Muslim`s awareness and practice in using facebook wisely and Islamically

Abstract

The emergence of information and communication technology (ICT) nowadays had increased the number of internet users in Malaysia. Social media become an important tool for teenagers, youths, and adults to distribute information around the globe. Furthermore, social media also could influence people’s perception in the society. There are lots of advantages of social media advancement. On the other hands, many misuses of social media issues are reported. There are many social media campaigns had been conducted by government and non government agencies to give awareness to the society. ‘Klik Dengan Bijak’ is one of the campaigns that aim to educate people in surfing the internet safe and secure. Thus, this study aims to evaluate Muslim’s awareness and practice in using Facebook wisely and Islamic way. In addition, this study will incorporate the Islamic principles and discuss possible suggestion in social media. From the findings, majority of the respondents are aware on how to surf social media wisely, but only half of the respondents are using the Facebook wisely and in Islamic manner in their daily life.