Abstract. Information search activities are fundamental in information sharing, especially for the context of information confusion in the market for halal products. This research paper will focus on awareness factor in information searching and sharing of halal products in the Muslim families. Recently, the halal issue has become the hot topic as it involves community religious tenets. This study aims to enrich communications literature in terms of information seeking in halal food products. The sample of the research consisted of 340 Muslim families in Bangi, Selangor. The data are collected through questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive analysis and inferential analysis such as correlation. The result of the study revealed that awareness factor is significantly correlated with information seeking behavior among Muslim family.

All businesses in the world are vulnerable to the crisis that can give a damaging impact on the organization's reputation. The peculiar disappearance of flight MH370 has been one of the most highlighted and debated crises in the global perspectives, leaving Malaysia Airlines, the carrier, in a tangled situation. This study aims to bridge the gap in research and provide insights of crisis management strategies employed by Malaysia Airlines in times of the crisis. The Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) is used as a framework in the analysis to explore the alignment of crisis management operated by the airlines and the recommendations of managing a crisis as guided in theory. The methodology used for this study is the qualitative approach. Hence, the data for this study was obtained from a set of fifteen media statements, six newspaper articles and four website articles covering on MH370 crisis have been analyzed using the content analysis approach. It was found that the airline was somehow successful in handling the families of victims but not in delivering the crisis messages as it obeyed and violated the recommendations in the SCCT. It concludes that MAS was fairly productive in implementing strategies as it shows the bad and good ways of handling a major disaster.

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Malay as the language of advanced education is a continuation of effort towards upholding and empowering the Malay language in line with its position and mandate as set out in Article 152 of the Federal Constitution and strengthened its function and role as the language of knowledge through the National Education Act and Policy. However, the Malay language as the language of advanced learning is still going through the process of achieving the degree of high position in conjunction with the status as an official and national language of knowledge. Malay as a language of advanced learning signifies the capability and role of Malay as a tool for delivering modern knowledge in the diversity of disciplines, especially in today's rapidly-evolving era. The Malay language is scientific and functions as a holistic academic language with variety and precision of language adaptations to discuss the range of discipline covering the realms of