Exploring South African youths' on/offline political participation

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dc.contributor.advisorNdlovu, Musaen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorWalton, Marionen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMbenga, Chilomboen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-03T18:34:38Z
dc.date.available2015-02-03T18:34:38Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study is located between the contradiction that youth is politically disinterested and that youth is very much politically engaged. Some scholars have argued that youth political disinterest is a threat to the life of the traditional public sphere and democracy. Against the notion of the youth's disinterest and disaffection from politics, this study points out the deficit in exploratory studies that examine and explore the relationship between young people and their political participation both in the on/offline context. In light of the contradiction as well, this current study asked the following question: how does a group of South African youth use social media to participate in the virtual public sphere? Also, what are the views of a group of South African youth about political participation (via their use of traditional and new/social media)?en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMbenga, C. (2012). <i>Exploring South African youths' on/offline political participation</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12353en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMbenga, Chilombo. <i>"Exploring South African youths' on/offline political participation."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12353en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMbenga, C. 2012. Exploring South African youths' on/offline political participation. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mbenga, Chilombo AB - This study is located between the contradiction that youth is politically disinterested and that youth is very much politically engaged. Some scholars have argued that youth political disinterest is a threat to the life of the traditional public sphere and democracy. Against the notion of the youth's disinterest and disaffection from politics, this study points out the deficit in exploratory studies that examine and explore the relationship between young people and their political participation both in the on/offline context. In light of the contradiction as well, this current study asked the following question: how does a group of South African youth use social media to participate in the virtual public sphere? Also, what are the views of a group of South African youth about political participation (via their use of traditional and new/social media)? DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Exploring South African youths' on/offline political participation TI - Exploring South African youths' on/offline political participation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12353 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12353
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMbenga C. Exploring South African youths' on/offline political participation. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12353en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFilm and Media Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleExploring South African youths' on/offline political participationen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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