User awareness in the authenticity of mobile Quran apps

Reading Quran has been made easy with the advancement of Mobile Technology. People may have a digital copy of the Holy Quran on their mobile devices. They may read the Quran at their conveniences through smartphones and tablets. Many Mobile Quran Applications (Apps) are available to be downloaded an...

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Main Authors: Talib, Shuhaili, Abubakar, Adamu, Mahmud, Murni
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: 2016
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/50103/1/Users_Awareness_on_the_Authenticity_of_Mobile_Quran_Apps.doc
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50103/2/Buku%20Program%20SAHIH%202016%20%281%29.pdf
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description Reading Quran has been made easy with the advancement of Mobile Technology. People may have a digital copy of the Holy Quran on their mobile devices. They may read the Quran at their conveniences through smartphones and tablets. Many Mobile Quran Applications (Apps) are available to be downloaded and shared amongst users. However, not all developers of the apps inform the users on the originality and reliability of the Holy Quran contents. Furthermore, with the onward increasing number of such apps on the Internet, raised a question of users’ awareness on any means of authenticating the sources and contents. Thus, information on the usage and awareness of the authenticity of Quran Apps has been uncovered. Preliminary results of a quantitative survey of 34 respondents show 74% of them use Quran Apps and more than half, do not check the originality of the Quran contents. The results also show 56% of them are aware of the fake Quran Apps; however, 53% of the respondents indicate that they are unable to check the authenticity of the apps for various reasons. In terms of the method to check the Quran Apps, only 9% know how to find and navigate the apps for checking the authenticity. It is tentatively concluded that users require more awareness and guidance to ensure that they are reading and referencing to an authentic mobile copy of the Quran. This study leads to a future exploration of users’ behavior on awareness and navigational strategy for searching indicators of the authenticity of the Quran Apps.
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spelling iium-501032017-02-13T17:33:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50103/ User awareness in the authenticity of mobile Quran apps Talib, Shuhaili Abubakar, Adamu Mahmud, Murni AS Academies and learned societies (General) BP1 Islam T10.5 Communication of technical information Reading Quran has been made easy with the advancement of Mobile Technology. People may have a digital copy of the Holy Quran on their mobile devices. They may read the Quran at their conveniences through smartphones and tablets. Many Mobile Quran Applications (Apps) are available to be downloaded and shared amongst users. However, not all developers of the apps inform the users on the originality and reliability of the Holy Quran contents. Furthermore, with the onward increasing number of such apps on the Internet, raised a question of users’ awareness on any means of authenticating the sources and contents. Thus, information on the usage and awareness of the authenticity of Quran Apps has been uncovered. Preliminary results of a quantitative survey of 34 respondents show 74% of them use Quran Apps and more than half, do not check the originality of the Quran contents. The results also show 56% of them are aware of the fake Quran Apps; however, 53% of the respondents indicate that they are unable to check the authenticity of the apps for various reasons. In terms of the method to check the Quran Apps, only 9% know how to find and navigate the apps for checking the authenticity. It is tentatively concluded that users require more awareness and guidance to ensure that they are reading and referencing to an authentic mobile copy of the Quran. This study leads to a future exploration of users’ behavior on awareness and navigational strategy for searching indicators of the authenticity of the Quran Apps. 2016-03-15 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50103/1/Users_Awareness_on_the_Authenticity_of_Mobile_Quran_Apps.doc application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50103/2/Buku%20Program%20SAHIH%202016%20%281%29.pdf Talib, Shuhaili and Abubakar, Adamu and Mahmud, Murni (2016) User awareness in the authenticity of mobile Quran apps. In: Simposium Kebangsaan Sistem Autentikasi Al-Quran dan Al-Hadith (SAHIH 2016), 15-16 March 2016, FSKTM, UM. (Unpublished)
spellingShingle AS Academies and learned societies (General)
BP1 Islam
T10.5 Communication of technical information
Talib, Shuhaili
Abubakar, Adamu
Mahmud, Murni
User awareness in the authenticity of mobile Quran apps
title User awareness in the authenticity of mobile Quran apps
title_full User awareness in the authenticity of mobile Quran apps
title_fullStr User awareness in the authenticity of mobile Quran apps
title_full_unstemmed User awareness in the authenticity of mobile Quran apps
title_short User awareness in the authenticity of mobile Quran apps
title_sort user awareness in the authenticity of mobile quran apps
topic AS Academies and learned societies (General)
BP1 Islam
T10.5 Communication of technical information
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/50103/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50103/1/Users_Awareness_on_the_Authenticity_of_Mobile_Quran_Apps.doc
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50103/2/Buku%20Program%20SAHIH%202016%20%281%29.pdf