The Role of Facebook in Political Socialization and Political Participation Among Women in Pakistan

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10.2991/978-2-38476-098-5_20How to use a DOI?

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Political Socialization; Facebook; Women; Political Participation

Abstract

Gender gaps in political participation are universal in democracies around the world. Women constitute half of the world’s population (49.6%). In South Asia, Pakistan has the largest gender gap and discrimination against women in all areas of life. This topic has largely been studied in relevance to youth generally, but studies on women political participation lack behind academically in underdeveloped countries. This article will be taking a conceptual approach to examine the relationship between political socialization and political participation with the role of Facebook usage among women in Pakistan. As Facebook is the most common social media platform used by women in Pakistan for various matters including political awareness. In this connection, this study will find out how Facebook usage is associated with political socialization and political participation of women in Pakistan. As it has been observed that in elections, women voter turnout is lower than men in Pakistan. This study will be quantitative in nature, questionnaire technique will be adopted to collect data. The population of the study will be women organizations in Karachi, Pakistan. The findings of the study will provide important implication to researchers, policymakers, political parties, and media to what extent women are politically socialized and how the political participation of women can be improved in future. World today is a global market and the most integral tool to spread information is media, therefore, design of the study will be to analyse the relationship between political socialization and participation with Facebook usage among women in Pakistan.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hadia Khalil
AU  - Haslina Halim
AU  - Mohd. Zuwairi Mat Saad
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/08/31
TI  - The Role of Facebook in Political Socialization and Political Participation Among Women in Pakistan
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Media 2022 (i-COME 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 216
EP  - 225
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-098-5_20
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-098-5_20
ID  - Khalil2023
ER  -