The powerful of social media usage towards islamophobia understanding among Malaysian netizens / Mohd Shaiful Zainudin ...[et al.]

Understanding the focus of social media for Islamophobia issues in Malaysia and how they are conducted
is important to understand where the research is headed. Hence, this study is aimed to understand the role
of social media, identify Islamophobia issues and identify the causes and effects of Islamophobia in
Malaysia. Meta-analysis is employed as a methodology and 152 articles published between 2007 and 2020
are investigated through content analysis. Several types of the articles acknowledged that social media has
contributed to efforts to promote Islamophobia and have the potential to promote peace. The results are
interpreted with descriptive statistics. As a result, it is found that; (1) most of the studies incorporate
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube for social networking, (2) six types of Islamophobia issues occurred in
Malaysia, (3) the effect of these issues was social media change society, socio-economy and mental and
physical. Malaysian media should be commended for their past dedication and efforts in always being
attentive to sensitive topics such as religion and language, cultural prejudice, and racism but need to have
control mechanism.