Prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM Law Students / Haswira Nor Mohamad Hashim...[et al.]

This paper reports the prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM law students in Malaysia. A survey questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection involving 320 UiTM law students. A cross-sectional data was collected from the survey population. The findings of the survey suggest...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Hashim, Haswira Nor, Mahmood, Anida, Suhaimi, Nurul Shuhada
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Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2018
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description This paper reports the prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM law students in Malaysia. A survey questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection involving 320 UiTM law students. A cross-sectional data was collected from the survey population. The findings of the survey suggest the prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM law students. The research is beneficial in raising awareness on the culture of online shaming. The survey revealed that online shaming postings are commonly found in social media application and the most prevalent anti-social behaviour associated with online shaming is on sexism, racism or religious bigotry. The survey also revealed respondents’ experience in posting or being shamed online. This paper concludes that the culture of online shaming in Malaysia is real and prevalent. This paper recommends for an awareness programme to be conducted among UiTM Law students and nationwide to emphasize on the legal implications of online shaming.
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spelling my.uitm.ir-320522021-01-14T17:03:04Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32052/ Prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM Law Students / Haswira Nor Mohamad Hashim...[et al.] voa Mohamad Hashim, Haswira Nor Mahmood, Anida Suhaimi, Nurul Shuhada Social influence. Social pressure Social control This paper reports the prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM law students in Malaysia. A survey questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection involving 320 UiTM law students. A cross-sectional data was collected from the survey population. The findings of the survey suggest the prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM law students. The research is beneficial in raising awareness on the culture of online shaming. The survey revealed that online shaming postings are commonly found in social media application and the most prevalent anti-social behaviour associated with online shaming is on sexism, racism or religious bigotry. The survey also revealed respondents’ experience in posting or being shamed online. This paper concludes that the culture of online shaming in Malaysia is real and prevalent. This paper recommends for an awareness programme to be conducted among UiTM Law students and nationwide to emphasize on the legal implications of online shaming. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32052/1/AJ_HASWIRA%20NOR%20MOHAMAD%20HASHIM_2%20VOA%20K%2018.pdf Prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM Law Students / Haswira Nor Mohamad Hashim...[et al.]. (2018) Voice of Academia (VOA) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Voice_of_Academia_=28VOA=29/>, 13 (1). pp. 53-60. ISSN 2682-7840 https://voa.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle Social influence. Social pressure
Social control
Mohamad Hashim, Haswira Nor
Mahmood, Anida
Suhaimi, Nurul Shuhada
Prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM Law Students / Haswira Nor Mohamad Hashim...[et al.]
title Prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM Law Students / Haswira Nor Mohamad Hashim...[et al.]
title_full Prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM Law Students / Haswira Nor Mohamad Hashim...[et al.]
title_fullStr Prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM Law Students / Haswira Nor Mohamad Hashim...[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM Law Students / Haswira Nor Mohamad Hashim...[et al.]
title_short Prevalent culture of online shaming amongst UiTM Law Students / Haswira Nor Mohamad Hashim...[et al.]
title_sort prevalent culture of online shaming amongst uitm law students / haswira nor mohamad hashim...[et al.]
topic Social influence. Social pressure
Social control
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32052/1/AJ_HASWIRA%20NOR%20MOHAMAD%20HASHIM_2%20VOA%20K%2018.pdf
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