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Nota / Notes :
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1. Bahasa: Bahasa Inggeris atau Bahasa Melayu

Language: English or Bahasa Melayu

2. Panjang kertas cadangan adalah sekurang-kurangnya 5 muka surat untuk Bahagian C

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3. Spesifikasi Teknikal
Technical Specification

● Gunakan tulisan Arial bersaiz 11(Use Arial font size 11)

● Gunakan jarak 1.5 antara ayat (Use 1.5-line spacing)
● Laporan hendaklah di antara 10-15 halaman termasuk rujukan dan lampiran.
(The report should be between 10 -15 pages including references and appendix)

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(C) MAKLUMAT PERANCANGAN

PLANNING INFORMATION

1. Tajuk : “SOCIAL MEDIA: DOES IT AFFECTS ONE’S THINKING?”

Title
2. Abstrak
Abstract
Social media has become a central platform in almost everything in the current world.
Intentionally or unintentionally, most people use social media to get the latest news, whether about
politics, world affairs, or even just a short glimpse of the newest gossip circulating on the internet.
Though, most of them do not even realize its exposure is twofold; positive and negative, or how it
affects one’s critical thinking and its impact on how we interpret all the information shared across
the internet.
This research aims to find out more regarding social media roles in one’s perception and
interpretation of the information posted all over the internet and whether it is strong enough to
cause a behavioral change and one’s beliefs in certain areas. By creating a questionnaire to be
distributed around certain generations in Malaysia, the research will gain a more comprehensive
view of people’s understanding of social media effects, thus leading to a more detailed description
of how social media will affect society in general.

Keywords: Social Media, Impacts, News, Interpretation, Exposure

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3. Pengenalan/Latar belakang kajian

Introduction/ Background of Study
3.1 Latar belakang kajian (Background of study)
Knowledge is a strong weapon. We have heard this whole proverb, but how much
strong social media did it? Everyone who has access to the Internet can contribute to their
knowledge bank thanks to the unlimited information of information through social media. In
today's world, social media cannot be negatively affected in our cultural, economic, and overall
statements. People share ideas using social media and connect to work to mobilize other
people and work together to mobilize, consulting, and offered. In authoritarian regimes, social
media has broken down communication barriers and provided a decentralized channel where
everyone has a say and can participate democratically. Politics, race, health, relationships, and
many other issues are at the table. This platform, or social media, can thrive on a variety of
casual, formal, informal, scientific, and non-scientific writing. This enables people with common
interests such as: B. Students collaborate on the project outside the classroom. Facilitates
creativity and collaboration between different commentators on different topics such as
education, economics, politics, race, health, and relationships.

But then, social networks have a tremendous influence on people no matter what
generation they belong to. It's becoming evident that social media has become an integral part
of people's daily life. Many teenagers and adults monitor Twitter and Facebook status updates
from their friends and family on laptops, tablets, and smartphones. People are being forced to
adapt to new lifestyles because of technological advancements. People are quick to judge if
your opinion is slightly different from the majority’s views; thus, it causes toxicity in our lives.
The idea is that people have a symbolic relationship with information services and systems. To
put it another way, they compare the system or service to something more ordinary or typical.
Absurd metaphors are what these are called (Bruce, H., 1999). They assist us in understanding

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the unexpected or unfamiliar and learning new information. They are impacted by our collective
experience of contemporary media characterizations of the Internet, but our ideas and origins
also influence them. This explains why whatever was pasted on the internet can lead to a
positive or negative impact on the way people trust the information shared virtually and causes
the way they think about certain things to differ. This will then lead to increasing reliance on the
internet for getting information on everything. It takes away our ability to think for ourselves. It
makes us naive to join any organization that promotes bizarre statements that tickle our ears
and entertain our senses without weighing the repercussions.

Furthermore, as technology advances, web-based social networking has become the

norm for every single person, family, and group. People's ability to coordinate their efforts has
improved because of online networking. People spend almost every day on social media
reading about news, new gossip, significant new cases worldwide, and new theories created on
certain things. They immediately share things they think are trustworthy enough on social
media. This will later cause digital footprints on things that were not meant to be shared in the
first place to still exist on the internet and can be accessed by anybody that uses the internet.
Digital footprints are one of the negative impacts of social media as whatever we write on any
platform will still be there, whether it is deleted or not. This said, people could easily believe
things and affect the way they think about everything as it is natural for humans to doubt and
question the information they gain. At the same time, this will also help build critical thinking
skills in everything. To be easier said, social media can affect one’s thinking. Still, it is up to
oneself to directly absorb and believe everything shared on the internet or to be a critical thinker
who studies the information gained before making any comments.

