Social media and adapting social cohesiveness through 1Malaysia wireless village programme: a conceptual framework

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Sahharon, Hamizah and Bolong, Jusang and Omar, Siti Zobidah and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva (2014) Social media and adapting social cohesiveness through 1Malaysia wireless village programme: a conceptual framework. In: 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences Research (ICSSR 2014), 9-10 June 2014, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. (pp. 186-195).

Abstract

1Malaysia Wireless Village Programme is one of the efforts initiated by the Malaysian government to create an informative rural community. Such programme not only offers free internet access to create awareness to the use of the internet, but it also has a conceivable impact towards rural communities’ interpersonal relationship that is reflected through the adaptation of social cohesion. As suggested throughout this paper, a cohesive relationship is possible amid their social interactions via the functional building blocks of social media. The result of this paper will develop a tentative conceptual framework in which the relationship between functional building blocks of social media and adapting social cohesion through 1Malaysia Wireless Village Programme.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions:	Faculty of Modern Language and Communication Institute for Social Science Studies
Keywords:	Social media; Social cohesiveness; Human communication; Rural youth; Rural advancement
Depositing User:	Nursyafinaz Mohd Noh
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2015 06:34
Last Modified:	24 Jul 2017 06:00
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38804
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