Malaysian Youth, Social Media Following, and Natural Disasters: What Matters Most to Them?
This study attempted to understand youth’s social media following during natural disasters. It investigated Malaysian youth’s perception about the importance of immediacy, trust, and accuracy of social media news and information during natural disasters. This study found that youth prefer to cons...
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| author | Ismail, Nurzali Ahmad, Jamilah Noor, Shuhaida Md. Saw, Jayslyn |
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| description | This study attempted to understand youth’s social media following during natural
disasters. It investigated Malaysian youth’s perception about the importance of
immediacy, trust, and accuracy of social media news and information during
natural disasters. This study found that youth prefer to consume social media
news and information during natural disasters such as flooding, landslides,
and haze. This is mainly contributed by the immediacy of news and information
on social media. Besides immediacy, youth also value trust and accuracy of
social media news and information during natural disasters. As the findings of
this study revealed, youth are more inclined to become followers to social media
creators who have a high level of trust and whom they believe can provide
accurate natural disasters news and information. Hence, it is crucial that the
authority and news organizations to provide natural disasters news on social
media that is timely and accurate. |
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| spelling | usm-476032021-02-11T22:19:53Z http://eprints.usm.my/47603/ Malaysian Youth, Social Media Following, and Natural Disasters: What Matters Most to Them? Ismail, Nurzali Ahmad, Jamilah Noor, Shuhaida Md. Saw, Jayslyn PN4775-4784 Technique. Practical journalism This study attempted to understand youth’s social media following during natural disasters. It investigated Malaysian youth’s perception about the importance of immediacy, trust, and accuracy of social media news and information during natural disasters. This study found that youth prefer to consume social media news and information during natural disasters such as flooding, landslides, and haze. This is mainly contributed by the immediacy of news and information on social media. Besides immediacy, youth also value trust and accuracy of social media news and information during natural disasters. As the findings of this study revealed, youth are more inclined to become followers to social media creators who have a high level of trust and whom they believe can provide accurate natural disasters news and information. Hence, it is crucial that the authority and news organizations to provide natural disasters news on social media that is timely and accurate. Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/47603/1/1af8fbbb7241d30f5b8129d085146dd94f88.pdf Ismail, Nurzali and Ahmad, Jamilah and Noor, Shuhaida Md. and Saw, Jayslyn (2019) Malaysian Youth, Social Media Following, and Natural Disasters: What Matters Most to Them? Media Watch, 10 (3). pp. 508-521. ISSN 2249-8818 https://www.mediawatchjournal.in/malaysian-youth-social-media-following-and-natural-disasters-what-matters-most-to-them-2/ |
| spellingShingle | PN4775-4784 Technique. Practical journalism Ismail, Nurzali Ahmad, Jamilah Noor, Shuhaida Md. Saw, Jayslyn Malaysian Youth, Social Media Following, and Natural Disasters: What Matters Most to Them? |
| title | Malaysian Youth, Social Media Following, and
Natural Disasters: What Matters Most to Them? |
| title_full | Malaysian Youth, Social Media Following, and
Natural Disasters: What Matters Most to Them? |
| title_fullStr | Malaysian Youth, Social Media Following, and
Natural Disasters: What Matters Most to Them? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malaysian Youth, Social Media Following, and
Natural Disasters: What Matters Most to Them? |
| title_short | Malaysian Youth, Social Media Following, and
Natural Disasters: What Matters Most to Them? |
| title_sort | malaysian youth, social media following, and
natural disasters: what matters most to them? |
| topic | PN4775-4784 Technique. Practical journalism |
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