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3.2 Pernyataan masalah/hipotesis/kerangka konseptual (Problem statement /hypothesis/conceptual

framework)
Social media offers many advantages, but it also has some drawbacks that hurt people.
Much of the world does not see the literal effect of saying or sharing on social media. They
chose to put aside the consequences of oversharing on social media and how it will lead people
to think falsely. Thus, this study aims to evaluate how social media will affect how humans
perceive information and how it will also affect their thinking. Secondly, this study also aims to
understand one’s perception on their thoughts on whether social media affect the way they think
or not by surveying three different generations in Malaysia.
As is well known, false data can lead to disappointment in the training framework; in
organisations, the wrong promotion can affect productivity; online networking can exploit the
public by jeopardising individuals' security; and some useless websites can influence youth,
causing them to become savage and engage in a few inappropriate activities. Social media
causes numerous problems as it messes up our beliefs and rational thinking. Sometimes, we
read new information, which changes how we think previously in an instance. Since exchanges
of knowledge are so easy to do, some things cause people to doubt themselves and start to
alter their perceptions about beauty standards, ideology, known facts, or even their own opinion.
For example, conspiracy posts with greater cascades (that is, more success in spreading). This
appears to imply that more popular conspiracy theory posts draw a broader audience. Although
there was one exception, both scientific and conspiracy blogs should acknowledge that
"homogeneity is the engine of information diffusion” (Del Vicario, 2016). Therefore, it concerns
that social media could lead people to be scammed, brainwashed by specific ideologies/beliefs,
feel like their opinions would not matter, and many more. Social media could also lead
individuals to develop mental health disorders in worst-case scenarios. As some things shared
on social media could be a little triggering and unnecessary, the way we think and believe about
particular could also be easily changed.

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3.3 Persoalan kajian (Research questions)

1. Does making social media the sole source of getting the latest news or information impact
how people think?
2. How many people realize the exposure of using social media in getting information affects
the way they interpret certain things?

3.4 Matlamat kajian (Aim of the study)

The study aims to determine whether social media changes one’s way of thinking among
different generations, particularly generations X, Y, and Z in Malaysia.

3.5 Objektif kajian (Objective(s) of the study)

1. To determine the social media roles in changing one’s thinking and understanding
2. To evaluate one’s interpretation of the social media exposure towards their thinking

3.6 Hipotesis/kerangka konseptual- jika berkaitan (hypothesis/conceptual framework- if applicable)

based on the findings of the literature review, the following hypotheses are put forward:
H1: Social media influence people by changing the way they think
H0: People do not easily change the way they believe based on whatever they read on social
media

3.7 Kepentingan kajian (Significance of the study)

The main intentions of this research are to fully grasp the effects of social media on the way the
public interprets all the information or news that is read on social media and to have a clear
understanding of how transparent the people are in their reliance on social media in getting
specific information.

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3.8 Skop kajian (Scope of the study)

The research focuses on generation X to generation Z in Malaysia.

3.9 Kajian literasi (Literature review)

Social Media
The phrase "social media" refers to a broad range of web-based and mobile services
that enable users to engage in online discussions, contribute user-generated content, and join
online communities (Michael Dewing, 2012). According to Michael, friends, relatives, and
communities can be kept in touch through social media. Companies, groups, and legislators can
also contact many people using social media. Moreover, social media alters how people engage
with one another, albeit the specific alterations are still unknown. He also mentioned that social
media changes the way we interact with people socially as we can share every bit of our latest
updates virtually and need no physical interaction. Furthermore, he emphasizes social media
attributes. By attribution, he mentioned that social opens new ways for people to collaborate
and discuss as any content that is/was posted will always permanently exist on the internet. For
him, social media help ease many people as searchability, and replicability of content can
quickly be done instantly. In addition, he did mention that social can also be easily accessed
anywhere if there is an internet connection. But then, at the same time, he did say that social
media makes it hard for people to trace who would be reading or sharing the content shared
that people sometimes use social media for illegal reasons such as scamming people, drug
dealing, and creating fake blogs.

