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In-Text Citation: (Mahmood, Hashim, Zain, Suhaimi, & Yahya, 2018)
To Cite this Article: Mahmood, A., Hashim, H. N. M., Zain, F. M., Suhaimi, N. S., & Yahya, N. A. (2018). A Survey on the Culture of Online Shaming: A Malaysian Experience. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(10), 1125–1134.
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