Examining political efficacy among Malaysian voters: The role of traditional and new media

The technological advancement and political situations have dramatically impacted the way traditional and new media have played their role in society, especially in the political development of the country. Studying media use and credibility have been a major concern among scholars to understand aud...

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Main Authors:	Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi, Ahmed, Ismail Sheikh Yusuf, Souket, Rizwanah
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	John Benjamins Publishing Company 2017
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
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spelling	iium-628522018-04-25T04:06:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62852/ Examining political efficacy among Malaysian voters: The role of traditional and new media Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi Ahmed, Ismail Sheikh Yusuf Souket, Rizwanah H Social Sciences (General) HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform The technological advancement and political situations have dramatically impacted the way traditional and new media have played their role in society, especially in the political development of the country. Studying media use and credibility have been a major concern among scholars to understand audience perceptions and attitudes towards the media and their role in politics. This study investigated the level of media use and credibility among voters and their perception of political efficacy. Drawing on a nationwide quota sampling of 2030 respondents, the findings found voter perception on the media as credible, with the highest trust being on television, followed by newspapers and radio. Internet was found to be the least credible. A factor analysis performed on the political efficacy items extracted three dimensions: Voter Efficacy, Internal Efficacy and External Efficacy. The results of hierarchical regression suggested that traditional and new media use as well as media trust dimensions were significantly correlated with political efficacy but different media use and credibility contributed differently to the various efficacy dimensions. Implications and recommendations are further discussed. John Benjamins Publishing Company 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62852/13/62852_Examining%20political%20efficacy%20among%20Malaysian%20voters.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62852/2/62852_Examining%20political%20efficacy%20among%20Malaysian%20voters_new_scopus.pdf Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi and Ahmed, Ismail Sheikh Yusuf and Souket, Rizwanah (2017) Examining political efficacy among Malaysian voters: The role of traditional and new media. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 27 (1). pp. 43-64. ISSN 0957-6851 E-ISSN 1569-9838 http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/japc.27.1.03idi 10.1075/japc.27.1.03idi
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi Ahmed, Ismail Sheikh Yusuf Souket, Rizwanah Examining political efficacy among Malaysian voters: The role of traditional and new media
description	The technological advancement and political situations have dramatically impacted the way traditional and new media have played their role in society, especially in the political development of the country. Studying media use and credibility have been a major concern among scholars to understand audience perceptions and attitudes towards the media and their role in politics. This study investigated the level of media use and credibility among voters and their perception of political efficacy. Drawing on a nationwide quota sampling of 2030 respondents, the findings found voter perception on the media as credible, with the highest trust being on television, followed by newspapers and radio. Internet was found to be the least credible. A factor analysis performed on the political efficacy items extracted three dimensions: Voter Efficacy, Internal Efficacy and External Efficacy. The results of hierarchical regression suggested that traditional and new media use as well as media trust dimensions were significantly correlated with political efficacy but different media use and credibility contributed differently to the various efficacy dimensions. Implications and recommendations are further discussed.
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author	Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi Ahmed, Ismail Sheikh Yusuf Souket, Rizwanah
author_facet	Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi Ahmed, Ismail Sheikh Yusuf Souket, Rizwanah
author_sort	Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi
title	Examining political efficacy among Malaysian voters: The role of traditional and new media
title_short	Examining political efficacy among Malaysian voters: The role of traditional and new media
title_full	Examining political efficacy among Malaysian voters: The role of traditional and new media
title_fullStr	Examining political efficacy among Malaysian voters: The role of traditional and new media
title_full_unstemmed	Examining political efficacy among Malaysian voters: The role of traditional and new media
title_sort	examining political efficacy among malaysian voters: the role of traditional and new media
publisher	John Benjamins Publishing Company
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/62852/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62852/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62852/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62852/13/62852_Examining%20political%20efficacy%20among%20Malaysian%20voters.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/62852/2/62852_Examining%20political%20efficacy%20among%20Malaysian%20voters_new_scopus.pdf
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