“…Few scholars in Malaysia have given attention to the evolution of the communication field by observing communication research needs (Hassan & Salleh, 1990), communication identities (Merican, 2005) and communication scholarship (Idid, 2014). Past research trends analyses in Malaysia have also assessed on social media studies such as Twitter, wikis and YouTube published in journals (Alias, DeWitt, Siraj, Syed Kamaruddin & Md Daud, 2013;Alias, Sabdan, Abdul Aziz, Mohammed, Hamidon & Jomhari, 2013;Alias, Abd Razak, elHadad, Mat Noh, Kunjambu & Muniandy, 2013).…”