Internet and social media in Malaysia: Development, challenges and potentials

The penetration of the Internet and social media has helped Malaysia abreast with the other developed countries. Nonetheless, being a multicultural country, Malaysia has to ensure her multiracial population lives in harmony and peace. This happens with the help integrated the media control and regul...

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Main Authors:	Wok, Saodah, Mohamed, Shafizan
Other Authors:	Acuna, Beatriz Pena
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	Intech Open 2017
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences HM621 Culture HM661 Social control HT Communities. Classes. Races JQ Political institutions Asia T Technology (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/57629/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57629/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57629/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57629/1/57629_Internet%20and%20social%20media%20in%20Malaysia.pdf

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spelling	iium-576292017-11-21T02:53:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57629/ Internet and social media in Malaysia: Development, challenges and potentials Wok, Saodah Mohamed, Shafizan H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences HM621 Culture HM661 Social control HT Communities. Classes. Races JQ Political institutions Asia T Technology (General) The penetration of the Internet and social media has helped Malaysia abreast with the other developed countries. Nonetheless, being a multicultural country, Malaysia has to ensure her multiracial population lives in harmony and peace. This happens with the help integrated the media control and regulations exercise in Malaysia: the Printing Presses and Publications Act, Film Censorship Act, Broadcasting Act, Communication and Multimedia Act, and media ownership control. Many researches have been conducted pertaining to the Internet and social media that have been published locally in line with the development of the Internet and the social media in Malaysia. Similarly, the new media is also subjected to its being controlled through methods such as controlling the Internet, blocking and filtering, and content removal. The paper also looks into the impact of the Internet and social media on its civil society, thus creating a momentum to promote toward giving suggestions for future research involving not only theories but also models using more sophisticated analyses. More research can be done and the future of research is bright. Other areas that can be looked at are the impacts of the Internet and social media on the young populace of the nation. Intech Open Acuna, Beatriz Pena 2017-05-05 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57629/1/57629_Internet%20and%20social%20media%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Wok, Saodah and Mohamed, Shafizan (2017) Internet and social media in Malaysia: Development, challenges and potentials. In: The Evolution of Media Communication. Intech Open, Rijeka, Croatia, pp. 45-64. ISBN 978-953-51-3198-4 https://www.intechopen.com/books/the-evolution-of-media-communication 10.5772/intechopen.68848
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description	The penetration of the Internet and social media has helped Malaysia abreast with the other developed countries. Nonetheless, being a multicultural country, Malaysia has to ensure her multiracial population lives in harmony and peace. This happens with the help integrated the media control and regulations exercise in Malaysia: the Printing Presses and Publications Act, Film Censorship Act, Broadcasting Act, Communication and Multimedia Act, and media ownership control. Many researches have been conducted pertaining to the Internet and social media that have been published locally in line with the development of the Internet and the social media in Malaysia. Similarly, the new media is also subjected to its being controlled through methods such as controlling the Internet, blocking and filtering, and content removal. The paper also looks into the impact of the Internet and social media on its civil society, thus creating a momentum to promote toward giving suggestions for future research involving not only theories but also models using more sophisticated analyses. More research can be done and the future of research is bright. Other areas that can be looked at are the impacts of the Internet and social media on the young populace of the nation.
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author	Wok, Saodah Mohamed, Shafizan
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title	Internet and social media in Malaysia: Development, challenges and potentials
title_short	Internet and social media in Malaysia: Development, challenges and potentials
title_full	Internet and social media in Malaysia: Development, challenges and potentials
title_fullStr	Internet and social media in Malaysia: Development, challenges and potentials
title_full_unstemmed	Internet and social media in Malaysia: Development, challenges and potentials
title_sort	internet and social media in malaysia: development, challenges and potentials
publisher	Intech Open
publishDate	2017
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