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The goal of the Let's Get Vaccinated Campaign in social media is to provide public awareness and exposure on the importance of taking the vaccine to prevent the spread of Covid-19. For example, a campaign like 'Yakinivaksin' is an awareness campaign aimed at fighting myths and misunderstandings about the COVID-19 vaccine. The objective of this study is to investigate Malaysian Youth perception towards The Let's Get Vaccinated Campaign conducted by the Malaysian Government on social media. This study applied a qualitative method of focus group discussion in order to collect the data from the targeted informants, which were Malaysian Youths. The results show that, although Malaysian Youths have a positive perception towards the Let's Get Vaccinated Campaign conducted by the Malaysian Government on social media, the campaign does not affect the beliefs and behaviour of Malaysian Youths regarding the importance of vaccination.

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With the growing popularity of social media, inequality and discrimination in online spaces has received increasing attention. Hate speech, cyberbullying, online misogyny, and online racism are often either impractically vague or impractical narrow concepts to describe the complex ways in which "othering" speech unfolds in online contexts. Unfortunately, the pandemic has not just disrupted the affected global health crisis but also has brought up a new wave to the rise of cyber troopers or known as Onion Army ('Bawangrians') in Malaysia. This study delves into the othering and discrimination encountered and propagated through Twitter. At the same time, to explore the extent to which Twitter exacerbates the othering discourse in the online sphere via trolling. Drawing on Twitter data, this research employs random sampling technique using Streaming API to seek potential public tweets and identify key actors within tweet sample sets using hashtag #Israelkoyak. The study contributes to the academic debates about the public sphere, social media, and the role of Twitter plays in the construction of meaning, subsequent cultural and social change and understanding the trajectories across digital spheres.