Online newspapers use and homeland political participation potentials among Nigerian students in Malaysia

Mustapha, Lambe Kayode and Wok, Saodah (2014) Online newspapers use and homeland political participation potentials among Nigerian students in Malaysia. e-Bangi: Journal of Social Science and Humanities , 9 (2). pp. 74-90. ISSN 1823-884x

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Abstract

The election time in any nation is a period for anxieties and expectations. It is also a period of heightened tripartite relationships between the candidates, the electorate and the media. While the citizens within the country rely mainly on the traditional media for information about election issues and candidates’ attributes, nations’ foreign residents bank on online versions of the homeland traditional media, particularly online newspapers. Although the impacts of traditional and new media on political participation within nations’ polity have received tremendous attention of scholars, little consideration has been accorded media use and political behaviour of foreign resident citizens whose transnational influence is becoming awesome in the contemporary time. Using cross-sectional survey design, this study samples Nigerian students in Malaysia higher learning institutions (N=312) with a view to examine the influence of online newspapers use on their political participation potentials in their homeland politics. Findings reveal weak but positive and significant correlations between online newspapers use and political interest on the one hand and online newspapers use and political participation on the other. The results thus show that reading online newspapers could be one of many factors cuing diasporic citizens to their homeland political development.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	2899/43455
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Online newspapers, foreign residents, political participation, political interest, homeland politics, Nigerian students in Malaysia
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Communication
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. Saodah Wok
Date Deposited:	19 Jun 2015 09:23
Last Modified:	19 Jun 2015 09:23
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/43455

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