Usage of Smartphone In Creating Awareness On Public Child Welfare Issues

of Hulu Langat Community

By: Anita Mohd Rais

Supervisor:

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INTRODUCTION

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Background of the Study

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Background of the Study

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Problem Statement• The usage of smartphone software applications has changed the way

community of Hulu Langat socialised

• Diversity of information changed the way community share information and react

• According to statistics by SKMM (Q2, 2014) Selangor, is the highest user for broadband, besides Wilayah Persekutuan

• Selangor user of cellular phone is very high, every 100 person there are 154 phones SKMM (Q2, 2014)

• Information from Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (2013) Children in Selangor is the highest in need of protection and care

• Crime rate of children in Selangor is top 3 highest rate in Malaysia (JKM, 2013)

• How smartphone usage create awareness on the Public Children Welfare

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Research Questions

1. What is the awareness of Hulu Langat community on public child welfare safety and care through the use of smartphone.

2. What reaction and action taken by the Hulu Langat community based on the information shared on public child welfare protection and care.

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2. How deep the public understand the importance of a children safety created by the new media ?

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Research Objectives

General objective

To explore the usage of smartphone in creating awareness on the issues of public child welfare

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Research ObjectivesSpecific Objectives

1. To look at the information of usage of smartphones among Hulu Langat community

2. To examine types of information shared of Hulu Langat community on the public child welfare protection and care from the effect of smartphones

3. To understand the awareness on public child welfare by the Hulu Langat community that concerns the Hulu Langat community

4. To identify action taken by Hulu Langat community using the smartphone on the information exposed on public child welfare

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Significance of the Study

Policy:It is hope that this research may contribute to the policy

by Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM)/Ministry

of Women Affairs

Theory:To explore and relate the use of the theory of new

media in the present study of usage of smartphone and may be the reference for

future studies

Method:It is to provide a thorough

analysis through qualitative data analysis and hope it may contribute to a new

way of research

Practical:To inform and educate the society

about the practicality of smartphone on manipulation of information they benefit them

towards the scenario or series of problem on the public child

welfare

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Scope & Limitation of the Study

1. Hulu Langat community

2. Smartphone usage

3. Familiar to social networking services application (facebook,twitter) and whatsapp

4. Public child welfare issues in relations to child protection and care

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Keywords DefinitionKeyword Author Definition

Usage Find the author,scholar, what year

• Usage of smartphone on information sharing from Social Networking Site

Awareness • Awareness is the state or ability to perceive, to feel, or to be conscious of events, objects, thoughts, emotions, or sensory patterns. (Dictionary.com)

• Ability to perceive and feel and conscious on the Information sharing from IT (smartphones) that will increase knowledge on the public child welfare

Smartphone • A handphone/ cellphone where it works like a computer and has internet access

Social networkingapplicationson smartphones

• Allows individuals to construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system (Boyd & Ellison, 2007).

• A software that can be installed in smartphones and is used for socialising purposes. Facebook,Twitter and Whatsapp

Public Child Welfare

• Children that still in need of protection, care, security and safety (JKM, 2013)

• Hulu Langat Community should understand that they are all responsible towards the protection and care of the public child welfare if there come across any danger

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LITERATURE REVIEW

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Author Findings Variables

SKMM Q2, 2014 Selangor, every 100 people, with 150 cellular phones.

Socialising became a must in everyday life. The importance of using smartphone became a new pattern way of life.

SKMM Q2, 2014 Highest internet usage and broadband excluding Wilayah Persekutuan

Usage of the data plan is very high. It is proven that dataplan normally used for communicating and socialising. Highest user of SNS is Facebook.

Raheleh Sadeghzadeh Milani, 2010

High frequency of facebook usage. 70% use facebook daily (242 from 343) and they have more than 350 friends . 87.9% of Malaysians on the Internet, access Facebook.

High Exposure on social networking site creates exchanging and sharing information. The updates is posted in their wall and comments

Usage of Smartphone

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Author Findings Variables

Hyun JJ & Lee M (2013)

Social media managed to increase higher attention when shared for a cause

Social media user is nearing half of the population of Malaysia (13.3 million) in creating awareness of Public Child Welfare, using social media is a must.

