Normah  Mustaffa, Ali  Salman, Wan Amizah  Wan Mahmud, Badrul Redzuan  Abu Hassan, Shahrul Nazmi  Sannusi, Muhammad Adnan  Pitchan, Wan Nur Syazmira  Wan Suhaimi, 
    Social Media and the Expression of Opinion: Implication on the Spiral of Silence,
    The Social Sciences,
    Volume 13,Issue 5,
    2018,
    Pages 1037-1041,
    ISSN 1818-5800,
    sscience.2018.1037.1041,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2018.1037.1041)
    Abstract: Social media influence and change the way individuals express their views publicly. Social media
users have the opportunity to express and share their opinions openly in social media. This study aims to
identify social media use among youth in expressing their opinion on the issue and implementation of the
Government Transformation Programme (GTP). Spiral of silence theory is used as a basis to see how minorities
express their opinions in a changing media environment. The survey method was used to obtain from 200
youths who use social media actively in two zones in Malaysia where 100 respondents were interviewed in the
Eastern zone and another 100 in the central zone. The results showed that the interactive nature of social media
has become a new platform for youth to express their views even if their views or opinions are contrary to the
majority of their colleagues on social media.
    Keywords: Opinion expression;social media;adolescence;spiral of silence;government;government transformation programme