Mobile/Social Media Use for Political Purposes Among Migrant Laborers in Singapore

• Main Author: Aricat, Rajiv George
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models; DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science; DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Alternative media
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80839; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38872
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Political participation has generally been evaluated among civic resident populations using the indices of voting and campaign participation. However, migrants’ engagement with politics in their home country has become increasingly virtual with the advent of mobile/social media, suggesting a need to...