Media use and political efficacy in Malaysia: Comparing their roles in 2012 and 2013
Citizen participation is a central concern in a practicing democracy. What facilitates political participation have always drawn scholarly interest. Sociodemographic factors like education, political knowledge and gender, are often cited as determinants of political participation. Forms of media...
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/61097/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61097/3/Syed%20Arabi%20Idid.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/61097/1/21082017%20Media%20Use%20and%20Political%20Efficacy%20in%20Malaysia-Comparing%20their%20roles%20in%202012%20and%202013.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/61097/2/PPT%20AMIC%20Manila.pdf |
| Summary: | Citizen participation is a central concern in a practicing democracy. What facilitates political
participation have always drawn scholarly interest. Sociodemographic factors like education,
political knowledge and gender, are often cited as determinants of political participation.
Forms of media use and media credibility have been added to explain for political efficacy,
among other forms of political behavior and political participation. Many studies on political
efficacy or political participation, were mainly conducted in a one period. If changes do occur
in a cross-sectional study, such a significant political development may not be discussed. This
study, covering a two year period, addresses the issues of the methodology by looking at the
changes in media use and the perceived media credibility to understand for changes in
political efficacy.
Two nationwide studies in 2012 and 2013, involving 3000 respondents, compared
media use and credibility, with the dimensions of political efficacy. A factor analysis on the
political efficacy items, extracted three dimensions, namely Voter Efficacy, Internal Efficacy
and External Efficacy. The results of hierarchical regression suggested that traditional and
new media use, as well as media credibility dimensions, were significantly correlated with
political efficacy, but different levels of media use and credibility, contributed differently to
the various efficacy dimensions. The results of the two studies, were compared to understand
the changing political scenario of the country. We further elaborated on the implications and
made several recommendations. |
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