The credibility of Islamic religious institutional websites in Malaysia

This study is an attempt to fill the gap in website credibility studies and online religious studies, as these areas seldom link when researching the credibility of Islamic religious websites. The researcher investigates the nature of 13 state-based Islamic institutional religious websites to dis...

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Main Author: Norhafezah Yusof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10497/
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spelling ukm-104972017-07-10T03:07:02Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10497/ The credibility of Islamic religious institutional websites in Malaysia Norhafezah Yusof, This study is an attempt to fill the gap in website credibility studies and online religious studies, as these areas seldom link when researching the credibility of Islamic religious websites. The researcher investigates the nature of 13 state-based Islamic institutional religious websites to discover whether these websites are seen as credible, based on a framework of website credibility. Eight media and communication experts were interviewed. The findings suggest that institutional Islamic religious websites have achieved the authority and objectivity features of website credibility. However, the authority of the websites requires that the accuracy, currency and coverage features are upgraded. This study is timely as it contributes to the fields of internet, communication, and religious studies. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10497/1/16459-46241-1-SM.pdf Norhafezah Yusof, (2016) The credibility of Islamic religious institutional websites in Malaysia. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 32 (2). pp. 82-104. ISSN 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/877
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description This study is an attempt to fill the gap in website credibility studies and online religious studies, as these areas seldom link when researching the credibility of Islamic religious websites. The researcher investigates the nature of 13 state-based Islamic institutional religious websites to discover whether these websites are seen as credible, based on a framework of website credibility. Eight media and communication experts were interviewed. The findings suggest that institutional Islamic religious websites have achieved the authority and objectivity features of website credibility. However, the authority of the websites requires that the accuracy, currency and coverage features are upgraded. This study is timely as it contributes to the fields of internet, communication, and religious studies.
format Article
author Norhafezah Yusof,
spellingShingle Norhafezah Yusof,
The credibility of Islamic religious institutional websites in Malaysia
author_facet Norhafezah Yusof,
author_sort Norhafezah Yusof,
title The credibility of Islamic religious institutional websites in Malaysia
title_short The credibility of Islamic religious institutional websites in Malaysia
title_full The credibility of Islamic religious institutional websites in Malaysia
title_fullStr The credibility of Islamic religious institutional websites in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The credibility of Islamic religious institutional websites in Malaysia
title_sort credibility of islamic religious institutional websites in malaysia
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10497/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10497/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10497/1/16459-46241-1-SM.pdf
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