Developing Creative Artwork Through The Use Of Social Media: A Case Study Of Arts Students In Penang
The use of social media as part of learning and information searching tool is increasing significantly among the students of higher learning institutions. This paper explores how the creative art students engage with the social media for creative purposes and presents selected findings of wider s...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/32063/1/Shanthi_Balraj_Baboo%2C_Lim_Jing_Yi.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/32063/ http://www.icmcc2015.usm.my/ |
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| Institution: | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The use of social media as part of learning and information searching tool is increasing
significantly among the students of higher learning institutions. This paper explores how the
creative art students engage with the social media for creative purposes and presents selected
findings of wider study on creative development in the digital era. Using a sample of 300
students from public and private universities and colleges, the study aims to look at two specific
themes: (i) The ways students use social media as a platform for generating information and
discussion; (ii) the hopes and fears of creative students in facilitating their ideas and works in this
platform. Using a mixed methodology, the study uses questionnaires to unveil the students'
knowledge and practices in developing creative artwork. Interviews are also conducted to get
rich insights of some of the joy and triumphs as well as challenges and fears they confront when
using social media for developing creative artwork. The findings reveal that social media creates
a new platform for these students to conduct their discussion; it acts as one of the information
resources for developing creative projects at both local and global levels. Further, social media
provides a space for interaction in getting comments and feedback especially from people with
different backgrounds for a better quality artwork. While social media is also one the new
approaches for creative art students to promote and exhibit their artwork to a wider group of
audience, they are also fearful of theft of creative ideas and issues of copyright and patent of
their ideas. By way of conclusion, this paper discusses some of the opportunities and risks in
using social media for students' creative artwork. |
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