Citation

Salmen, Ahmed and Ahmad, Mokhtarrudin (2019) Relationship of Information Sharing in Social Media to Reinforcement of Online Social Capital during Humanitarian Crisis Response in Yemen. In: International Conference on Communication, Language, Education & Social Science (CLESS 2019), 11-12 Nov. 2019, Multimedia University Melaka Campus, Melaka, Malaysia.

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Abstract

The internet revolution has brought about several interesting phenomena, with one of the top being the use of social media as an avenue for social development and for the contribution to the cohesion among the community members. In the present study, the focus was placed on information sharing in social media as tools used by participants in Yemeni non-profit organizations to making informed decisions when it comes to crisis response, via the development of social capital in the virtual community. The study made use of statistical method of quantitative to obtain the results. Accordingly, data was gathered by distributing 423 questionnaires to non-profit organizations managers who had participated in emergency or disaster relief tasks in Yemen. The study found that exchange of information and its management timely through social media helped to develop the social capital, which facilitated and maintain ongoing relationships and establish to social coordination, volunteerism, and social cohesion among organizations and victims for creating the social capital in crisis community.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Social media—Influence, Social media, Credibility of information social capital
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > HM711-806 Groups and organizations
Divisions:	Faculty of Applied Communication (FAC)
Depositing User:	Ms Rosnani Abd Wahab
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2021 08:08
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2021 08:08
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/9548

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