Państwo i Społeczeństwo
2024 (XXIV) nr 1
e-ISSN 2451-0858
ISSN 1643-8299
DOI: 10.48269/2451-0858-pis-2024-1-001
THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES OF GENERATION Z: AN ATT EMPT TO DEVELOP A RESEARCH TOOL AND THE FIRST PILOT STUDY
Joanna Radzioch
ORCID: 0000-0002-4598-6841
PhD student, Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism
Łukasz Scheffs
ORCID: 0000-0003-2696-5735
Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism
Abstract
Civic engagement and the civil society remain essential components of a democratic system. Using the theories of Karl Mannheim concerning the existence of generations, the authors of this text have undertaken to develop a research tool (a questionnaire), which will enable them to verify the extent to which civic engagement is prevalent among representatives of generation Z, that is, individuals born between 1995 and 2008. The text contains information about how the questionnaire was created, describing the process of selecting the questions in detail, and presents the results of pilot studies conducted in June 2023.
Key words: generation Z, generation, pilot study, civic engagement