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GEOGRAFIA OnlineTM Malaysia Journal of Society and Space 8 issue 6 (76-89) 77 Themed issue on—Pengurusan Perubahan Sosial Ekologi dan Ketidaktentuan dalam Era Global “© 2012, ISSN 2180-2491 questionnaire survey administered among 3,021 respondents, of which 1,502 respondents were in the Parliamentary constituency of Muar and the remaining 1,519 respondents were in the Parliamentary constituency of Kluang, and field observations, the present study found that the people’s access and use of internet in the study area is quite encouraging, with 54.0 percent in Kluang and 33.7 percent in Muar used internet to obtain political information. However, the searches for political information vary according to educational background, age, ethnicity, gender, income, and occupation. Within the contact of the ‘new politics, issues such as corruption, malpractices and abuse of power now have become the major focus and shout of these alternative media. People especially the IT-literate young generation were no longer influenced by the old political issues such ethnicity, language, religion and locality. The access and use of internet also have influenced the support of young voters, especially those living in urban areas. This has also has a significant impact on the result of the 2008 general election. Nowadays, internet has become one of the important sources of information in Malaysia. The new media will certainly influence the voting pattern of the next general election in the state of Johore.