Political Satire and Its Influence on the Youth Political Perception

This article is based on research that explored the different forms of political satire social media and examined whether has any impact perception youths. Social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram so on. A mixed methodology was adopted in this involving content analysis survey. study conducted Kuala Lumpur 50 respondents from age 18 to 40 years old. Content used explore satire. There were seven analysed research, namely, graphics by Fahmi Reza, cartoons Zunar, anime a Facebook page entitled “Bro, don’t like la, bro”, memes “SarawakGags”, “HarakatDaily” satirical news site, Dr Jason Leong’s tweets Twitter parody videos Douglas Lim. These themes derived Twitter. The found profound impacts interests youths it not only helps increase their understanding, also presents issues creative interesting ways. It argued will grow faster shape thinking especially. direct effects satire, however, voting inclination, are still inconclusive need be further.