SHIFTING VOLUNTEERISM FROM THE REALITY INTO THE DIGITAL WORLD: PERSPECTIVE FROM YOUNG MILLENNIALS
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Volunteerism means the practice of providing time and skills for the benefit of other people and causes rather than financial incentive. This noble action could unite people of different races, ages, religions, and localities or a common cause. This paper aims to explore the concept of digital volunteerism among young people in a higher learning institution through a qualitative design study. A total of six informants were interviewed. A convenience sampling method comes from people that are the easiest to reach or contact; while it provides a wealth of qualitative information (Gaille,2020). The interviews revealed that involvement in digital volunteerism by these young people were rooted in the practice among family members. Data were gathered through single session and analysed using thematic analysis based on the protocol interview, an instrument of inquiry—asking questions for specific information related to the aims of a study (Patton, 2015). Thus, in the present day, the actions of volunteerism have broadened to the digital platform. In short, based on the opinions of past researchers, the description of digital volunteerism in this study could be defined as those who are involved in digital world, either online or offline in order to create and disseminate information to the networks. Future studies could aim to extent the views of “digital volunteers” among digital volunteerism.
