THE CHANNELS OF RECEIVING POLITICAL NEWS HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THE PARTICIPATION OF CITIZENS IN RANGSIT MUNICIPALITY, PATHUM THANI

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) analyze the channels of political information intake that influenced political participation of people in Rangsit Municipality, Pathum Thani, and 2) study the political participation of people in Rangsit Municipality, Pathum Thani. The quantitative research used 398 samples. The statistics used in the research were percentage, frequency, mean, standard deviation, and one-way ANOVA. The research results found that most of the respondents’ political and election news exposure had online media as their source and spent more than 10 hours per day consuming political news. The overall level of political participation of people in Rangsit Municipality, Pathum Thani, was at a moderate level. When considering each aspect, it was found that the election aspect was at a high level, followed by being a political party official and campaigner at a moderate level, being a political reporter at a moderate level, being a community player at a moderate level, contacting the government at a moderate level, and being a protester at a moderate level, respectively.