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Information Ecosystem Among Malaysian Youth: The State and Challenges

Authors
Mohd Khairie Ahmad1, *, Wathshlah Naidu2, Vinodh Pillai2
1Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
2Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: khairie@uum.edu.my
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Mohd Khairie Ahmad
Available Online 31 August 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-098-5_6How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Community media; Freedom of information; Social change; Media literacy
Abstract

Today’s era of communication technology has seen that information plays a very important role. Information is no longer just notification and messages, but it has become an important commodity in almost every aspect of life. Accordingly, this study aims to examine the scenario of the information ecosystem, especially among the youth in Malaysia. The main question to be answered is what is the position and challenge of creating an information ecosystem for Malaysian youth. A study in the form of a survey using a questionnaire on more than 305 teenagers across the country was carried out to achieve that goal. The results of the study found that although new media is the main source of obtaining information, the belief in information is dominated by conventional media. In addition, the challenge of youth participation in the information ecosystem that is beneficial to them was also discussed.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Media 2022 (i-COME 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 August 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-098-5
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-098-5_6How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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