☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 25 cont 👦👧📰🗞️</p><p>“For at least 20 years, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/YoungPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YoungPeople</span></a> have been moving away from formal <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> – such as <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/joining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>joining</span></a> a political <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/party" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>party</span></a> or a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/volunteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteering</span></a> organisation – and towards “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IssueBased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IssueBased</span></a>” politics, says Prof <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PhilippaCollin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilippaCollin</span></a> from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WesternSydneyUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternSydneyUniversity</span></a>. Collin researches the role of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> in the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PoliticalLives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalLives</span></a> of young people.</p><p>“It’s pretty common that it has been interpreted as young people not being interested or involved in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CivicEngagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivicEngagement</span></a> or political <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/participation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>participation</span></a>,” she says.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <br>&lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/22/moral-panic-about-new-media-influence-on-young-voters-underplays-their-interest-in-politics-creators-say" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/22/moral-panic-about-new-media-influence-on-young-voters-underplays-their-interest-in-politics-creators-say</span></a>&gt;.</p>