Generation Y’s political participation and social media in Malaysia

This paper attempts to study the role of Generation Y in expressing their problems, engaging the government through the media especially the social media, and in deciding and voicing their views in the ballot box during the 2008 and 2013 general elections. Generation Y has utilized the social media...

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Main Authors:	Norshuhada Shiratuddin, Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, Shahizan Hassan, Mohd Khairie Ahmad, Kartini Aboo Talib @ Khalid, Noor Sulastry Yurni Ahmad
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10474/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10474/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10474/1/14738-40621-1-SM.pdf

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spelling	ukm-104742017-07-05T07:12:46Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10474/ Generation Y’s political participation and social media in Malaysia Norshuhada Shiratuddin, Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, Shahizan Hassan, Mohd Khairie Ahmad, Kartini Aboo Talib @ Khalid, Noor Sulastry Yurni Ahmad, This paper attempts to study the role of Generation Y in expressing their problems, engaging the government through the media especially the social media, and in deciding and voicing their views in the ballot box during the 2008 and 2013 general elections. Generation Y has utilized the social media after the traditional media, like the print and broadcasting media, give them limited space for them to engage with the government and the oppositions Therefore, a survey had been conducted in studying the perception of Generation Y towards media and political participation. This research was able to gather 1,029 respondents from the age 15 till 25 years old. In overall, the findings show that this generation was a little bit sceptical on the new media but they believe that the new media can be the best tool for the youth to engage more with the government. Therefore, it is clear that the result of the survey election is in line with the importance of social media and Generation Y in dominating the public sphere in Malaysia. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10474/1/14738-40621-1-SM.pdf Norshuhada Shiratuddin, and Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, and Shahizan Hassan, and Mohd Khairie Ahmad, and Kartini Aboo Talib @ Khalid, and Noor Sulastry Yurni Ahmad, (2016) Generation Y’s political participation and social media in Malaysia. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 32 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/818
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description	This paper attempts to study the role of Generation Y in expressing their problems, engaging the government through the media especially the social media, and in deciding and voicing their views in the ballot box during the 2008 and 2013 general elections. Generation Y has utilized the social media after the traditional media, like the print and broadcasting media, give them limited space for them to engage with the government and the oppositions Therefore, a survey had been conducted in studying the perception of Generation Y towards media and political participation. This research was able to gather 1,029 respondents from the age 15 till 25 years old. In overall, the findings show that this generation was a little bit sceptical on the new media but they believe that the new media can be the best tool for the youth to engage more with the government. Therefore, it is clear that the result of the survey election is in line with the importance of social media and Generation Y in dominating the public sphere in Malaysia.
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author	Norshuhada Shiratuddin, Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, Shahizan Hassan, Mohd Khairie Ahmad, Kartini Aboo Talib @ Khalid, Noor Sulastry Yurni Ahmad,
spellingShingle	Norshuhada Shiratuddin, Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, Shahizan Hassan, Mohd Khairie Ahmad, Kartini Aboo Talib @ Khalid, Noor Sulastry Yurni Ahmad, Generation Y’s political participation and social media in Malaysia
author_facet	Norshuhada Shiratuddin, Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, Shahizan Hassan, Mohd Khairie Ahmad, Kartini Aboo Talib @ Khalid, Noor Sulastry Yurni Ahmad,
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title	Generation Y’s political participation and social media in Malaysia
title_short	Generation Y’s political participation and social media in Malaysia
title_full	Generation Y’s political participation and social media in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Generation Y’s political participation and social media in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Generation Y’s political participation and social media in Malaysia
title_sort	generation y’s political participation and social media in malaysia
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10474/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10474/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10474/1/14738-40621-1-SM.pdf
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Generation Y’s political participation and social media in Malaysia

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