Facebook usage in the Yemen uprising: a study on self-consciousness, behaviours and attitudes of Sana’a University student / Faisal Ali Khaled Farhan

The emergence of the social network has transformed the way people communicate and share information. The use of Facebook during the uprising to oppose government malpractices is not yet. In this study, self-consciousness, behaviour and attitude of Sana’s University students towards Facebook usage d...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Khaled Farhan, Faisal Ali
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83028/1/83028.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-uitm-ir.83028
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-uitm-ir.830282023-12-05T15:56:21Z Facebook usage in the Yemen uprising: a study on self-consciousness, behaviours and attitudes of Sana’a University student / Faisal Ali Khaled Farhan 2018 Khaled Farhan, Faisal Ali The emergence of the social network has transformed the way people communicate and share information. The use of Facebook during the uprising to oppose government malpractices is not yet. In this study, self-consciousness, behaviour and attitude of Sana’s University students towards Facebook usage during the uprising is investigated using the quantitative and qualitative method. Prior to data collection, permission to obtain data was the school authorities at Sana’a University and upon approval data reported in this study was collected. A pilot study was conducted using 50 respondents to improve the research items and structure of the research instruments. Quantitative data was collected from students between 18 and 24 years old using a questionnaire and were statistically analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to address the research objectives. Multiple regression and Chi-square (x2) statistical analysis were used to address the research hypotheses. Qualitative data were collected through group discussions from 24 informants comprising researchers, political activists, lawyers, teachers, businessmen and Librarians and was transcribed and thematically analysed to specifically address one or multiple research questions of the study. The findings show that Facebook was the main communication platform used by the protesters to organise social events and share uprising information. Students spend between 1 to 4 hours daily interacting with their online friends, family members and university peers discussing the events of the uprising. The cause of the uprising was attributed to lack of transparency and accountability by the corrupt leaders. Although the Yemeni successfully used the Facebook to organise protests and post-uprising images, the uprising resulted in loss of lives and millions of dollar worth of properties and severely affected the political, economic and social situation of Yemeni. 2018 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83028/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83028/1/83028.pdf text en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Communication and Media Studies Sulaiman, Ismail
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection	UiTM Institutional Repository
language	English
advisor	Sulaiman, Ismail
description	The emergence of the social network has transformed the way people communicate and share information. The use of Facebook during the uprising to oppose government malpractices is not yet. In this study, self-consciousness, behaviour and attitude of Sana’s University students towards Facebook usage during the uprising is investigated using the quantitative and qualitative method. Prior to data collection, permission to obtain data was the school authorities at Sana’a University and upon approval data reported in this study was collected. A pilot study was conducted using 50 respondents to improve the research items and structure of the research instruments. Quantitative data was collected from students between 18 and 24 years old using a questionnaire and were statistically analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to address the research objectives. Multiple regression and Chi-square (x2) statistical analysis were used to address the research hypotheses. Qualitative data were collected through group discussions from 24 informants comprising researchers, political activists, lawyers, teachers, businessmen and Librarians and was transcribed and thematically analysed to specifically address one or multiple research questions of the study. The findings show that Facebook was the main communication platform used by the protesters to organise social events and share uprising information. Students spend between 1 to 4 hours daily interacting with their online friends, family members and university peers discussing the events of the uprising. The cause of the uprising was attributed to lack of transparency and accountability by the corrupt leaders. Although the Yemeni successfully used the Facebook to organise protests and post-uprising images, the uprising resulted in loss of lives and millions of dollar worth of properties and severely affected the political, economic and social situation of Yemeni.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Khaled Farhan, Faisal Ali
spellingShingle	Khaled Farhan, Faisal Ali Facebook usage in the Yemen uprising: a study on self-consciousness, behaviours and attitudes of Sana’a University student / Faisal Ali Khaled Farhan
author_facet	Khaled Farhan, Faisal Ali
author_sort	Khaled Farhan, Faisal Ali
title	Facebook usage in the Yemen uprising: a study on self-consciousness, behaviours and attitudes of Sana’a University student / Faisal Ali Khaled Farhan
title_short	Facebook usage in the Yemen uprising: a study on self-consciousness, behaviours and attitudes of Sana’a University student / Faisal Ali Khaled Farhan
title_full	Facebook usage in the Yemen uprising: a study on self-consciousness, behaviours and attitudes of Sana’a University student / Faisal Ali Khaled Farhan
title_fullStr	Facebook usage in the Yemen uprising: a study on self-consciousness, behaviours and attitudes of Sana’a University student / Faisal Ali Khaled Farhan
title_full_unstemmed	Facebook usage in the Yemen uprising: a study on self-consciousness, behaviours and attitudes of Sana’a University student / Faisal Ali Khaled Farhan
title_sort	facebook usage in the yemen uprising: a study on self-consciousness, behaviours and attitudes of sana’a university student / faisal ali khaled farhan
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department	Faculty of Communication and Media Studies
publishDate	2018
url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83028/1/83028.pdf
_version_	1794191962072416256

Facebook usage in the Yemen uprising: a study on self-consciousness, behaviours and attitudes of Sana’a University student / Faisal Ali Khaled Farhan

Similar Items