In February 2021, the government of Malaysia started the rollout of COVID-19 vaccination with the frontlines, such as healthcare personnel, essential services, and defense and security personnel. This effort was followed by the second phase of vaccination between April to August 2021 with senior citizens and high-risk groups, followed by the third phase from May 2021 to February 2022 with individuals aged 18 and above. Though this plan has been widely publicized and seemed to be carried out as planned, not much is known about the reaction of young adults getting vaccinated. As such, the current research was conducted to examine the (1) willingness of Malaysian young adults to get vaccinated, (2) contributing factors, and (3) hindrance factors towards vaccination among young adults. A self-administered online survey method was employed in this study, with 306 Malaysian young adults living in Klang Valley as research samples. The findings indicated that 74.5% of the respondents were willing to get vaccinated and that most of them, regardless of their vaccination willingness, emphasized the salient role that reliable and trusted information plays in shaping their inclinations. Based on their reported willingness, the respondents were categorized into two categories: vaxx-confident and vaxx-hesitant agents. The agents of socialization that were analyzed and discussed were news and media, family members, government, and opinion leaders. The two-way socialization processes that promote and hinder their COVID-19 vaccination were further discussed and highlighted.
Previous research has discussed on the usefulness of humour during online interaction. The positive emotion that humour evoke tend to also be related to online sharing behaviour and engagement. However, for more 'serious' and pressing issue, like the case of Israel-Palestine conflict, the use of humour as a response is rather puzzling. Thus, in this study, the researchers aim to uncover 1) What are the 'humorous' target or focal point highlighted using the #IsraelKoyak? 2) What are the functions of these 'humorous" posts? All posts and comments with the localized hashtag #IsraelKoyak and indication of amusement on three social media platforms namely Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook were included in this study. The research period was from May to August 2021. To answer the research questions, posts that were considered humorous -which received emojis and comments that depict amusement by netizens were selected and analysed using QSR International's NVivo 12 software. This inductive approach study categorized the findings into five functions of humour, namely, to demean, to instigate, to mobilize, to create awareness and to entertain. The target and focal points as well as the symbolic association were also highlighted in this study and discussed from the lens of benign-violation theory. It is hope that this research would provide a better understanding of using humour on social media and the categories created can be used as referent point by future scholars and relevant stakeholders
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