Milani (2010)

New Media penetration towards informing the users on its contents and topics

Information penetrated using social media in changing Hulu Langat community attitudes. It is hope that with the penetration of information, Issues on Public Children Welfare will be also shared in their contents and topics

Abdul Latif (2005)

Socialising using the new media in updating the information with each other keeping each other aware in certain issue

Exchanging information between the Hulu Langat community on Public child welfare, it is hope that further action will be taken in relations to the understanding of the importance of the public to be aware on their responsibility towards the protection and care of the children

Information Sharing, Awareness and Action

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Author Findings Variables

JKM, 2014 Highest rate in Selangor, Public Children need protection and care from many types of crimes

Awareness on children has to increased. Children is our future and everybody need to know the significance of the children to be our future leader.

Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development and UNICEF Malaysia, 2013

Children Protection Issues There are many issues on Children Protection. Changing community is the important attempt in preventing crime towards children. Using social media should be one of the channel in educating the community and helping the victim. The strengthening of the government department in relations to the Public Child Welfare with the social media may gain wider scope and many level of community. It is hope to reach the target individual, group and community for better efficiency and success.

Public Child Welfare

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Related TheoriesAuthor Findings Variables

Theory of Technology Acceptance (TAM)Davis F, 1989

Usage of IT (internet and smartphones)

Usage of IT in socialising. The smartphone equipped with the application and used in social networking site

You need to relate the theory and how the theory variables and your research

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Research Framework

Usage of Smartphone for socialising

Internet usage on information for socialising

Applications knowledge

Conceptual Framework

Awareness

Knowledge

Understanding on Public Children Welfare

Action made by Community on Public Children Welfare

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The panel is against this way but my supervisor is okey with this , I checked with others, it is also okey too, to use this for quali research but bear in mind there is no iv and dv in equali research

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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Research Method

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Research Design Qualitative data, phenomenology research

Location information Hulu Langat Community, Selangor

Subjects of Study Informant must own smartphones and exposed to social network sites applications, whatsapp, facebook, twitter, an internet savvy

Population Age 20 and above

Sampling Method Purposive sampling, in-depth interview, one to one basis

Sampling procedures Co-efficient of Reliability is only for content analysis (please check what do you want to do)

Research Instrument

• In-depth Interview• Individual interview (one to one)• Interview protocol

a) Usage of smartphones

b) Familiarity of whatsapp and facebook

c) Awareness on topic of public child welfare

d) Action taken once information shared on the public children welfare on safety and care

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Pre-Testing, Validity & Reliability of the instrument

Pre-Test•Pre-test – Hulu Langat community (3 – 4 informants)

Validity & Reliability of the instrument•Referring to previous research•Peers check/members check (more than 80% for validity and reliability)•Comparing with past findings

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Data Collection Procedures

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Getting approval from the leaders of the community

Tok Empat, Tok Penghulu, Imam

Getting approval from the leaders of the community

Tok Empat, Tok Penghulu, Imam

Informant VoluntaryPurposive Sampling

Hulu Langat Community & Smartphone User

Informant VoluntaryPurposive Sampling

Hulu Langat Community & Smartphone User

In-depth InterviewWith Protocol Interview

In-depth InterviewWith Protocol Interview

• All information collected from the interviewees to

be associated with issues related to public

child welfare will be analysed.

• The researcher will

create a coding sheet.

• Then, data will be analysed by using software (Nvivo),

specialised in qualitative analysis

• All information collected from the interviewees to

be associated with issues related to public

child welfare will be analysed.

• The researcher will

create a coding sheet.

• Then, data will be analysed by using software (Nvivo),

specialised in qualitative analysis

Transcribe data and use NVIVO softwareTranscribe data and use NVIVO software

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Research TimelineCollect the data

Organize the data

Get used with the data

Coding the data

Categorized the data Analyzed the data

Written report

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THANK YOU

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