AWARENESS OF POLITICAL INFORMATION THROUGH ONLINE MEDIA OF STUDENTS OF MAHAMAKUT BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY, ISAN CAMPUS ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF YONISOMANASIKARA

Abstract

The objectives of this thesis were ; 1) to study the Awareness Of Political Information Through Online Media Of Students Of Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus According To The Principle Of Yonisomanasikara, 2) to compare the Awareness Of Political Information Through Online Media Of Students Of Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus According To The Principle Of Yonisomanasikara principles and 3) to study the suggestions about the Awareness Of Political Information Through Online Media Of Students Of Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus According To The Principle Of Yonisomanasikara principles. The researcher collected the data from 264 sampling respondents, and analyzed the data by percentage, mean, standard deviation, T-test and F-test. While finding the differences of mean average, the researcher analyzed with LSD with 0.05 significant statistic. The findings were as follows; 1) The overall students’ political news perception in 5 aspects was at high mean level. while considering in each aspect, it was found that the aspect of news exposure was at highest mean level, the second highest mean was using the media as benefit, and the lowest mean levels were news analysis and news measurement. 2) The overall result of the Awareness Of Political Information Through Online Media Of Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus According To The Principle Of Yonisomanasikara principles classified by sex, grade and majors was not different. It contradicted with the hypothesis. 3) The were some suggestions from this study ; to scrutinize the news as the guideline to practice, to analyze and classify with the rational thinking and to create and interpret the online social media with the rational thinking.