Political news influences citizens’ political participation: A case study of Rangsit Municipality, Pathum Thani

Abstract

Society begins with communication. However, communication is an important tool for living life. Communication, besides being a matter of nature, is also something related to power and benefit. Communication tools of society in the modern era There is a lot of exposure to political news from social media. Pointing out that it is a channel for the new generation to be most exposed to political news. This is because such media has the feature of being able to reach a large number of people. In addition, youth can receive news freely. With the familiarity of entering the media to express oneself on a daily basis Therefore, it stimulates access to political information easily, conveniently, and quickly. You can also express your opinions by posting or liking and sharing to reflect your identity as an owner of an area of authority in online society. At the same time, it was found that the media Television is also influential because it has both images and sound. In addition, management in the form of an organization creates trust in official news. and express knowledge Confidence for youth in the news they receive from social media While the radio media broadcasts It has influence in terms of reaching through listening together with other activities as well. As for newspaper media It is still a barrier to reaching the majority of youth. Because there are details of content and costs, it lacks ease of access.