group does not include the Faculty of
Medicine and Law
Difficult to invite the people to the group interview
invite them earlier and make sure they could come
on that day
Suggestion
For schools• political issues can be added into the subjects
• discuss more about the issues in the class• encourage the students to watch more news• increase the workload related to political
issue instead of the spoon-fed education
For United college• political issues in their general education
Suggestion
For CUSU• may encourage the student
union of the other colleges to join the political activities
invite more students to come to the
political events
Acknowledgement
Dr William Smith
Jack So
The interviewees in our focus group
THANK YOU !!Any question?