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Social media usage among university students in Malaysia

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...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Hamid, Norsiah, Ishak, Mohd Sobhi, Ismail, Syamsul Anuar, Mohmad Yazam, Siti Syamsul Nurin
Other Authors:	Pătruţ, Bogdan
Format:	Book Section
Published:	IGI Global 2013
Subjects:	L Education (General) T Technology (General)
Online Access:	http://repo.uum.edu.my/16580/ http://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2851-9.ch012
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spelling	my.uum.repo.165802015-12-21T00:50:55Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/16580/ Social media usage among university students in Malaysia Abdul Hamid, Norsiah Ishak, Mohd Sobhi Ismail, Syamsul Anuar Mohmad Yazam, Siti Syamsul Nurin L Education (General) T Technology (General) 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. IGI Global Pătruţ, Bogdan Pătruţ, Monica Cmeciu, Camelia 2013 Book Section PeerReviewed Abdul Hamid, Norsiah and Ishak, Mohd Sobhi and Ismail, Syamsul Anuar and Mohmad Yazam, Siti Syamsul Nurin (2013) Social media usage among university students in Malaysia. In: Social Media and the New Academic Environment. IGI Global, pp. 244-255. ISBN 9781466628519 http://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2851-9.ch012 doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-2851-9.ch012
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description	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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title	Social media usage among university students in Malaysia
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