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Internet, Youth and Democracy: Political Participation of Malaysian Youth

Scholars argue that participation in voluntary associations of a non-political nature is an important companion of political involvement, and some scholars even go further to suggest that participation in non-political voluntary organisations breeds political involvement. This article examines the nature of political involvement and participation in terms of its definition and activities. It focuses on changes in the modes of action and participation that were facilitated by internet. Young people's political participation is different i.e. they have different political attitudes with newer and different forms of participation than those practised by adults, and these [other/informal] forms are not always surveyed (Quintelier 2007: 1, 3, 6, 7). It is claimed that "young people prefer local community actions, political consumerism, new social movements and activities, single issue politics, protest politics, etc ... " (Quintelier 2007: 3). This claim is parallel with others’ claim that human beings "were endowed with awesome strength and conceived 'big ideas' " and "decent politics [with an] attitude [which] is without repression toward the other" (Mara 2003: 740, 750). Thus, these youth groups provide a critique focusing on the coercions. In Malaysian context, for example, various groups with political interests are formed from time to time.