Convenience or nuisance?: The ‘WhatsApp’ dilemma
WhatsApp sends real-time messages and is one of the world's most popular communication applications in the 21st century.While this study extends the current knowledge on the use of WhatsApp, it also highlights the challenges of WhatsApp use by young people. The purpose of this study is to exami...
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| author | Ahad, Annie Dayani Md Ariff Lim, Syamimi |
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| description | WhatsApp sends real-time messages and is one of the world's most popular communication applications in the 21st century.While this study extends the current knowledge on the use of WhatsApp, it also highlights the challenges of WhatsApp use by young people. The purpose of this study is to examine the domestication of WhatsApp among young people, specifically the undergraduates at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Results showed how young people perceive WhatsApp as a ‘convenient’ communication application in their everyday lives. Some of the critical issues arising from the use of WhatsApp included distractions and exposure to unregulated messages or information. |
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| spelling | uum-130202016-04-27T06:43:52Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13020/ Convenience or nuisance?: The ‘WhatsApp’ dilemma Ahad, Annie Dayani Md Ariff Lim, Syamimi T Technology (General) WhatsApp sends real-time messages and is one of the world's most popular communication applications in the 21st century.While this study extends the current knowledge on the use of WhatsApp, it also highlights the challenges of WhatsApp use by young people. The purpose of this study is to examine the domestication of WhatsApp among young people, specifically the undergraduates at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Results showed how young people perceive WhatsApp as a ‘convenient’ communication application in their everyday lives. Some of the critical issues arising from the use of WhatsApp included distractions and exposure to unregulated messages or information. Elsevier Ltd. 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13020/1/pro21.pdf Ahad, Annie Dayani and Md Ariff Lim, Syamimi (2014) Convenience or nuisance?: The ‘WhatsApp’ dilemma. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155. pp. 189-196. ISSN 1877-0428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.278 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.278 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.278 |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) Ahad, Annie Dayani Md Ariff Lim, Syamimi Convenience or nuisance?: The ‘WhatsApp’ dilemma |
| title | Convenience or nuisance?: The ‘WhatsApp’ dilemma |
| title_full | Convenience or nuisance?: The ‘WhatsApp’ dilemma |
| title_fullStr | Convenience or nuisance?: The ‘WhatsApp’ dilemma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Convenience or nuisance?: The ‘WhatsApp’ dilemma |
| title_short | Convenience or nuisance?: The ‘WhatsApp’ dilemma |
| title_sort | convenience or nuisance the whatsapp dilemma |
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