Determining Facebook as a Platform of Expressing Politics among University Students

• Main Authors: Mohamad Sani, Laila Mastura, Ramli, Romlah, Kamaruddin, Azlina
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/25371/1/SMMTCPS%202018%20258%20265.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/25371/

This study investigates the Facebook as a platform of expressing politics. The main objective of this study is to examine the students demographic; gender and academic performance of Facebook users regard to different variations of Facebook addiction, Facebook motives, and unwillingness to communicate face-to-face. Next objective is to define the level of unwillingness to communicate faceto-face, to determine and explain the relationship between Facebook motives and Facebook addiction, and to examine the relationship between Facebook addictions, Facebook motives, and Unwillingness to communicate face-to-face. Survey research design; questionnaire was applied. Data was analyzed by using SPSS 22 for both descriptive and inferential statistics that include with t-Test, Multiple regression analysis, Pearson correlation, and the pre-test of the study to fulfill the research objectives. The implication of this study is to give benefits to practical contribution and theoretical contribution that associated with this field. Future research needs to replicate this study in other situation and possibly in other areas for different view.