The Role of Social Media in Encouraging the Political Participation of Millennials in the 2019 Legislative Election in Bireuen District

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10.2991/assehr.k.220302.028How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Social media; political participation and millennials

Abstract

The rapid development of technology especially in the field of internet-based information technology has made the role of communication media is very vital in society. Multimedia technology has gained popularity as a means of socialization and political campaigns to the entire community, especially to novice voters or known as millennials. In this study, researchers identified the role of social media in encouraging the political participation of millennials in the 2019 legislative elections in Bireuen District and to what extent social media can affect the political participation of millennials in the 2020 legislative elections in Bireuen District. The research method used was a qualitative method that describes the data to be able to explain the problem in accordance with the title and object of the research while data was collected through observation, interview and documentation. Data analysis technique used was interactive data analysis consisting of 3 (three) components of analysis including data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The results of the research are: (1). The role of social media is still powerful to encourage the political participation of millennials even though the applications used are more varied, not only Facebook (2) The political participation of millennials in Bireuen is still relatively high but it is not related to the use of Facebook, but other applications that are more popular, especially Instagram and WhatsApp.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bobby Rahman
AU  - Zulhilmi
AU  - Irham Bunaiya
AU  - Maryana
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/24
TI  - The Role of Social Media in Encouraging the Political Participation of Millennials in the 2019 Legislative Election in Bireuen District
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Science, Political Science, and Humanities (ICoSPOLHUM 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 193
EP  - 199
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220302.028
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220302.028
ID  - Rahman2022
ER  -