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Examining the Relationship Between Factors Influencing Political Information Seeking-Behaviour through Social Media among Youths in Malaysia ; Examen de la relación entre los factores que influyen en la búsqueda de información política a través de los medios sociales entre los jóvenes de Malasia

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • بيانات النشر:
      SEECI
    • الموضوع:
      2022
    • Collection:
      Revista de Comunicación de la SEECI (Sociedad Española de Estudios de la Comunicación Iberoamericana)
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      The dynamic characteristics of social media provide a vast space for society to obtain useful information including political information. This advancement of information dissemination must be benefited by every layer of society including the youth to increase their participation in issues regarding national politics. This research explores the significant factors affecting political information-seeking behavior among youths in Malaysia. The approach of this research is the survey through a questionnaire. Using multi-stage sampling, 381 respondents from selected public universities in Malaysia were identified as a sample. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Efficacy, knowledge, and usefulness of social media affected political information-seeking behavior. Meanwhile, Policy satisfaction and motivation do not affect political information-seeking behavior Thus, political information seeking is seen as more influential towards political behavior with the existence of political information sharing among Malaysia's youth who use social media. The overall results of the study indicate the potential of social media as the main source and medium for Malaysian youths to obtain political information. ; Las características dinámicas de los medios sociales proporcionan un amplio espacio para que la sociedad obtenga información útil, incluida información política. Este avance en la difusión de la información debe beneficiar a todos los estratos de la sociedad, incluidos los jóvenes, para aumentar su participación en cuestiones relacionadas con la política nacional. Esta investigación explora los factores significativos que afectan al comportamiento de búsqueda de información política entre los jóvenes de Malasia. El enfoque de esta investigación es la encuesta a través de un cuestionario. Utilizando un muestreo multietápico, se identificó como muestra a 381 encuestados de universidades públicas seleccionadas de Malasia. Los datos se analizaron mediante un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales. La ...
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    • Relation:
      https://www.seeci.net/revista/index.php/seeci/article/view/746/1572; https://www.seeci.net/revista/index.php/seeci/article/view/746/1573; https://www.seeci.net/revista/index.php/seeci/article/view/746/1574; https://www.seeci.net/revista/index.php/seeci/article/view/746/1575; https://www.seeci.net/revista/index.php/seeci/article/view/746/1883; https://www.seeci.net/revista/index.php/seeci/article/view/746/1884; https://www.seeci.net/revista/index.php/seeci/article/view/746/1885; https://www.seeci.net/revista/index.php/seeci/article/view/746/1886; https://www.seeci.net/revista/index.php/seeci/article/view/746
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.15198/seeci.2022.55.e746
    • Rights:
      Derechos de autor 2022 Revista de Comunicación de la SEECI ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsbas.E73CEFCF