| Summary: | For political parties, political education is one of the deliberate and systematized
efforts of strengthening the bonds of political struggle to their mass, so
they become aware of role and function as well as right and obligation as citizen
in general and the members or simpatisants of party in particular. For Welfare and
Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera�PKS), one of the political education
media considered as the mosly effective, particularly toward the 2004 Election, is
Internet, in this case website. Therefore, purpose of the study is to find out factors
influencing the use of website as a political education media for the female cadre
of PKS.
The study was conducted by using a qualitative method. Data used in the
study were secondary data obtained from official website of PKS displaying the
role as a political education media for caddres or simpatisants. The data collected
were analyzed by using a descriptive technique.
Result of the study shows that PKS is one of the political parties actively
using the new media, in this case website, as a political education media for its
caddres. In greeting the obligation of meeting an issue on the 30% quota of female
representation in legislature, both at central and local level, PKS more intensively
used the media as a political education media, particularly for the female caddres
of PKS. At a national level, the party always displayed many aspects of political
education, in turn awaking the participation of female caddres in parlemen, so did
at the level of Regional Leadership Council (Dewan Pimpinan Wilayah�DPW)
Yogyakarta. However, there were three factors influencing the use of website as a
political education media for the female cadres of PKS, including: (1) the female
caddres of PKS are largely originated from youth with high education and familiar
with the use of website as information media
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