The Effect Of Internet Use On Political Participation: Could The Internet Increase Political Participation In Thailand?
The Internet, as part of information and communication technology, provides citizens with access to information, and allows them to interact with others in online communities. It could also increase the users' political potentials by decreasing the costs and resources' restraints. Given...
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| description | The Internet, as part of information and communication technology,
provides citizens with access to information, and allows them to interact
with others in online communities. It could also increase the users' political
potentials by decreasing the costs and resources' restraints. Given these
benefits, this research asks whether or not Internet use would increase
political participation in Thailand. Using the 2010 Asian Barometer data
conducted in Thailand, the relationship between Internet use and political
participation was tested. The results indicate that Internet use positively
correlated with political participation, after controlling for individual
resource measurement, namely demographic characteristics, education
attainment, socio-economic status, political efficacy, and organisational
skills. The odds of the respondents, who used the Internet to contact news
media to solve their problems with government officials or policies, and to
get together with others to raise an issue or sign a petition, were greater
than those who did not use the Internet. The findings suggest that the
Internet had mobilised people to actively engage in political participation.
Policy recommendations aiming at promoting Internet use to encourage
political participation and to strengthen the Thai democratic system as a
whole are listed at the end of the research. |
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| spelling | usm-409052018-07-04T08:57:24Z http://eprints.usm.my/40905/ The Effect Of Internet Use On Political Participation: Could The Internet Increase Political Participation In Thailand? Meesuwan, Sanyarat P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) The Internet, as part of information and communication technology, provides citizens with access to information, and allows them to interact with others in online communities. It could also increase the users' political potentials by decreasing the costs and resources' restraints. Given these benefits, this research asks whether or not Internet use would increase political participation in Thailand. Using the 2010 Asian Barometer data conducted in Thailand, the relationship between Internet use and political participation was tested. The results indicate that Internet use positively correlated with political participation, after controlling for individual resource measurement, namely demographic characteristics, education attainment, socio-economic status, political efficacy, and organisational skills. The odds of the respondents, who used the Internet to contact news media to solve their problems with government officials or policies, and to get together with others to raise an issue or sign a petition, were greater than those who did not use the Internet. The findings suggest that the Internet had mobilised people to actively engage in political participation. Policy recommendations aiming at promoting Internet use to encourage political participation and to strengthen the Thai democratic system as a whole are listed at the end of the research. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/40905/1/Art3.pdf Meesuwan, Sanyarat (2016) The Effect Of Internet Use On Political Participation: Could The Internet Increase Political Participation In Thailand? International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 12 (2). pp. 57-82. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243 http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Art3.pdf |
| spellingShingle | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Meesuwan, Sanyarat The Effect Of Internet Use On Political Participation: Could The Internet Increase Political Participation In Thailand? |
| title | The Effect Of Internet Use On Political
Participation: Could The Internet Increase
Political Participation In Thailand? |
| title_full | The Effect Of Internet Use On Political
Participation: Could The Internet Increase
Political Participation In Thailand? |
| title_fullStr | The Effect Of Internet Use On Political
Participation: Could The Internet Increase
Political Participation In Thailand? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect Of Internet Use On Political
Participation: Could The Internet Increase
Political Participation In Thailand? |
| title_short | The Effect Of Internet Use On Political
Participation: Could The Internet Increase
Political Participation In Thailand? |
| title_sort | effect of internet use on political
participation: could the internet increase
political participation in thailand? |
| topic | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/40905/ http://eprints.usm.my/40905/ http://eprints.usm.my/40905/1/Art3.pdf |