AWARENESS OF THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG STUDENTS: MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA

Abstract The development of social media applications such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and soon have been adapted in various fields such as education, politics and business. This study aims to identify the level of awareness of the use of social media on security issues among Malaysian and Indonesian students. This study is in the form of a survey using questionnaires and the sample involved is a total of 414 people randomly selected from among students in Malaysia and Indonesia. Data analysis for this study is using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. The study found that the majority of users have awareness and know about privacy and information security issues when dealing online, especially through social media. Therefore, this study suggests that consumers should be more careful about security and privacy issues when sharing personal information, especially information related to online business