Perceived Parental Consumption of Political Misinformation and the Political Socialization of Black Youth: A Cross-Cultural Study
Abstract
Misinformation, precisely political misinformation, affects the viability of the United States democracy as it depends on having well-educated citizens (Halpern et al.,2019). For this research, political misinformation will be defined as information relating to politics, elections, the law, and federal/local government affairs that is inaccurate, exaggerated, propaganda, or fake. This study attempted to highlight how perceived parental consumption of political misinformation (PPPMC) affects the political socialization of Black youth, specifically African, African American, Afro-Latino and Afro-Caribbean youth. To assess this objective, a survey was administered using a variety of demographic questions along with Likert scale agreement questions. The responses were examined through JASP, a statistical analysis program.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Intersect: The Stanford Journal of Science, Technology, and Society
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
