Social media for international students – it's not all about Facebook

Saw, Grace; Abbott, Wendy Anne; Donaghey, Jessie; McDonald, Carolyn

doi:10.1108/01435121311310860

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“…It would need to include new and more novel features to attract a large number of users. That Saudi university students prefer to use Facebook over a national platform is consistent with research conducted by Saw et al (2013), which showed that, although a sample of international Chinese students had access to a China-based social media platform (Renren), they preferred to use Facebook to communicate with others, including other Chinese people. These findings are also in keeping with research on Malaysian users that indicated that a mere 10% of participants made use of the local network platform while 60% possessed accounts on Facebook.…”

Section: Saudi Social Media Platform Vs Facebooksupporting

confidence: 65%

Facebook’s Compatibility, Reasons for Disclosure, and Discussion of Social and Political Issues: The Case of University Students Using Facebook

Aljasir¹,

Bajnaid²,

Elyas³

et al. 2017

JMS

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This paper presents the results and discussion of qualitative interviews that were conducted with 20 of Saudi university students, including findings concerning their opinions about the compatibility of Facebook with Saudi culture. It also examines their reasoning and privacy concerns when disclosing personal information online, and reports their perceptions about discussing social and political issues on Facebook. The results reveal that Saudi university students have a positive attitude toward Facebook, regard it as an integral part of their daily lives, and do not consider deactivating or deleting their accounts. Despite acknowledging the potential costs and negative consequences of sharing personal information, the majority of the respondents did not conceal their personal information on their Facebook accounts, as long as the disclosure of such information did not come to cost them too much in comparison to what they were getting from its platform. Focusing on social and political issues, the issues they discussed covered a wide range of topics.

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Section: Saudi Social Media Platform Vs Facebooksupporting

confidence: 65%

Facebook’s Compatibility, Reasons for Disclosure, and Discussion of Social and Political Issues: The Case of University Students Using Facebook

Aljasir¹,

Bajnaid²,

Elyas³

et al. 2017

JMS

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“…Having begun as an SNS for college students in 2004 (Boyd & Ellison, 2010), Facebook has emerged as the digital point of contact for 80% of online Americans, including a vast majority of college students (Greenwood, Perrin, & Duggan, 2016). Internationally, Facebook is also the most popular choice, if not as much in the U.S. (Saw, Abbott, Donaghey, & McDonald, 2013). One major appeal to college students is how it allows them to communicate and maintain connections with people who share their interests without needing to be face-to-face.…”

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Content in context: analyzing interactions in a graduate-level academic Facebook group

Moore‐Russo

Radosta

Martin

et al. 2017

Int J Educ Technol High Educ

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This case study investigated a Facebook group created and managed by a faculty administrator for students and alumni in a graduate-level education program. While most research to date has considered course-based applications, this research reports on how an academic Facebook group functioned as a way to interact with students, alumni, and faculty outside of a formal academic context. Borrowing methods from studies in market research, the researchers analyzed posts and user interactions on the group's page over the course of 1 year. Posts were inductively coded into thematic categories, such as humor, student photos, and academic readings, and coded again by their mode of consumption, such as text, image, and hyperlinks. Using regression analysis, the categories and modality of posts were tested for their relationship to user interactions, which included likes, comments, and shares. Additionally, users were tallied on their frequency of interactions, and how that related to the categories of posts. Despite a large proportion of academic readings via hyperlinks, results found significantly more interactions for text and image-based posts pertaining to locally situated interests and entertaining content. This behavior was moderated by how frequently a user participated, with frequent users interacting more than expected with university notices. The results support previous research citing Facebook as primarily a means of entertainment and socialization, but with a clear advantage for student-centered content. The implication is that Facebook groups have potential in higher education contexts beyond entertainment when it's used to support and recognize social connections among students.

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“…Among other findings, librarians believed that social media has a significant effect on knowledge sharing. Most of the respondents (mean 5.96) believed that the important outcomes of using social media in knowledge sharing is increasing competency, career building and promoting knowledge between personnel and organizations Most of the features of social media deal with the competency, free of charge, variety of channels and works as platform which are ties with the previous studies of Saw et al (2013), Sophia (2009), and Raju (2014. All of these studies focus on why social media is important either on a personal level or on organizational levels.…”

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confidence: 86%

Information Professionals' Knowledge Sharing Practices in Social Media: A Study of Professionals in Developing Countries

Islam

Tsuji

2016

International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Te

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The primary objective of this study was to investigate the perception of informational professionals' knowledge sharing practices in social media platforms. The specific objectives of the study included learning professionals' perceptions and awareness of knowledge sharing using social media, understanding their opinions and beliefs, and gaining familiarity with and reasons for using these tools. Open & close ended web-based questions were sent out by email to the international training program (ITP) participants. Findings indicated that most of the respondents' were aware of using social media and that they used social media for knowledge sharing. Speed and ease of use, managing personal knowledge, easier communication with users and colleagues and powerful communication tool are the areas that motivated them to use it. It also stated some barriers like lack of support, familiarity, trust, unfiltered information and fear of providing information. The study was limited to the perceptual aspect of the issue, specifically from the individuals' opinions and sentiments. Keywords:Knowledge Sharing, Social Media, Information Professionals, Developing Countries Background and IntroductionIn the knowledge-based society, knowledge is a critical organizational resource that provides a sustainable competitive advantage, and knowledge about activities, services, customers/users is an increasingly valuable resource that needs to be shared broadly throughout an organization (Davenport & Prusak, 1998;Grant, 1996). Organizations must consider how to transfer knowledge from experts who have it to novices who need to know. Libraries, like other organizations, can benefit from knowledge sharing. The basic goal of knowledge sharing within and outside libraries is to leverage the available knowledge that may help information professionals to carry out their tasks more effectively (Islam, Agarwal, & Ikeda, 2014a). As a part of knowledge management (KM), knowledge sharing is believed to be a panacea for knowledge creation, and an important activity to boost innovation, improve productivity, and increase understanding among information professionals. Development & Technology Vol.6, No.2, 43-66 (December, 2016) 44 social media has brought new opportunities for knowledge sharing and has played a very significant role with patrons for decisions making (Kim & Abbas, 2010). The primary goal of knowledge sharing using social media is to leverage the available knowledge that may help academic librarians to carry out their tasks more efficiently and effectively (Maponya, 2004). Information professionals can transfer their knowledge in the form of knowledge-based services and products including e-mail, Web 2.0, websites, online discussion forums, video-conferencing and other collaboration tools . For example, Wiki as a social media tool can be read and edited simultaneously, helping to improve collaboration amongst library staff, between staff and patrons, and even across libraries (Levy, 2009). 'Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki' is u...

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Social media for international students – it's not all about Facebook

Cited by 85 publications

References 14 publications

Facebook’s Compatibility, Reasons for Disclosure, and Discussion of Social and Political Issues: The Case of University Students Using Facebook

Facebook’s Compatibility, Reasons for Disclosure, and Discussion of Social and Political Issues: The Case of University Students Using Facebook

Content in context: analyzing interactions in a graduate-level academic Facebook group

Information Professionals' Knowledge Sharing Practices in Social Media: A Study of Professionals in Developing Countries

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