The Communication Channels Used By The Undergraduates To Share Their Views and Opinions On The Socio-Political Agenda

Examining the communication channels through which university students’ use to share their view points and thoughts on the political, economic and social agenda in Turkey and elsewhere, this study designed as a quantitative survey research. A scale developed by the researchers was used to gather the data from 498 higher education students attaining various departments in Gazi ve Uşak Universities. The study findings reveal that the participants mostly prefer using the Internet and social network websites to share their views on the agenda. Participants over the age of 25 use national publications more than the other age groups, while the students attaining sciences and liberal arts faculties make use of social network websites and the Internet discussion groups most.