Impacts of social media on society

Although social media offers numerous advantages, such as allowing us to easily
contact with friends and family all around the globe and breaking down international boundaries
and cultural barriers, it has also come at a cost. Social media has harmed our lives due to its

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isolation and worldwide accessibility. Social media is robbing us of the trust and comfort we
formerly placed in one another, substituting virtual connection for the human fellowship and
physical and emotional support we once derived (Jacob Amedie, 2015). Jacob mentioned that
social media causes our generation to be one of the least socialized generations. We pull virtual
connections such as texting, online chat, and sending photos on any occasions involving face-
to-face meetings. People are making platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter a
convenient medium to interact with one another. Though his article mainly revolves around the
negative impacts of social media, he also mentioned a few positive impacts of social media as
the easiness for people with like-minded to create a group together, helping students do better
in school, and doing collaborative work to exchange ideas for their schoolwork. He also
mentioned that social media is an excellent tool for marketing as the growth of social media
helps companies boost their product quickly. Referring to the impact of social media, Jacob
covers why social media relates to psychological issues as social media enables everyone to
overanalyze things and criticize everything that is marked as unfit about themselves. Social
media becomes a platform that is keen on discussing problems that later are obsessed by those
who have the said problems. Furthermore, Jacob covers the connection between social media
and anxiety, as social media become a source of stress to its users. Its users will develop a fight
or flight system over the notification they gain. They, too, can establish a toxic reality for
themselves as they keep on creating unrealistic versions of themselves to be likable and fit in
society. Finally, he mentioned how social media enable people to catfish people easily as the
information on specific people can easily be obtained at their fingertips. This links social media
with the accessibility to criminal activities. He concluded his articles by mentioning the
importance of discussing the negative impacts of social media in everything related to it.

Spread of Suspicious Thinking

Despite the tremendous amount of information available on the internet, it is not a cure-
all for paranoia or conspiracy ideas. Social exclusion, for example, is a factor both online and

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offline that fuels conspiracy beliefs. Personalization algorithms offered by social media networks
and search engines can exacerbate polarisation and, according to the study, appear to create
echo chambers of like-minded users. Access to opposing viewpoints does not guarantee that
we will choose to listen to or be influenced by them (Kim Mortimer, 2017). There is no
fundamental difference between how scientific hypotheses and conspiracy theories are
communicated on social media. The most significant differences were in how users responded
to posts. Users polarised by conspiracy theories were less likely to interact with conflicting
positions and were more inclined to react negatively. These negative responses could
exacerbate social alienation and polarisation sentiments; even among individuals who aren't
conspiracy theorists, online echo chambers of similar viewpoints form. Conspiracy theorists are
likely to have created echo chambers that support their ideas. She also added that even if there
appears to be a moral obligation to intervene in the propagation of conspiracy theories, active
actions are likely to infringe on conspiracy theorists' right to free expression. A better strategy is
to actively engage and discuss conspiracy theorists, presenting them with contradictory
evidence and encouraging a sense of social belonging. We should also try to learn more about
the underlying ideas and assumptions that lead people to believe in conspiracy theories in the
first place. She concludes her journal by saying that aside from active debate, several legislative
changes could impact the proliferation of conspiracy theories. In terms of politics, free
expression should be protected as a universal human right, and impartial investigation
procedures for significant events should be followed. Increased information literacy among the
general population will also help prevent the growth of conspiracy theories. Online developers
should think about how their algorithms might encourage the establishment of echo chambers
or filter bubbles among their users. Scientists must be prepared to interact with individuals of all
skill levels to understand the core causes of reticence or doubt about certain crucial subjects,
such as vaccination.

How Young People Consume News on Social Media

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Most young users get news on their mobile devices as part of their constant connection
to media platforms; they come across the word rather than looking for it; they click on them only
sporadically and spend little time engaging with the content; and they come across the news
rather than looking for it. According to our findings, the ideal-typical method in which youthful
people consume information on social media might be described as "incidental news,” Most
young people obtain their news through their mobile devices to participate on social media
platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Instead of hunting for information, they happen upon
it. They do this because of living in, rather than using, the media. The affordances of mobile
devices enable constant communication, and Facebook's algorithmic logic and Twitter's
temporal logic blur the lines between news and other forms of material they encounter on their
social media feeds.

Social Media as Information Source

Social media refers to a broad range of channels and applications emphasizing
collaboration and teamwork in creating and distributing content. This collaboration entails
creating information and debating it to enhance it and reach a common understanding. The
shifting nature of risk and crisis has contributed to concerns about the appropriate means to
acquire information for varied publics. In general, further research on the use of social media for
risk and crises is required. The changing nature and evolving use of such new technologies
may be another topic for future research. New technology allows the public to acquire crisis
information faster and in conditions that appeared improbable only a few years ago.

