Political Resistance Movement of Secondary School Students in 2020-2021

Abstract

This qualitative research aimed to 1) study the structure; pattern; and strategies of political resistance movements; 2) study the conditions of social movement in political movements; and 3) study the ideas of political transmission by groups of secondary school students during 2563–2564 B.E. Data collection was an in-depth interview with 15 experts. Situational linkage and interpretation were data analysis. The results revealed that: 1. The political movement strategy that was communicated through social media included: i) structured political creative and non-violent activities; ii) uprisings across the country and political network collaboration; iii) individualistic-based movements of leaders; iv) resource-raising activity through social media; v) effective political activity by context; and vi) political activities by the student network. 2. The conditions and contexts regarded were: (i) politics during the military coup and post-military coup; (ii) economic factors during the military government and COVID-19); and (iii) educational problems and authoritarianism in schools. 3. Political ideology transmission among secondary school students i) utilized social media for political resistance movement; ii) denied knowledge from the government; iii) manifested an increase in interest in political history among the secondary school students; iv) had a request for students’ freedom protection; v) created a neo-political movement; and vi) was from authoritarianism and students’ rights violations in schools.