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Twitter as safe space for self-disclosure among Malaysian LGBTQ youths

Majority of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) youths in Malaysia are not able to express their sexual orientation in real life due to fear of threats and backlash from society. Thus, they turn to social media like Twitter to share their true selves and sexualities. Twitter plays...

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Main Authors: Khadijah Mohamad Tuah,, Ummu Syafiqah Mazlan,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14500/1/38611-122945-1-PB.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.145002020-04-27T03:21:51Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14500/ Twitter as safe space for self-disclosure among Malaysian LGBTQ youths Khadijah Mohamad Tuah, Ummu Syafiqah Mazlan, Majority of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) youths in Malaysia are not able to express their sexual orientation in real life due to fear of threats and backlash from society. Thus, they turn to social media like Twitter to share their true selves and sexualities. Twitter plays an important role in helping the LGBTQ youths to reveal their true selves and finding a sense of belonging to a community that supports and encourages them and in a country like Malaysia, that is important to their mental well-being. Ten participants from the LGBTQ community gave their consent to be interviewed. This study focuses on the concept of self-disclosure between the participants and their Twitter followers. The results are organized around three primary themes. 1) The motivation includes knowledge, private life, self-acceptance, and movement and clique. 2) Reciprocity in self-disclosure from both the giving and receiving end which can be positive or negative. Under the giving end, recognition is positive whereas exclusion is negative and under the receiving end, acceptance is positive while dismissal is negative. 3) Consequences of disclosure in the forms of income that is internal gain and outcome, the external gain. It is found that the participants’ actual intentions of selfdisclosure are self-acceptance and self-actualization. They use Twitter as it is seen as a private space where they can be themselves and be safe, supporting the notion of Twitter as a safe space for LGBTQ youths. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14500/1/38611-122945-1-PB.pdf Khadijah Mohamad Tuah, and Ummu Syafiqah Mazlan, (2020) Twitter as safe space for self-disclosure among Malaysian LGBTQ youths. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 36 (1). pp. 436-448. ISSN 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1257
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description Majority of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) youths in Malaysia are not able to express their sexual orientation in real life due to fear of threats and backlash from society. Thus, they turn to social media like Twitter to share their true selves and sexualities. Twitter plays an important role in helping the LGBTQ youths to reveal their true selves and finding a sense of belonging to a community that supports and encourages them and in a country like Malaysia, that is important to their mental well-being. Ten participants from the LGBTQ community gave their consent to be interviewed. This study focuses on the concept of self-disclosure between the participants and their Twitter followers. The results are organized around three primary themes. 1) The motivation includes knowledge, private life, self-acceptance, and movement and clique. 2) Reciprocity in self-disclosure from both the giving and receiving end which can be positive or negative. Under the giving end, recognition is positive whereas exclusion is negative and under the receiving end, acceptance is positive while dismissal is negative. 3) Consequences of disclosure in the forms of income that is internal gain and outcome, the external gain. It is found that the participants’ actual intentions of selfdisclosure are self-acceptance and self-actualization. They use Twitter as it is seen as a private space where they can be themselves and be safe, supporting the notion of Twitter as a safe space for LGBTQ youths.
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author Khadijah Mohamad Tuah,
Ummu Syafiqah Mazlan,
spellingShingle Khadijah Mohamad Tuah,
Ummu Syafiqah Mazlan,
Twitter as safe space for self-disclosure among Malaysian LGBTQ youths
author_facet Khadijah Mohamad Tuah,
Ummu Syafiqah Mazlan,
author_sort Khadijah Mohamad Tuah,
title Twitter as safe space for self-disclosure among Malaysian LGBTQ youths
title_short Twitter as safe space for self-disclosure among Malaysian LGBTQ youths
title_full Twitter as safe space for self-disclosure among Malaysian LGBTQ youths
title_fullStr Twitter as safe space for self-disclosure among Malaysian LGBTQ youths
title_full_unstemmed Twitter as safe space for self-disclosure among Malaysian LGBTQ youths
title_sort twitter as safe space for self-disclosure among malaysian lgbtq youths
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2020
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14500/1/38611-122945-1-PB.pdf
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