The Abstract

Camwhoring is becomes a new trend in Malaysia. Definition of camwhores can be different from one country to another, as well as Malaysia. Camwhore generally means the action of someone who is addicted to take countless pictures of oneself with intention to show them to other peoples. The pictures range from face close-up shots to definite nude photos comes with visible sex acts. Hereby, in Malaysia, camwhore means someone who likes taking pictures of themselves in any places or circumstances. They have high self obsession but they did not showing their flesh/skin or something unnecessary in this context. Other than that, people who enjoying camwhoring usually like to seek for attentions and will use online social networking services such as Facebook, MySpace and Friendster as their medium.

What is online social networking service? Social networking could be described as a group of individuals that have same interest or activities (workplaces, hometown, hobbies, etc) and they are likely to meet each other to gather and share their information and also experiences about their interest. Whilst online social networking service is a platform for them to gather and share their information and experiences virtually using the internet service. Websites, known as social sites are commonly used as these online social networking services. It is functioned as online community of internet users. They can develop friendship or professional alliances, finding employment, and even group sharing information by using this service. Once user starts creating a profile or account in this service, they can begin to socialize. This socialization may include observing of other’s profile or possibly contacting them with information provided.