SOCIAL NETWORK ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO PREVENT UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS

Abstract

Recently, social media network sites are popular in our society. In creative users’ hand, social network sites can turn into a medium for doing business activities that elaborates the function of social networks as an alternative to work independently (doing entrepreneurship). In this study, the writer applied literary research method and documentation method to collect the data consisting of written notes, transcripts, books, newspapers, and magazines. The writer conducted analysis on the collected data according to qualitative analysis method. The writer worked with the data, sorted them into manageable units, found, identified, and synthesized the patterns, identified what is important and what is learned; and decided what the significance for others. A study on social media entrepreneurship based on Islamic law should be conducted since like other forms of muamalah activities, social media entrepreneurship should bring maslahah (benefits) for the others besides the profit gained by the users.

Keywords: Social Network, Entrepreneurship, Unemployment