Sana Nasrallah-Kuala Lumpur
As in the world, social media has invaded the daily lives of Malaysians, who, according to the data, spend many hours a day reading and participating in the virtual world.
The influencers of the communication sites have received their attention, and their daily life became the details under the microscope of the interactors.
Malaysia tops the list of Pacific countries in terms of using and activating the application of Instagram, as the proportion of those who have accounts on this application according to a recent study 73% of Internet users in the country.
| Malaysians' interest in Instagram app focuses primarily on food and restaurant photos (Al Jazeera) |
Studio-style cafes
Malaysians 'interest in Instagram is primarily for photos of restaurants and restaurants, especially those recently-spread cafes, designed in the form of studios to satisfy customers' desire to take photos and put them on Instagram.
People compete among themselves to take the best pictures inside these cafes and organize various competitions for this purpose. Food photographer Keith Cook says filming in Malaysia is popular with digital activists.
He added in his statement to Al Jazeera Net that "restaurant owners are keen to adopt a special photographer to photograph their restaurants, a work that offers many opportunities for photographers."
Hashtags, such as # cafe hopping or #cofehopkl, often jump to the top of Instagrams, often lead the way.
| Photographer Keith Cook: Filming food in Malaysia is popular with digital activists (Al Jazeera) |
Museum of Mystery and Optical Illusions
There are other places for photography and other places of photography, such as the Museum of Mystery (Museum of Illusion), which is designed with a creative and creative idea based on optical illusion and manipulation of proportions and sizes, and is a great place to take pictures.
Ina Shafir, one of the museum's employees, points out that the museum is visited by people of all ages and categories.
She adds to the island Net that it is an international museum and has more than a branch around the world, and the idea came from the founding of Ukraine.
| Street Art is one of Kuala Lumpur's most important places to take Instagram photos |
3D Art Street
Street Art is one of the most important places in the capital Kuala Lumpur to take photos of Instagram, the street is located in the Bukit Bintang tourism area in the center of the capital.
Painted in a three-kilometer graffiti style, the floors and walls are painted with vibrant images, each mural of which tells a story of life and nature in that city in saturated and bright colors.
The Kuala Lumpur City Council has also implemented the project to erase the history of the place with a black memory, where the place was a den of gangs and addicts.
| Kuala Lumpur City Council implemented a project to erase a black memory and became a place for photography and enjoyment (Al Jazeera) |
(Insta Gran) Ancestral generation
The young generation of Malaysians is the most passionate and creative in this area, yet there are 48% of Internet users age (65-55) years, which is called in the toddler here (Insta Gran) generation grandparents.
One of the reasons that Instagram is so popular is that Malaysia's public flair is not inclined to normal advertising, but they prefer ordinary people who follow them on Instagram, they trust them.
| Young generation of Malaysians most passionate and creative in this area (Al Jazeera) |
Instagram and fashion shows
Instagram is a good way to communicate with the community and put forward ideas and public concerns, in addition to being one of the means of gaining and working, and here says supermodel Shelney Davendra in her statement to Al Jazeera Net that Instagram made her work very much as a model, it does not need to apply for companies specialized in advertising and fashion shows, but On the contrary, they see their photos on Instagram and communicate with them.
| Internet celebrities offer a lavish and luxurious life away from the lives of ordinary and simple followers (Al Jazeera) |
Stinging and bullying
In spite of the benefits to society from Instagram, it remains a virtual world away from reality, and followers may be adversely affected, because celebrities on the Internet show what they want to offer a lavish and luxurious life away from the lives of ordinary and simple followers, and in return these celebrities may be exposed to a lot of stinging criticism And bullying by followers.
Instagram may have a negative impact on the lives of young people. In one of the tragedies that took place in Malaysia, a girl as young as 16 years old put a referendum for her followers to choose between death and life. Which led to her suicide.