WhatsApp Messenger application among business students in Malaysia – an exploration

WhatsApp Messenger, one of the social media applications on smart phone is gaining popularity as a mode of social interaction recently. Many people, particularly part-time university students,have used this application, not only for daily communication but also for discussion on their academic tas...

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Main Authors:	Noor Azuan Hashim, Nor Liza Abdullah, Rosmah Mat Isa, Hawati Janor
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Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pembangunan Mahasiswa dan Perhubungan Alumni, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10874/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10874/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10874/1/Noor-Azuan-Hashim.pdf

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spelling	ukm-108742017-10-13T00:30:04Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10874/ WhatsApp Messenger application among business students in Malaysia – an exploration Noor Azuan Hashim, Nor Liza Abdullah, Rosmah Mat Isa, Hawati Janor, WhatsApp Messenger, one of the social media applications on smart phone is gaining popularity as a mode of social interaction recently. Many people, particularly part-time university students,have used this application, not only for daily communication but also for discussion on their academic tasks. Therefore, high level of usage of this application is expected amongst part-time university student in Malaysia. However, little is understood from empirical viewpoint about the intensity of WhatsApp messenger usages and its impact on the academic performance of students in the university. This study seeks to investigate the perceived impact of WhatsApp messengeron the academic performance of university students in Malaysia. A survey and face-to-face interviews were carried-out which involved 86 part-time students in the survey and 15 students in the interviews. The findings indicated that WhatsApphas enhanced effective flow of information and idea sharing among students. Despite making communication easier and faster, WhatsApp has also negative impact on the performance of students. The studyrevealed that: WhatsApphas taken much of students study time and concentration because they are being bothered by the incoming messages. This resulted in procrastination due to inabilities to manage time in balancing online activities, lack of concentration during lectures and academic discussion, distracts students from completing their assignments and affecting student ability in spelling and grammatical construction of sentences on assignments. In addition, some issues on the WhatsApp application were also discussed. Pusat Pembangunan Mahasiswa dan Perhubungan Alumni, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10874/1/Noor-Azuan-Hashim.pdf Noor Azuan Hashim, and Nor Liza Abdullah, and Rosmah Mat Isa, and Hawati Janor, (2015) WhatsApp Messenger application among business students in Malaysia – an exploration. Jurnal Personalia Pelajar, 18 (2). pp. 97-105. ISSN 0128-2735 http://www.ukm.my/personalia/publication-category/volume-2/
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description	WhatsApp Messenger, one of the social media applications on smart phone is gaining popularity as a mode of social interaction recently. Many people, particularly part-time university students,have used this application, not only for daily communication but also for discussion on their academic tasks. Therefore, high level of usage of this application is expected amongst part-time university student in Malaysia. However, little is understood from empirical viewpoint about the intensity of WhatsApp messenger usages and its impact on the academic performance of students in the university. This study seeks to investigate the perceived impact of WhatsApp messengeron the academic performance of university students in Malaysia. A survey and face-to-face interviews were carried-out which involved 86 part-time students in the survey and 15 students in the interviews. The findings indicated that WhatsApphas enhanced effective flow of information and idea sharing among students. Despite making communication easier and faster, WhatsApp has also negative impact on the performance of students. The studyrevealed that: WhatsApphas taken much of students study time and concentration because they are being bothered by the incoming messages. This resulted in procrastination due to inabilities to manage time in balancing online activities, lack of concentration during lectures and academic discussion, distracts students from completing their assignments and affecting student ability in spelling and grammatical construction of sentences on assignments. In addition, some issues on the WhatsApp application were also discussed.
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title	WhatsApp Messenger application among business students in Malaysia – an exploration
title_short	WhatsApp Messenger application among business students in Malaysia – an exploration
title_full	WhatsApp Messenger application among business students in Malaysia – an exploration
title_fullStr	WhatsApp Messenger application among business students in Malaysia – an exploration
title_full_unstemmed	WhatsApp Messenger application among business students in Malaysia – an exploration
title_sort	whatsapp messenger application among business students in malaysia – an exploration
publisher	Pusat Pembangunan Mahasiswa dan Perhubungan Alumni, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2015
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WhatsApp Messenger application among business students in Malaysia – an exploration

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