(Person) Percentage - Sabanci University Research Database

The Asian Media & Mass Communication Conference 2010 Osaka, Japan
Sharing opinion on the political to the online social network, you could
comment on various ways especially when the violence occurred and when people
posted messages that related to the situations, some people would give their opinion
on those messages immediately.
Students who provide information said
“Sometimes the violence occurred and TV stations reported just the situations
but on facebook you could post your comments or your ideas from many people and
you could recommend the additional information from other media channels too.”
In addition, students had less time reading newspapers. It might come from the
capital city lifestyle that was always in hurry and the short lifecycle of the newspaper.
Students would follow news from the Internet and website of the newspaper.
When they wanted to know something they would search on the Internet. And the
online social network also enabled students not only to know information but also to
post their comments as well.
“All I want to know. No matter what news is. I read on the Internet. When I post
some messages, my friends will read them and post their comments soon on Facebook
and they also update the information.”
“I can read online newspapers every issue. If they are paper newspapers, I can
read and check them every issue. I have much information and I compare them to
each other what is real and what is not. Then I select some and post them on
Facebook. So, information will update more quickly than the paper newspapers which
were very late.”
“I read news from the Internet. I will post on Facebook and I will then create the
topic for friends to comment on Facebook. I want to know how many people think like
me.”
Discussion and Recommendation
The research of the study concluded that online social network played a
significant role in severe political crisis situation during April until May 2010. While
major media was television, it was unable to provide the complete information and it
was not up-to-date. Most students would communicate through online social network
at home every day and used the Internet as a way to seek information the most.
Similarly, the study of Rudeeporn Pongsuparp (2008) found that online social
networks, particularly Facebook, could play a role to enable students were more
interested in political news by participation and sharing political attitude and political
opinion widely. Because the nature of online social networks that could link with
anyone on the network and was open 24 hours. In addition, users could comment as
the Two Way Communications which could interact together immediately. This was
suitable for the lifestyle of students who were in the range of adolescent. They would
take the most time with computer, the Internet and online social network more than
other media such as radio, television or newspapers. These were forms of media that
could not interact or comment immediately and after situations.
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