Ali Salman

University of Malaysia, Kelantan | UMK · Faculty of Language Studies and Human Development

In Malaysia, the 2023 State Election was held on August 12, 2023. This election only involved six states, namely Selangor, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Negeri Sembilan, and Penang. It also had a large number of candidates from different backgrounds. Among them were new candidates nominated by their respective parties. New candidates are also known...

In the current digital era, the way Generation Z interacts with social media, particularly in vibrant cities like Shanghai, is significant and varied. This study, influenced by Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), investigates the detailed motivations behind Generation Z's online behavior and examines how these motivations might relate to the r...

As technology and big data algorithms advance, more social media emerge and grow popular, attracting many individuals. Almost everyone relies on social media platforms like Weibo, WeChat, TikTok, and others for communication and socializing, but young people rarely realize how much their communication habits have changed. In our daily lives, commun...

This chapter proposed a framework for the interactive effect of social capital, locus of control, and institutional support on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and micro-enterprise performance discourse lacking in a single study. The study used the unidimensional form of EO of women micro-enterprises in developing novel jobs towards narrowing the e...

Internet user percentage in Sri Lanka has lingered at a mere 13.1% in 2011 according to an Annual report by Department of Census and Statistics in Sri Lanka. The aim of this paper is to identify the issues hindering rural internet adoption in Sri Lanka. This paper will report results of descriptive statistics, mean score for the dependent variable...

Media and Communication Channels as carriers of news on COVID-19 might have a role in spreading panic among the population. This study was conducted to determine the media and communication channels responsible for creating panic among Malaysians during COVID-19 Movement Control Order (MCO). A survey using questionnaire was used to collect data fro...

Media and Communication Channels as carriers of news on COVID-19 might have a role in spreading panic among the population. This study was conducted to determine the media and communication channels responsible for creating panic among Malaysians during COVID-19 Movement Control Order (MCO). A survey using questionnaire was used to collect data fro...

Sektor perniagaan Industri Kecil dan Sederhana (IKS) dianggap penting memandangkan ia memberikan sumbangan yang besar kepada pendapatan ekonomi negara sekali gus melahirkan usahawan muda berjaya. Usahawan muda yang berjaya bukan sahaja mencipta perniagaan baru malahan meningkatkan peluang pekerjaan dan sebagainya. Kejayaan usahawan muda dalam bidan...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has led to the uptake of online purchasing which has become widespread among netizens. This study was undertaken to identify the factors that affect students' acceptance of communication technology for online shopping. This study used the Technology Acceptance Model. A key driver of this study is by us...

The emergence of new media as a result of the development of the Internet has made the media a democratic agent of information. In conjunction with the transition of current political culture, society is now more comfortable using social media as a source of political information acquisition. This study was conducted to identify the impact of socia...

Kajian berkaitan dengan pengenalpastian halangan penerbitan dalam kalangan pensyarah merupakan satu aspek penting yang perlu dikaji kerana ia membantu menyediakan maklumat penting kepada pihak pengurusan tertinggi universiti untuk membantu menyediakan strategi bagi melonjakkan penerbitan dalam kalangan ahli akademik. Oleh itu kajian ini dilakukan b...

Using a history documentary ‘The Kinta Story (1949)’, this article explores the ‘grammar’ of visual metaphor. Numerous images can be found in history documentary, while many more are being planned, which can be accessed by people all around the world. These images technically represent producers’ ideas. They construct connotation and meaning for au...

Sri Lankan internet user percentage has lingered at a mere 18.3% according to World Bank Report, 2013. The aim of this paper is to identify the issues hindering Internet adoption among rural communities in Sri Lanka. This paper also will report results of correlation analysis regarding the relationship between Internet adoption and infrastructural...

Information and communication technologies (ICTs), in particular of the Internet and of the World Wide Web, have paved the way for numerous ICT related development and initiative. In as much as there are beneficial usage of the Internet, there is also unethical usage and abuse. The Internet is like a double edge sword and care must be taken when in...

This research aims to unveil the royal agenda issues on the documentary ‘Jungle Green Khaki Brown: Malaya's fight against terrorism’. ‘Jungle Green Khaki Brown: Malaya's fight against terrorism’ is a documentary that members devote to his struggle againstcommunist terrorists safety. Every aspect of the documentary is to be visualized representation...

Previous studies shows that the failure of community development in Malaysia always related with two aspects such as the emphasis on top-down approach which is the centralization of power without the active participation of community members and also a limited understanding of the needs and aspirations of the local people. Therefore the main object...

This research focuses on political culture with a special reference to political participation of the Malays and the non-Malays in district of Hulu Langat, Malaysia. Political landscape in Malaysia is normally being observed in term of ethnicity. This is why political observers in Malaysia claim that the goal of development and individual’s behavio...

Internet user percentage in Sri Lanka has lingered at a mere 13.1% in 2011 according to an Annual report by Department of Census and Statistics in Sri Lanka. The aim of this paper is to identify the issues hindering rural internet adoption in Sri Lanka. This paper will report results of descriptive statistics, mean score for the dependent variable...

Communication campaign is a social apparatus to educate the public. It aims to inform, persuade and/or motivate attitude change among the target audiences on issues, problems or innovations. The concept of 1Malaysia is one of the recent innovations in the form of ideas introduced by the current government under the leadership of Dato’ Seri Mohd Naj...