Online self-representation of Malaysian Muslim female students: a Facebook case study

Social networking websites play an important role in our lives. These websites provide several services that allow users to enjoy their time in cyberspace by providing them with space to represent their personalities in the virtual world. Using Goffman’s dramaturgical theory, this study aims to i...

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Main Authors: Noumeur, Meriem Narimane, Idid, Syed Arabi
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Language:English
Published: Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya 2019
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spelling iium-729272019-06-28T01:35:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/72927/ Online self-representation of Malaysian Muslim female students: a Facebook case study Noumeur, Meriem Narimane Idid, Syed Arabi P87 Communication. Mass media Social networking websites play an important role in our lives. These websites provide several services that allow users to enjoy their time in cyberspace by providing them with space to represent their personalities in the virtual world. Using Goffman’s dramaturgical theory, this study aims to identify the way Malaysian women represent themselves, by depicting and managing their virtual identities through Facebook while exploring the way they construct their identities and realize their online presence. A total of 133 female students from a Malaysian university were involved in the study on their self-representations (online and offline); highlighting the way they presented their identities online and suggesting whether their offline influenced the virtual identities. The findings showed a significant effect of the offline feelings on online self-representation and revealed a strong relationship between offline and online presence. It indicated the difficulty of separation between virtual and real identity. Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72927/1/Online%20Self-Representation%20Of%20Malaysian%20Muslim%20Female%20Students_A%20Facebook%20Case%20Study.pdf Noumeur, Meriem Narimane and Idid, Syed Arabi (2019) Online self-representation of Malaysian Muslim female students: a Facebook case study. Malaysian Journal of Media Studies, 20 (1). pp. 15-30. ISSN 1511-2284 E-ISSN 2231-8143 https://jpmm.um.edu.my/article/view/14521/10066
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Noumeur, Meriem Narimane
Idid, Syed Arabi
Online self-representation of Malaysian Muslim female students: a Facebook case study
description Social networking websites play an important role in our lives. These websites provide several services that allow users to enjoy their time in cyberspace by providing them with space to represent their personalities in the virtual world. Using Goffman’s dramaturgical theory, this study aims to identify the way Malaysian women represent themselves, by depicting and managing their virtual identities through Facebook while exploring the way they construct their identities and realize their online presence. A total of 133 female students from a Malaysian university were involved in the study on their self-representations (online and offline); highlighting the way they presented their identities online and suggesting whether their offline influenced the virtual identities. The findings showed a significant effect of the offline feelings on online self-representation and revealed a strong relationship between offline and online presence. It indicated the difficulty of separation between virtual and real identity.
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author Noumeur, Meriem Narimane
Idid, Syed Arabi
author_facet Noumeur, Meriem Narimane
Idid, Syed Arabi
author_sort Noumeur, Meriem Narimane
title Online self-representation of Malaysian Muslim female students: a Facebook case study
title_short Online self-representation of Malaysian Muslim female students: a Facebook case study
title_full Online self-representation of Malaysian Muslim female students: a Facebook case study
title_fullStr Online self-representation of Malaysian Muslim female students: a Facebook case study
title_full_unstemmed Online self-representation of Malaysian Muslim female students: a Facebook case study
title_sort online self-representation of malaysian muslim female students: a facebook case study
publisher Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/72927/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/72927/1/Online%20Self-Representation%20Of%20Malaysian%20Muslim%20Female%20Students_A%20Facebook%20Case%20Study.pdf
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