Evaluating the efficacy of online channels in fostering youth participation in public decision-making – the lens of Singapore
Over the years, online channels (OCs) have gained traction as an alternative means of engagement in public decision-making, especially among a new generation of technology-savvy youths. However, in Singapore, the roles and efficacy of OCs as a facilitator of youth civic participation (YCP) remain un...
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| author | Tay, Kai Jun |
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| description | Over the years, online channels (OCs) have gained traction as an alternative means of engagement in public decision-making, especially among a new generation of technology-savvy youths. However, in Singapore, the roles and efficacy of OCs as a facilitator of youth civic participation (YCP) remain under-examined: most current literature fails to adequately scope out or define YCP, places too much focus on the outcomes of participation rather than the holistic process of doing so, and lacks the grounding of a sufficiently comprehensive theoretical framework. Based on these shortcomings, the present study aims to analyze the effectiveness of OCs in facilitating YCP in Singapore, by situating the state of youth participation (as enabled by OCs) on Wong, Zimmerman and Parker’s (2010) TYPE pyramid. It aims to not only provide a holistic assessment of OCs as a facilitator, by analysing three factors related to the quality of YCP, but also to provide recommendations for how OCs can be further developed as participatory spaces, such that they can be best leveraged for youth participation. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1757192024-05-12T15:32:18Z Evaluating the efficacy of online channels in fostering youth participation in public decision-making – the lens of Singapore Tay, Kai Jun Kim Soojin School of Social Sciences sjkim@ntu.edu.sg Social Sciences Youth civic participation Inclusiveness and attractiveness of online channels Over the years, online channels (OCs) have gained traction as an alternative means of engagement in public decision-making, especially among a new generation of technology-savvy youths. However, in Singapore, the roles and efficacy of OCs as a facilitator of youth civic participation (YCP) remain under-examined: most current literature fails to adequately scope out or define YCP, places too much focus on the outcomes of participation rather than the holistic process of doing so, and lacks the grounding of a sufficiently comprehensive theoretical framework. Based on these shortcomings, the present study aims to analyze the effectiveness of OCs in facilitating YCP in Singapore, by situating the state of youth participation (as enabled by OCs) on Wong, Zimmerman and Parker’s (2010) TYPE pyramid. It aims to not only provide a holistic assessment of OCs as a facilitator, by analysing three factors related to the quality of YCP, but also to provide recommendations for how OCs can be further developed as participatory spaces, such that they can be best leveraged for youth participation. Bachelor's degree 2024-05-06T00:10:15Z 2024-05-06T00:10:15Z 2024 Final Year Project (FYP) Tay, K. J. (2024). Evaluating the efficacy of online channels in fostering youth participation in public decision-making – the lens of Singapore. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175719 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175719 en SSS_PPGA_2023_S1_049 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
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| title | Evaluating the efficacy of online channels in fostering youth participation in public decision-making – the lens of Singapore |
| title_full | Evaluating the efficacy of online channels in fostering youth participation in public decision-making – the lens of Singapore |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the efficacy of online channels in fostering youth participation in public decision-making – the lens of Singapore |
| title_short | Evaluating the efficacy of online channels in fostering youth participation in public decision-making – the lens of Singapore |
| title_sort | evaluating the efficacy of online channels in fostering youth participation in public decision making the lens of singapore |
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