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Factors influencing civic engagement of Malaysian undergraduate students by Ahrari, Seyedali, Abu Samah, Bahaman, Hassan, Md. Salleh, Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza

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Social media functionality as the indicators on fostering civic engagement by Abd Latib, Latifah, Bolong, Jusang, Ahmad Ghazali, Akmar Hayati, Osman, Mohd Nizam

“…As a population expanded, the innovative application of social media has also drawn considerable attention to how communication is humanised and to promote civic engagement amongst digital societies. Even though social media have been praised for their potential for facilitating civic engagement, at a time most organisations are reluctant and unable to identify the functionalities of social media in developing humanise communication strategies and allocate resources to engage effectively. …”
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Social media usage for civic engagement / Anne Marie Warren by Warren, Anne Marie

“…The study focused on understanding the modes of online civic engagement behaviour in addressing the prevalent social problems; the key impetuses of online civic engagement behaviour; and their impact on satisfaction in life and virtual social skills at work. …”
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Relationship between civic engagement and level of people's participation in local government by Mohammadi, Seyed Hamid, Syed Abdul Rashid, Sharifah Norazizan, Emby, Zahid

“…This paper attempts to identify the relationship between civic engagements of local people and level of their participation in local government of Torbat-Heydarieh, Iran. …”
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Does Facebook functionality boost civic engagement among Malaysian youths? by Abd Latib, Latifah, Bolong, Jusang, Ahmad Ghazali, Akmar Hayati, Osman, Mohd Nizam

“…Civic engagement is an important process in which multiracial youth embrace the responsibilities to actively participate in public life to help shape and strengthen the local community. …”
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Deepening critical thinking skills through civic engagement in Malaysia higher education by Ahrari, Seyedali, Abu Samah, Bahaman, Hassan, Md Salleh, Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza, Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab

“…In recent times, it has become more crucial in implementing this aim to improve students’ commitment to civic engagement. Thus, this study examined the association between civic engagement and critical thinking skills of Malaysian undergraduates. …”
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Civic engagement and social wellbeing among aged people in Ahwaz City, Iran by Asadollahi, Abdolrahim

“…Ethnicity and gender were found to enhance both civic engagement and social well-being at the first step. …”
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Media consumption and civic engagement: the reasoned action theory as a way forward to determine the relationship by Joseph Ramanair

“…As such, the ensuing discussion proposes a way forward utilising the Reasoned Action Theory to determine the relationship between media consumption and civic engagement.…”
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Media literacy competence and use of new media for civic engagement among Nigerian youths by La'aro, Oba Abdulkadir

“…These raise issues about the media literacy competence of the youths and their civic engagement obligations. Therefore this study investigated media literacy competence among youths and the use of new media in four types of online civic engagement. …”
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Chinese student migration and integration in the UK: an exploration of links to and engagement with local communities in Nottingham by Wu, Bin

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Visual Social Media and Vernacular Responses to Environmental Issues in China by Liu, Shanshan

“…This thesis provides a new perspective to understand China’s visual social media practices and its networked civic engagement.…”
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Democracy to come: Active forums as indicator suites for e-participation and e-governance by Rodan, D., Balnaves, Mark

“…There is in modern industrial societies a 'civic deficit' Civic engagement in the traditional sense of community values and civic participation is declining (Putman 2000). …”
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Unlocking dimensions of social capital in the prison setting by Lafferty, L., Treloar, C., Butler, Tony, Guthrie, J., Chambers, G.

“…Results: There were differences in the access and utility of social capital dimensions in prison focusing specifically on trust and safety, informal and formal networks, agency, and civic engagement. Conclusions: Dimensions of social capital do not necessarily translate into prison. …”
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E-government and social media: the Queensland Government's MYQ2 initiative by Allen, Matthew, Balnaves, Mark

“…This paper will focus on describing MyQ2 in its pre-release form, so as to demonstrate how it represents a new form of e-government, building civic engagement, while doing so in a way specific to the needs of government. …”
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Determinants of happiness among youth in Malaysia by Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah, Bahaman, Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril

“…Surprisingly, the results also revealed a significant negative relationship between economic opportunities and their happiness, while health, ICT use, and civic engagement had no significant effect on their happiness. …”
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University social responsibility and academic social capital in Tunisia by Temporin, Simone

“…Government political control and socio-cultural censorship, as well as HE policies and legal frameworks have limited universities’ autonomy and their social dimension, restricting opportunities for students’ political and civic engagement in society. These aspects have also affected the provision of education for democracy and civic engagement courses; extra-curricular volunteering programs; as well as, support for community partnerships. …”
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Inclusive education in the academy: pedagogical and political imperatives in a master’s course by Walton, Elizabeth

“…“The Inclusive Teacher Educator: Spaces for Civic Engagement.” Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education 31 (4): 411–422) urges inclusive teacher educators to reorientate themselves towards civic duty, I argue that producing a pedagogic discourse of inclusive education is a political task that should result in both the teacher educator and the students being oriented towards a critique of existing exclusionary arrangements and an activism that leads to change.…”
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Exploring how an intervention-based approach leads to social leadership transformation: A multi-disciplinary case study by Dayaram, Kantha, Tiwari, Reena

“…Social change leadership reconfigures leadership from being a traditional positional leadership to being a wider community-civic engagement leadership. Here we use social change leadership as a way to develop students' leadership capabilities with a focus on (1) enhancing students' self-knowledge, including leadership competence and (2) widening access to facilitate positive social change. …”
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Assessment of social competence: exploring the dimensions of young adult social competence by Ang, Chin-Siang

“…Moreover, they were more frequently concerned about family-related, financial-related, and educational-related aspects, but less involved in civic engagement. Of significance, critical thinking or problem-solving skills among young adults should be of concern. …”
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Internet use, political and civic participation among marginalized youths by Samsuddin, Jamali, Lai, Che Ching, Hasan, Hamisah, Zamri Ahmad, Abd Mua'ti

“…This quantitative study surveyed marginalized Malay youths in the central region to examine: (i) the level of their Internet use; (ii) the level of their political and civic participation; and (iii) the mediating effect of civic engagement in the relationship between Internet use and political participation. …”
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