Youth, ICTs and political engagement in Asia

Abstract

The general objective of the “Youth, ICTs and Political Engagement in Asia” project is to improve the understanding of the relationship between civic engagement of youth and ICTs such as mobile phones, the Internet and games in selected nation states in Asia. In particular, it focuses on how ICTs work together with local political institutions to influence youth’s political engagement. This project used a comparative approach to discover empirical relationships among variables such as political participation, political institution, political culture, and ICTs. Five countries, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore, are included in this report. The researchers are based in the country examined and have first-hand experience. Moreover, they share the common methods of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions in answering many pressing questions regarding how to engage youth with politics in an era of new ICTs. This report presents the details of operation, activities, outputs, and outcomes.