The efficacy of online shaming as a modality for social control / Haswira Nor Mohamad Hashim, Anida Mahmood and Nurul Shuhada Suhaimi
37 This paper examines the efficacy of online shaming as a modality for social control. Social control is the process of regulating individual or group behaviour, to encourage conformity and obedience. A survey amongst 320 UiTM law students was conducted. A self-developed survey questionnaire with f...
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Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah
2018
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| Online Access: | http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32033/1/AJ_HASWIRA%20NOR%20MOHAMAD%20HASHIM%20VOA%20K%2018.pdf http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32033/ https://voa.uitm.edu.my/ |
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| Summary: | 37 This paper examines the efficacy of online shaming as a modality for social control. Social control is the process of regulating individual or group behaviour, to encourage conformity and obedience. A survey amongst 320 UiTM law students was conducted. A self-developed survey questionnaire with five point-Likert scale was used for data collection. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on the survey population. The findings of the survey provide an insight on the efficacy of online shaming as a modality for social control. The research provides a beneficial input on the worthiness of considering online shaming as formal sanction. The survey reveals that online shaming has been used as a platform to shame, to exact revenge, to intimidate and to condemn people or wrongdoers. The efficacy of online shaming as a modality for social control is answered in negative, thus not suitable to be regulated as a formal sanction. |
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