Attitudes to social networking sites and their potential as learning platforms in a school environment

Kaur, Jasmeet; Bharali, Reecha; Pradeep, Y.

doi:10.1109/ictee.2012.6208619

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“…SM or social networking sites have patronizing children at school level and the increasing use of social networking sites has both benefited and threated the young minds (Kaur, Bharali& Pradeep, 2012). In a study, the researchers (Kaur, Bharali& Pradeep, 2012) observed that parents and teachers have the perception that such online trends cause diversion on school children in their academic and social life.…”

Section: B Attitude Towards the Use Of Social Media (Sm)mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of Social Media (Sm) Among Pupils in a Rural Primary School in Sarawak, Malaysia

Bayuong¹,

Yunus

Suliman

2019

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Purpose of the study: This research was conducted to discover primary school pupils’ use of SM in their life. Methodology: Data were collected using a survey research design through the questionnaire. A set of comprises six parts were given to a group of purposive sampling comprises 50 Primary 5 pupils in a rural primary school, Sarawak, Malaysia. Main Findings: Data analysis showed that there were three most used social media by the pupils which are Facebook, WhatsApp, and YouTube. The findings also revealed that 94% of the respondents believed that SM is one of the best ways to practice English, specifically in writing. Moreover, the findings also showed that the respondents (60% - 80%) considered themselves: prefer to use English; like using English; feel comfortable and awesome to write in English on SM; and like to copy the interesting words, phrases or sentence from SM in their books. Applications of this study: The research findings can be referred by other researchers especially educators who conduct researches of the same field. Novelty/Originality of this study: In this research, the focus is placed on studying the use of SM among pupils in a rural primary school in Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Section: B Attitude Towards the Use Of Social Media (Sm)mentioning

confidence: 99%