Information Disclosure in Social Media among Teenagers
Norhayati Hussin1, Nurul Nabila Azli2, Ahmad Zam Hariro3
1Norhayati Hussin, Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Selangor, Malaysia.
2Nurul Nabila Azli, Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Selangor, Malaysia.
3Ahmad Zam Hariro, Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Selangor, Malaysia.
Manuscript received on 30 September 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 09 October 2019 | Manuscript Published on 22 October 2019 | PP: 429-434 | Volume-8 Issue-3S October 2019 | Retrieval Number: C10901083S19/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.C1090.1083S19
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Abstract: Social Media is a platform where people can communicate with each other easily without any boundaries. Teenagers tend to used social media to disclose information such as email, pictures and location. In Malaysia, the number of cyberbully and suicide because of social media keep increasing. Thus, this study was about the information disclosure in social media among teenagers in Malaysia. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence information disclosure in social media among teenagers in Malaysia. It has been found that factors enjoyment, perceived usefulness and trust were the factors that influence teenagers to disclose information in social media. This study used a quantitative research method and questionnaire were distributed to 335 students at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Rantau Panjang Klang. It was found that there was a relationship between independent variables (Enjoyment, Perceived Usefulness and Trust) and the dependent variable (Information Disclosure). From the finding, it has been found that Trust is the most influential factor in information disclosure in social media among teenagers in Malaysia where, when people trust their member in social media it influences them to disclose more information in social media.
Keywords: Information Management, Information Disclosure, Enjoyment, Perceived Usefulness, Trust.
Scope of the Article: Social Networks