Information Seeking Behaviour in the Mualaf Communities of Al Falah Mosque in Surabaya

Panji, Meinia Prasyesti Kurniasari

2018

Abstract

Everyone has an awareness of their spiritual needs as an impact of the existence of the soul within man. Spiritual needs can be obtained from various paths, and one of them is through religion. Some people study the Islamic religion and finally choose to embrace the religion of Islam as their life guidance in the process of meeting their needs of spirituality. The purpose of this study was to determine the behaviour of information seeking among Mualaf at Al Falah Mosque in Surabaya. This research used the approach of the Information Search Process theory. This theory explains the existence of initiation, selection, exploration, formulation, collection and presentation in every process of information seeking among Mualaf. The research method used was quantitative and descriptive with the number of respondents totalling 30 people who were mualaf at the Muhtadin Institution in Masjid Al Falah, Surabaya. The number of Mualaf in Indonesia in 2016 was 2,491 people. There was an increase in the number of Mualaf by around 5-6 percent in the previous year. The number is expected to continue to increase given the current and numerous studies about the religion of Islam. The number of Mualaf who made a pledge at Al Falah Mosque in Surabaya in 2017 was recorded at 161 people. The results of the research shows the involvement in each stage of the Information Search Process concerning information seeking behaviour among the Mualaf registered and active in the Muhtadin Institute of Masjid Al Falah. The conclusions of this study indicate that Mualaf in Surabaya begin information seeking from the urge to become a Muslim. Good Muslims then encourage Mualaf to search for information through information channels that are deemed appropriate to their information needs. Satisfaction after sharing the information with fellow Mualaf is the end result of the information seeking process. This process replaces anxiety and confusion with a sense of satisfaction at the beginning of the process of information seeking.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Panji. and Kurniasari M. (2018). Information Seeking Behaviour in the Mualaf Communities of Al Falah Mosque in Surabaya.In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA, ISBN 978-989-758-393-3, pages 230-232. DOI: 10.5220/0008819602300232

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icocspa18,
author={Panji and Meinia Prasyesti Kurniasari},
title={Information Seeking Behaviour in the Mualaf Communities of Al Falah Mosque in Surabaya},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,},
year={2018},
pages={230-232},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008819602300232},
isbn={978-989-758-393-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,
TI - Information Seeking Behaviour in the Mualaf Communities of Al Falah Mosque in Surabaya
SN - 978-989-758-393-3
AU - Panji.
AU - Kurniasari M.
PY - 2018
SP - 230
EP - 232
DO - 10.5220/0008819602300232