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Social Media Usage among University Students in Malaysia

Social Media Usage among University Students in Malaysia

Norsiah Abdul Hamid, Mohd Sobhi Ishak, Syamsul Anuar Ismail, Siti Syamsul Nurin Mohmad Yazam
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781466628519|ISBN10: 1466628510|EISBN13: 9781466628526
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2851-9.ch012
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Hamid, Norsiah Abdul, et al. "Social Media Usage among University Students in Malaysia." Social Media and the New Academic Environment: Pedagogical Challenges, edited by Bogdan Pătruţ, et al., IGI Global, 2013, pp. 244-255. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2851-9.ch012

APA

Hamid, N. A., Ishak, M. S., Ismail, S. A., & Yazam, S. S. (2013). Social Media Usage among University Students in Malaysia. In B. Pătruţ, M. Pătruţ, & C. Cmeciu (Eds.), Social Media and the New Academic Environment: Pedagogical Challenges (pp. 244-255). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2851-9.ch012

Chicago

Hamid, Norsiah Abdul, et al. "Social Media Usage among University Students in Malaysia." In Social Media and the New Academic Environment: Pedagogical Challenges, edited by Bogdan Pătruţ, Monica Pătruţ, and Camelia Cmeciu, 244-255. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2851-9.ch012

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Abstract

Social media are playing an increasing role in today’s living. The social media platforms allow users to search, create, share, collaborate, and organise contents among them, and at the same time provide virtual self-presentation and self-disclosure of oneself. Social media were also claimed to give implications to human beings with regards to personality, yet these variables have not much been emphasised in previous studies. Thus, it is important to highlight the implications of social media on users’ personality. Given the issues and challenges faced by the country in profiling the adoption of social media and its implications in view of the perspective of personality, it is timely and significantly important to undertake this research in Malaysia. The objective of this chapter is to discuss a research conducted recently to determine the relationships between social media and personality traits. The specific objectives of this study are to identify the profile of social media adoption among students in Malaysia, including duration, frequency of use, purpose, and person/s that introduced the social media, and to determine the relationships between social media and personality traits.

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