Pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in Pangkor Island

Mobile phone has emerged as one of the important tools in this digital era. It has benefited various groups of community and fishermen are one of them. The main attempt of this paper is to identify the pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in Pangkor Island in Malaysia. This study is quantit...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril, Omar, Siti Zobidah, Bolong, Jusang, Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
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Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66970/1/IPSAS_2012-2.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.669702019-03-06T05:32:36Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66970/ Pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in Pangkor Island Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Omar, Siti Zobidah Bolong, Jusang Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Mobile phone has emerged as one of the important tools in this digital era. It has benefited various groups of community and fishermen are one of them. The main attempt of this paper is to identify the pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in Pangkor Island in Malaysia. This study is quantitative in nature where a total of 250 of Pangkor Island fishermen were selected as the respondents. Findings have confirmed that though majority of the fishermen do not spend so much time and money for making and receive calls and SMS/MMS, mobile phone is still a crucial fisheries tool for them particularly on its role in strengthening their safety and ease their communication process with their family while conducting their fishing operation. Albeit mobile phone superior functions in marketing, fishermen in Pangkor Island seem to place less interest on it. A number of discussions have been highlighted whereby it is a hope that it can provide ideas for the concern parties in maximizing mobile phone benefits for the fishermen. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66970/1/IPSAS_2012-2.pdf Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Omar, Siti Zobidah and Bolong, Jusang and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva (2012) Pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in Pangkor Island. In: Seminar Hasil Penyelidikan IPSAS 2012, 15 Dis. 2012, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 15-28).
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description Mobile phone has emerged as one of the important tools in this digital era. It has benefited various groups of community and fishermen are one of them. The main attempt of this paper is to identify the pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in Pangkor Island in Malaysia. This study is quantitative in nature where a total of 250 of Pangkor Island fishermen were selected as the respondents. Findings have confirmed that though majority of the fishermen do not spend so much time and money for making and receive calls and SMS/MMS, mobile phone is still a crucial fisheries tool for them particularly on its role in strengthening their safety and ease their communication process with their family while conducting their fishing operation. Albeit mobile phone superior functions in marketing, fishermen in Pangkor Island seem to place less interest on it. A number of discussions have been highlighted whereby it is a hope that it can provide ideas for the concern parties in maximizing mobile phone benefits for the fishermen.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
spellingShingle Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in Pangkor Island
author_facet Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
author_sort Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
title Pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in Pangkor Island
title_short Pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in Pangkor Island
title_full Pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in Pangkor Island
title_fullStr Pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in Pangkor Island
title_full_unstemmed Pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in Pangkor Island
title_sort pattern of mobile phone usage among fishermen in pangkor island
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2012
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66970/1/IPSAS_2012-2.pdf
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