Predictors and Consequences of Differentiated Practices on Social Network Sites

Sharing of Sponsored Advertisements on Social Media: A Uses and Gratifications Perspective

“…Advertisements on Facebook have been found to have a greater effect on females than males (Hargittai and Hsieh 2010). Research has found that although internet use is not affected by gender (Fallows 2005), motivations on how time is spent whilst in this online environment signifies inherent differences.…”

Motivos de uso de las redes sociales virtuales: Análisis de perfiles de mujeres rurales

“…Así se ha abordado desde la perspectiva de las motivaciones de uso (Lin & Lu, 2011;Seidman, 2013;Tosun, 2012;Vergés, 2012;Yang & Brown, 2013), los tipos de uso (Carpenter, Green & LaFlan, 2011;Cheung, Chiu & Lee, 2010, Zillien & Hargittai, 2009), la intensidad de uso (Hargittati & Hsieh, 2010;Steinfield, Ellison & Lampe, 2008) y las habilidades de uso (Hargittai, 2010;Hsieh, 2012).…”

Exploitation of Social Networking Sites and Its Impacts on Students’ Academic Results: A Quest for Correlation or Misspecification in Bangladesh

“…Furthermore, by asking students that why they did not put more effort into academic work, Yazedjan et al in 2008 have found SNSs' distraction as a regular explanation. Other researchers studying this same issue found either no-to-little relationship between the use of SNSs and student academic performance (Ahmed & Qazi, 2011;Hargittai & Hsieh, 2010;Kolek and Saunders, 2008), or actually an increase in student academic performance (Junco, Heibergert, & Loken, 2011;Pasek, More, & Hargittai, 2009;Rizzuto, LeDoux, & Hatala, 2009). Among these studies, Madge, et al in 2009 found that SNSs are mainly used to keep up with social aspects of college life and it is a part of most students' daily routine.…”

“…Long since, there has also been considerable discussion regarding the frequent use of different SNSs by students and the possible effect of its tools (e.g., Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Xanga, Friendster) on students' academic performance (Connolly, 2011;Hargittai & Hsieh, 2010;Karpinski & Duberstein, 20009). Regarding academic settings, Lenhart in 2009 and later, Anderson & Rainie in 2012 have mentioned that use of internet has wide spread implications particularly for the areas of education (e.g., the identification and use of compatible teaching methods, the design and implementation of complimentary curriculum decisions, and the design of non-classroom educational assignments); communications (e.g., the identification of appropriate channels to exchange educational information among individuals); and economics (e.g., the allocation of public financial resources towards educational and social services activities, and the creation of future business opportunities) (Anderson, & Rainie, 2012;Chen, & Bryer, 2012).…”