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Study on factors that contribute to social networks development among students at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka / Munzir Azizi Mohd Abbas Buskaran and Mohd Syazani Ali Mohtar

Sociability, status and hedonic motive are the factors that contribute towards social networks development among students. Sociability motive is referring to the users using the social networks to fulfill their social need such as sense of loving, belonging and interacting with others. Status motive...

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Main Authors: Mohd Abbas Buskaran, Munzir Azizi, Ali Mohtar, Mohd Syazani
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies 2012
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Social networks
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15036/1/PPb_MUNZIR%20AZIZI%20MOHD%20ABBAS%20BUSKARAN%20AM%2012_5.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.150362016-11-02T06:55:18Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15036/ Study on factors that contribute to social networks development among students at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka / Munzir Azizi Mohd Abbas Buskaran and Mohd Syazani Ali Mohtar Mohd Abbas Buskaran, Munzir Azizi Ali Mohtar, Mohd Syazani Social networks Sociability, status and hedonic motive are the factors that contribute towards social networks development among students. Sociability motive is referring to the users using the social networks to fulfill their social need such as sense of loving, belonging and interacting with others. Status motive refers to which sharing information through social networks is perceived to be effective in enhancing social status in one’s social group. Hedonic motive refers to the users that engaged with social networks because they believe that these technology will help them to release their tensions or stress and at the same time give them enjoyment and happiness. This study examines the significant relationship between factors, the most dominant factor(s) that contribute to the development of social networks among students and the most popular social networks channel used by the students. This study was conducted at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka. Then the respondents were chosen by using convenience sampling to distribute the questionnaire. According to the findings, it shows that sociability motive, status motive and hedonic motive are contribute to the development of social networks and also Facebook become most popular social networks channel used by the student at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka. Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies 2012 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15036/1/PPb_MUNZIR%20AZIZI%20MOHD%20ABBAS%20BUSKARAN%20AM%2012_5.pdf Mohd Abbas Buskaran, Munzir Azizi and Ali Mohtar, Mohd Syazani (2012) Study on factors that contribute to social networks development among students at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka / Munzir Azizi Mohd Abbas Buskaran and Mohd Syazani Ali Mohtar. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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Mohd Abbas Buskaran, Munzir Azizi
Ali Mohtar, Mohd Syazani
Study on factors that contribute to social networks development among students at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka / Munzir Azizi Mohd Abbas Buskaran and Mohd Syazani Ali Mohtar
description Sociability, status and hedonic motive are the factors that contribute towards social networks development among students. Sociability motive is referring to the users using the social networks to fulfill their social need such as sense of loving, belonging and interacting with others. Status motive refers to which sharing information through social networks is perceived to be effective in enhancing social status in one’s social group. Hedonic motive refers to the users that engaged with social networks because they believe that these technology will help them to release their tensions or stress and at the same time give them enjoyment and happiness. This study examines the significant relationship between factors, the most dominant factor(s) that contribute to the development of social networks among students and the most popular social networks channel used by the students. This study was conducted at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka. Then the respondents were chosen by using convenience sampling to distribute the questionnaire. According to the findings, it shows that sociability motive, status motive and hedonic motive are contribute to the development of social networks and also Facebook become most popular social networks channel used by the student at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka.
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author Mohd Abbas Buskaran, Munzir Azizi
Ali Mohtar, Mohd Syazani
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author_sort Mohd Abbas Buskaran, Munzir Azizi
title Study on factors that contribute to social networks development among students at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka / Munzir Azizi Mohd Abbas Buskaran and Mohd Syazani Ali Mohtar
title_short Study on factors that contribute to social networks development among students at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka / Munzir Azizi Mohd Abbas Buskaran and Mohd Syazani Ali Mohtar
title_full Study on factors that contribute to social networks development among students at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka / Munzir Azizi Mohd Abbas Buskaran and Mohd Syazani Ali Mohtar
title_fullStr Study on factors that contribute to social networks development among students at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka / Munzir Azizi Mohd Abbas Buskaran and Mohd Syazani Ali Mohtar
title_full_unstemmed Study on factors that contribute to social networks development among students at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia (UTeM) Melaka / Munzir Azizi Mohd Abbas Buskaran and Mohd Syazani Ali Mohtar
title_sort study on factors that contribute to social networks development among students at universiti teknikal malaysia (utem) melaka / munzir azizi mohd abbas buskaran and mohd syazani ali mohtar
publisher Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies
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