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Undergraduate Student Government Downtown (USGD) is the student advocacy organization on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus. Its primary purpose is to appoint representatives, known as senators, to represent students in a specific ASU college and meet with university officials to discuss student needs. Senators compartmentalize their roles in various ways and do not always adhere to the expectations of their role outside of USGD meetings. This research study sought to examine how members of USGD compartmentalized their roles as student leaders. It also sought to examine the degree of separation senators placed between what they view to be their authentic selves versus the self-aspects they associate exclusively with USGD duties. The research determined compartmentalization of roles differed between levels of authority within USGD. Senators who had no other roles within the organization found it easy to remove themselves from the role after their USGD duties were completed for the day. Senior members of the organization, those who held higher positions of authority within the organization, found it less likely for them to separate their personalities from their roles. It also examined USGD’s continued use of highly structured meetings via the use of Robert’s Rules of Order. While they can provide structure in large group settings, when overused these rules cause the organization to suffer from a lack of information exchange and the ability to freely engage in debate. Robert’s Rules of Order act as a gatekeeper, making meeting language inaccessible to student constituents which leads to low amounts of constituent engagement.
ContributorsFishkind, Annaleez Gomez (Author) / Maday, Renee (Thesis director) / Gneiting, Gary (Committee member) / College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (Contributor) / Watts College of Public Service & Community Solut (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-12
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With a fresh democratic energy emerging from newer generations, there is an increasing
number of youth becoming politically active and civically engaged. Many of whom are active
and engaged are college students, seeking change not only within politics and society, but within
their institution. At Arizona State University (ASU), the institution is spread across four unique
campuses in which each of the campuses holds its own undergraduate student government.
Within the Associated Students of Arizona State University (ASASU), each Undergraduate
Student Government (USG) experiences low voter turnout every year in their elections and high
turnover rates. Understanding why students chose to be involved in the first place is a major
question.
number of youth becoming politically active and civically engaged. Many of whom are active
and engaged are college students, seeking change not only within politics and society, but within
their institution. At Arizona State University (ASU), the institution is spread across four unique
campuses in which each of the campuses holds its own undergraduate student government.
Within the Associated Students of Arizona State University (ASASU), each Undergraduate
Student Government (USG) experiences low voter turnout every year in their elections and high
turnover rates. Understanding why students chose to be involved in the first place is a major
question.
ContributorsAlvarado, Yasmin Teresa (Co-author) / Alvarado, Yasmin (Co-author) / Anderson, Derrick (Thesis director) / Wang, Lili (Committee member) / School of Public Affairs (Contributor, Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2020-05
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Although smaller and more local elections could have implications more dramatic to an individual than larger district-, state-, and nation-wide elections do, very few citizens vote in them. Moreover, citizens are limited in procuring further information on candidates, issues, and the overall election when there are fewer sources of such information across various mediums. While existing literature on political communication and voter participation does not yet extend far enough to sufficiently address the most local aspects of media effects on elections, the political science field’s dominating frameworks would suggest that an increase in news media, social media, and ground mobilization tactics would increase civic engagement and voter participation. My research, which focuses on hyperlocal elections, both supports andrefutes certain elements of that suggestion. Based on surveys of potential voters in a university’s student government election and a school board election, interviews with two student government presidential candidates, and an analysis of social media engagement, my research compares three mass media platforms and two elections to characterize the effects of media on hyperlocal elections—that certain tactics have drastically different results on different populations. My research expands the body of media and politics knowledge to include hyperlocal elections, suggesting that civic engagement on the local levels require increased further study.
ContributorsRomanov, Andrew Samuilovich (Author) / Wells, David (Thesis director) / Brodie, Mark (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / Department of English (Contributor) / Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor)
Created2015-05