4. Metodologi
Methodology
Termasuk perkara berikut (May include the following):
4.1 Reka bentuk eksperimen (Experimental design)
A research design is a process for collecting and analysing data to meet the study

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objectives. This research will be collected via a qualitative method using a survey method that
will then be distributed on both social media (Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok) and
communication platforms (WhatsApp and Telegram). The questionnaire will be constructed to
satisfy the objectives of this study as the data collected will then be evaluated thoroughly by
distinguishing demographic information of the respondents, such as gender, age, ethnicity,
educational level, and others.
In addition to that, this study will also use interview method in collecting the data. By
interviewing those who works with the social media platforms precising content moderator as
their thoughts could have in-depth view regarding the quickness of information spread on social
media.

4.2 Populasi/Saiz persampelan/kaedah Persampelan (Population/Sample Size/Sampling Techniques)

The research aims to analyse different points of view of three generations that
actively use social media. In this population sampling, members of the population do not
have an equal probability of being picked. As a result, believing that the sample correctly
represents the target population is dangerous. As a result, convenience sampling is
employed, which is a non-probability sampling strategy in which subjects are chosen based
on their ease of access and closeness to the researcher. Though the population sample is
quite broad, the targeted respondents would be more than 100 (N>100).
Whereas there would be at least two interviewee that would be ask same sets of
question that would fit in with this study’s topic.

4.3 Kaedah Pengumpulan Data (Instrumentation for Data Collection)

As mentioned in the experimental design, this study will mainly use a survey method
conducted via google forms and then distributed on online platforms for more engagement.
Then, the answers collected when conducting the interview will be made into a comparison.

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4.4 Teknik menganalisis data (Data analysis techniques)

Qualitative content analysis will be used to examine the survey's qualitative results. This
requires looking for trends in the open-ended replies. Any statistical software, such as Microsoft
Excel, may tabulate and analyse qualitative data. For the second way, textual comparisons will
be employed so that the opinions of several persons may be combined, and a conclusion can
be reached.

4.5 Isu-isu etika dan kerahsiaan (Jika berkenaan) (Ethical & Confidentiality issues (if applicable)
Not applicable

4.6 Kelulusan yang diperlukan (Consent required)

Not applicable

5. Kemahiran dan kecekapan yang bakal diperolehi daripada kajian:

Expected skills and competencies to be developed from the study:
• Ability to apply reading, analysing, and extrapolating meaning from published research
articles
• Ability to analyse facts collected through research and develop conclusions
• Ability to develop a proposal with little guidance
• Ability to write a thorough and successful research proposal.
• Ability to glean important information from study findings
• Possessing the ability to think critically

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6. Carta gantt kajian dan jadual perbatuan:

Gantt chart of research activities with milestones

7. Cadangan belanjawan dan sumber-sumber lain yang diperlukan:

Proposed budget and other resources required:
Not applicable
8. Rujukan yang sesuai (sekurang-kurangnya 15 rujukan dengan format APA):
Appropriate references (at least 15 references using APA format):
Amedie, J. (2015). The Impact of Social Media on Society. Final Journal Paper, 1–19.

Dewing, M. (2012). Social Media: An Introduction. Library of Parliament.

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Bruce, H. (1999). Perceptions of the Internet: what people think when they search the Internet for

information. Internet Research, 9(3), 187–199. https://doi.org/10.1108/10662249910274575

Mortimer, K. (2017). Understanding Conspiracy Online: Social Media and the Spread of Suspicious

Thinking (Vol. 13). Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management.

Bakshy, E., Messing, S., & Adamic, L. A. (2015). Exposure to ideologically diverse news and

opinion on Facebook. Science, 348(6239), 1130–1132.

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa1160

del Vicario, M., Bessi, A., Zollo, F., Petroni, F., Scala, A., Caldarelli, G., Stanley, H. E., &

Quattrociocchi, W. (2016). The spreading of misinformation online. Proceedings of the

National Academy of Sciences, 113(3), 554–559. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1517441113

Sherman, K. (2013). How social media changes our thinking and learning (JALT2013 Special Issue

ed.). JALT.

Carpenter, J., Preotiuc-Pietro, D., Clark, J., Flekova, L., Smith, L., Kern, M. L., Buffone, A., Ungar,

L., & Seligman, M. (2018). The impact of actively open-minded thinking on social media

communication. Judgement and Decision Making, 13(6), 562–574.

http://journal.sjdm.org/18/18726/jdm18726.html

Akram, W., & Kumar, R. (2017). A Study on Positive and Negative Effects of Social Media on

Society. International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, 5(10), 351–354.

