Social Media as a Channel to Promote Youth Participation in Governance

Authors

  • Safiah Suhaimi School of Government,School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia.
  • Nor Azizah Zainal Abıdın School of Government,School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia.
  • Asmah Laili Yeon School of Government,School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia.

Keywords:

youth, Youth Participation, Social Media, Governance

Abstract

Youth is the largest group in the structure of society in Malaysia. Youth is a valuable national asset  and generation to be proud of. Youth is an experience that can shape the level of dependence of an  individual, which can be marked according to different cultural perspectives in different ways. When  social participation is used today, participation in governance will be rapid. The problem happened  when lack of social media sharing channels for the continued engagement of young people. The  youth believed that they still lacked the social media platforms needed for effective participation and expressed little confidence in their involvement. This paper analysed social media potential as  channels for youth governance participation. The methods that used an extensive literature search  which is secondary data. The social media is also critical for youth engagement in governance as  knowledge channels. The Social Media and Participation literature review will be reviewed. Drawing  on the final findings, social media plays an important role in youth engagement thus highlighting all  the functions of social media. 

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Suhaimi, S., Abıdın, N.A.Z., & Yeon, A.L. (2020). Social Media as a Channel to Promote Youth Participation in Governance . South Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 1(1), 34–42. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/sajssh/article/view/1123