Do social media and messaging apps influence loneliness? the case of young Malaysian higher education students during the covid-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Fatin Umairah Abdul Jamal,, Antoon De Rycker,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22201/1/jk-1.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22201/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1584

Research into the impact of social media on psychological well-being has produced conflicting findings, with a corresponding lack of certainty about the direction of the effect. Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a re-assessment of the available evidence, also in Malaysia. The...