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标题：Politics, The Hunger Games and the Filipino Youth: Political Participation through Readings of Dystopian Literature
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作者：Prince Aian G. Villanueva ; Laurisse Marie Perianes ; Jan Eure Rubite 等
期刊名称：Research Journal of Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1815-9125
电子版ISSN：2309-9631
出版年度：2015
卷号：8
期号：7
页码：89-98
出版社：INSInet Publications
摘要：Using Melissa Ames‘ framework, specifically the use of dystopian literature as a form of political participation, this research sought to know and understand the effects of reading dystopian literature like The Hunger Games on the Filipino youth‘s perception of contemporary Philippine politics. This paper discusses how readings of dystopian literature serve as a medium through which political interest and political participation transpire. Through the utilization of in-depth interviews of select youth, the study found out that the youth are not apathetic as some scholars believe. As such, to look at the youth as disinterested may not at all represent their political characteristic as both political interest and participation are channeled through a different medium. This definitely has serious implications to the study of youth political participation.
关键词：Youth political apathy; political participation; dystopian literature; The Hunger Games