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https://doi.org/10.26438/ijcse/v5i10.351354

Boczkowski, P., Mitchelstein, E., & Matassi, M. (2017). Incidental News: How Young People

Consume News on Social Media. Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference

on System Sciences (2017). https://doi.org/10.24251/hicss.2017.217

Lee, J. K., & Kim, E. (2017). Incidental exposure to news: Predictors in the social media setting and

effects on information gain online. Computers in Human Behavior, 75, 1008–1015.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.02.018

Fischer, E., & Reuber, A. R. (2011). Social interaction via new social media: (How) can interactions

on Twitter affect effectual thinking and behavior? Journal of Business Venturing, 26(1), 1–

18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2010.09.002

Westerman, D., Spence, P. R., & van der Heide, B. (2013). Social Media as Information Source:

Recency of Updates and Credibility of Information. Journal of Computer-Mediated

Communication, 19(2), 171–183. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12041

Ku, K. Y., Kong, Q., Song, Y., Deng, L., Kang, Y., & Hu, A. (2019). What predicts adolescents’

critical thinking about real-life news? The roles of social media news consumption and news

media literacy. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 33, 100570.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2019.05.004

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Chiou, W. B., Lee, C. C., & Liao, D. C. (2015). Facebook effects on social distress: Priming with

online social networking thoughts can alter the perceived distress due to social exclusion.

Computers in Human Behavior, 49, 230–236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.064

Thormann, J., Gable, S., Fidalgo, P. S., & Blakeslee, G. (2013). Interaction, critical thinking, and

social network analysis (SNA) in online courses. The International Review of Research in

Open and Distributed Learning, 14(3), 294. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v14i3.1306

9. Cadangan daripada penasihat (skurang-kurangnya satu penasihat):

Recommendation from the advisors (minimum 1 advisor):

- Do not limit the target number of respondents to N=100.

- Can consider targeted sampling for years 1, 2, and 3 composing random faculty.
- Can consider carrying out the recorded interview.

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(D) PENILAIAN KENDIRI (Sila tanda (✔) bagi setiap kategori)

SELF - EVALUATION (Please tick (✔) one from each categories)

A. Tarikh penyerahan
Submission Deadline

Penyerahan dilakukan selewat-lewatnya pada hari Jumaat minggu ke-4 (10 markah)
Submission done latest by Friday in the 4 th Week (10 marks)

Penyerahan dilakukan pada hari Sabtu dan Ahad minggu ke-4 (8 markah)
Submission done on Saturday and Sunday in the 4 th Week (8 marks)

Penyerahan dilakukan selewat-lewatnya pada hari Jumaat minggu ke-5 (6 markah)

Submission done latest by Friday in the 5th Week (6marks)
Penyerahan dilakukan pada hari Sabtu dan Ahad minggu ke-5 (4 markah)
Submission done on Saturday and Sunday in the 5 th Week (4 marks)

Penyerahan dilakukan selewat-lewatnya pada hari Jumaat minggu ke-6 (2 markah)

Submission done latest by Friday in the 6th Week (2 marks)
Proposal tidak diserahkan (0 markah)
No submission (0 marks)

B. Kesempurnaan
Completeness

Borang cadangan mengandungi kesemua perkara utama yang disenaraikan di dalam borang
templat (10 markah)
The proposal contains all items as per template/guideline (10 marks)

1 markah perlu ditolak bagi setiap satu perkara yang tidak disenaraikan di dalam borang
templat
1 mark should be deducted for every missing item in the proposal

Jumlah markah yang diperolehi: ( __________ )

The total marks obtained

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 BAHAGIAN HAL EHWAL PELAJAR
(Student Affairs Division)

CADANGAN PENYELIDIKAN
(RESEARCH PROPOSAL)

GKI 1001
PENYELIDIKAN BEBAS
(INDEPENDENT RESEARCH)

(E) PENGESAHAN PELAJAR

STUDENT VERIFICATION

Saya dengan ini mengesahkan bahawa maklumat yang diberikan adalah benar dan markah
penilaian kendiri adalah refleksi sebenar kerja saya.
I hereby confirm that all the information provided is true and the self-evaluation marks are a reflection of
my work.

………………………………….. …………………………………………..
(Tandatangan pelajar) (Tandatangan Penasihat)
Student’s signature Advisor’s signature

Nama DANIA BATRISYIA BINTI Nama

: : Muhamad Aqmal Othman
Name AZRI FARID Name
Tarikh Tarikh
: 6/4/2022 : 06/04/2022
Date Date

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