Religious motives for using facebook among university muslim students

Facebook is now the most popular social networking site among Muslim youth since it is a great way to catch up with old friends, to get information, and to interact with others. So, it is encouraged that Muslims who become Facebook users to join the site with good intention such as to strengthen rel...

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Main Authors:	Shahnaz , Liza, Wok, Saodah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/14171/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/14171/1/Liza_Shahnaz-NATIONAL_SEMINAR.pdf

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spelling	iium-141712013-09-18T07:15:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/14171/ Religious motives for using facebook among university muslim students Shahnaz , Liza Wok, Saodah H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information Facebook is now the most popular social networking site among Muslim youth since it is a great way to catch up with old friends, to get information, and to interact with others. So, it is encouraged that Muslims who become Facebook users to join the site with good intention such as to strengthen relationships with family members and friends, to build useful network, and to support an Islamic group. Therefore, this study tries to find out the motives for using Facebook among its users at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) based on the Uses and Gratifications Theory. The specific objectives of this study are: (1) to find out the characteristics of Facebook users among IIUM undergraduate students; (2) to find out the patterns of usage among Facebook users; (3) to find out the religious motive for using Facebook among IIUM undergraduate students; and (4) to find out the advantages and disadvantages of Facebook use among IIUM undergraduate students. This study used a survey research design. Descriptive statistics was employed to answer the research objectives. The results showed that the majority of IRKHS students are Facebook users. Many of them are extrovert Malaysian females, aged 22 years and above. They are heavy users of Facebook and highly connected with others. IRKHS students do use Facebook for religious motive. They use Faceboook mostly “to preach people to do good things”. They claim that Facebook is beneficial in maintaining relationships with others and for doing dakwah. 2011-12-14 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/14171/1/Liza_Shahnaz-NATIONAL_SEMINAR.pdf Shahnaz , Liza and Wok, Saodah (2011) Religious motives for using facebook among university muslim students. In: Seminar Kebangsaan Media dan Dakwah (SMED) 2011, 14 December 2011, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). (Unpublished)
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description	Facebook is now the most popular social networking site among Muslim youth since it is a great way to catch up with old friends, to get information, and to interact with others. So, it is encouraged that Muslims who become Facebook users to join the site with good intention such as to strengthen relationships with family members and friends, to build useful network, and to support an Islamic group. Therefore, this study tries to find out the motives for using Facebook among its users at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) based on the Uses and Gratifications Theory. The specific objectives of this study are: (1) to find out the characteristics of Facebook users among IIUM undergraduate students; (2) to find out the patterns of usage among Facebook users; (3) to find out the religious motive for using Facebook among IIUM undergraduate students; and (4) to find out the advantages and disadvantages of Facebook use among IIUM undergraduate students. This study used a survey research design. Descriptive statistics was employed to answer the research objectives. The results showed that the majority of IRKHS students are Facebook users. Many of them are extrovert Malaysian females, aged 22 years and above. They are heavy users of Facebook and highly connected with others. IRKHS students do use Facebook for religious motive. They use Faceboook mostly “to preach people to do good things”. They claim that Facebook is beneficial in maintaining relationships with others and for doing dakwah.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Shahnaz , Liza Wok, Saodah
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title	Religious motives for using facebook among university muslim students
title_short	Religious motives for using facebook among university muslim students
title_full	Religious motives for using facebook among university muslim students
title_fullStr	Religious motives for using facebook among university muslim students
title_full_unstemmed	Religious motives for using facebook among university muslim students
title_sort	religious motives for using facebook among university muslim students
publishDate	2011
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