Participation in Political Demonstration of Burapha University Students

Abstract

               This research titled “participation in political demonstrations of Burapha University students” purposes to 1) study the steps and forms of participation in political demonstrations of Burapha University students 2) study the factors affecting participation in political demonstrations of Burapha University students. This research employs a qualitative method with a sample of 8 people and a quantitative method with a sample of 369 people.

               The qualitative study results have shown that participation in political demonstrations of Burapha University students has clear goals according to situations. In line with the target group of students and youth in the Bang Saen area, most political rallies are in the form of setting up stages for speeches, expressing symbols and organizing schedules of activities. The locations must be appropriate. There is a system setup to manage equipment. There is a backup plan and a team risk assessment is always carried out before holding a political participation rally. The quantitative study results have shown that the fields of study were different participation in political rallies was significantly different at 0.05, in line with the set assumptions. As for gender, age, year of study, membership in university activity groups and awareness of political news, participation in political rallies was not different at the statistical significance level of 0.05, not in accordance with the set assumptions. There are two different factors affecting the participation in political demonstrations of Burapha University students: social needs and esteem needs for the significantly difference at 0.05 according to the set assumptions. This can be written as an equation as follows: participation in political demonstrations = 0.637 + 0.393 (social need) + 0.305 (esteem needs).