Investigating Malaysian Youth’s Social Media Usage, Competencies and Practice with regard to Crime Prevention: An Application of the Social Media Literacy Model
According to the statistics, majority of social media users in Malaysia are youth aged 13-34. They use the medium on a frequent basis and at an extended period of time to serve different important functions including for communication, socialisation, building and maintaining relationship, overcom...
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| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/32058/1/Nurzali%2C_Jamilah%2C_Nur.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/32058/ http://www.icmcc2015.usm.my/ |
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| Summary: | According to the statistics, majority of social media users in Malaysia are youth aged
13-34. They use the medium on a frequent basis and at an extended period of time to
serve different important functions including for communication, socialisation, building
and maintaining relationship, overcoming loneliness, sharing of information, learning
and entertainment. There is no doubt of the usefulness of social media, but, the medium
also presents risks to youth. On the social media sphere, youth are exposed to risks such
as scam, sexual harassment, pedophile, pornography and cyberbullying. Earlier studies
also reported that the number of crime cases reported involving youth’s social media
practices are on the rise in Malaysia. One way to reduce threat of committing high-risk
behaviours and becoming victim on social media is by having adequate level of social
media competencies. Such competencies also enable youth to effectively use social
media to help the authority in preventing crime. But the question is; what is the level of
Malaysian youth’s competencies of social media? Do they use social media to help the
authority in preventing crime? In order to answer these questions, a survey involving
500 respondents was conducted to investigate Malaysian youth’s social media usage,
competencies and practice with regard to crime prevention. |
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