A Study on the Impact of Social Networking Sites in Political Participation

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the participation of society's candidates in political concerns. Various articles on renowned involvement and non-participation have been tried since the introduction of Merriam and Gosnell's Non-Voting in 1924, as well as Merriam's citizen sequence edited in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The main aim of this study is to evaluate how social media is helpful in increasing political participation. Political participation, defined as "the involvement of individuals at various levels in the political system, percentage in the selection of rulers and without delay or circuitously in the formation and/or execution of public policies, and also comprising all those facts that, in one way or another, are intended to affect the running of and differences of the political system," is an essential component of every political system. As a result, active and forceful human engagement has proven critical to the democratic system's survival and continuity.