Abstract:

The youth period is an important threshold in political socialization process when the values of political system and political culture are learnt and political attitudes and behaviors are gained. The youth are exposed to the impact of different actors, groups, instruments and tools in political socialization process. In this sense, one of the tools the youth are impacted is social media as a result of change process lived in communication space In this study, the social media usage levels of the youth within the frame of political socialization have been taken under review. There has been talked face to face by using random sampling method with 589 students studying in different departments of Firat University, Inonu University, at Dicle University and Gaziantep University chosen from East and South East Anatolian Parts of Turkey and questionnaire form has been applied in this interviews. According to the findings; it has been determined that one of the effective tools about the formation of political opinion of the youth is social media. The social media in the process of youth which is an important stage of political socialization process makes an important contribution for the formation of political culture and developing the political participation of the young people.

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