This study elaborates the use of speech acts in computer-mediated communication, particularly in the whatsapp status message, to communicate in a mass medium. The study is a qualitative content analysis which applied a sample population covering a total number of 86 status messages posted by 23 participants taken in 4 consecutive days. The sample consisted of 13 male (56.52%) and 10 female (43.48%) from various social and educational background who ranged in age from 14 to 50 years old. The research findings point out the uniqueness of whatsapp status updates which has different result from the previous studies in terms of the frequency of speech act occurrences among participants from various social and educational backgrounds. Moreover, this provides a meaningful perspective in understanding human behavior regarding pragmatic functions and intentions of SNS users in Indonesia.

The majority of Indonesia's population are Muslims who cannot separate the rules of the Islamic religion in the practice of daily life. Therefore, it is important for Muslims to know the rules in Islamic law. This study aims to build a websitebased application that can be a media of education for the society that is practical, effective, and efficient, which can be accessed anywhere and anytime, which related to Islamic law. This study uses Scrum Software Development Methodology which is one of the Agile methods. For software analysis and design modeling, this study use object oriented approach with Unified Modeling Language. The application that built has 37 product backlogs with 4 main function, among others function for discussion forum, personal chat with expert, video, and e-book. This study succeeded in producing a prototype and its implementation in the form of a web-based application with all the functions that have been tested with the black-box testing approach. The result of black-box testing shows that 37 product backlogs or functional requirements of the application already corrected. This study contributes to providing information, communication and consultation media for public education related to Islamic law

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