Social Media Usage among University Students in Malaysia

Hamid, Norsiah Abdul; Ishak, Mohd Sobhi; Ismail, Syamsul Anuar; Yazam, Siti Syamsul Nurin Mohmad

doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-2851-9.ch012

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“…Jane See Yin Lim (janesy.lim@newinti.edu.my) 1 , Shirley Agostinho (shirleya@uow.edu.au) 2 , Barry Harper (bhaper@uow.edu.au) 2 and Joe F Chicharo (Chicharo@uow.edu.au) 2 1 INTI International College Subang, Malaysia 2 University of Wollongong, Australia…”

Section: The Engagement Of Social Media Technologies By Undergraduatementioning

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The engagement of social media technologies by undergraduate informatics students for academic purpose in Malaysia

Lim

Agostinho

Harper

et al. 2014

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

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Section: The Engagement Of Social Media Technologies By Undergraduatementioning

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The engagement of social media technologies by undergraduate informatics students for academic purpose in Malaysia

Lim

Agostinho

Harper

et al. 2014

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

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“…Therefore, it is important to determine which social networks and social network usage purposes are used by students to make educational content interesting. Although the studies in the various context on the use of social networks have been conducted (Diker and Uçar, 2016;Gülcan et al, 2015;Hamid et al, 2013;Lin and Lu, 2011;Ünalan et al, 2017), there is a need to examine the different context in terms of different region, current time, sample diversity, and data collection tools for a particular case.…”

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The use of social networks among university students

MeÅŸe¹,

AydÄ±n²

2019

Educ. Res. Rev.

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The changes that are experienced in technology are influencing various fields as well as educational environments. From this point of view, it is seen that the tools used in educational environments as well as those used by students are diversified depending on the change in technology. Based on the characteristics of learners in the twenty-first century, it is observed that current technology takes part in students' daily lives. As one of these technologies which use the possibilities of Web 2.0, social networks have been widely used by young generations in various forms in recent years. In general, these environments can be said to be a matter of preference as it offers opportunities such as sharing content, having fun, communicating, creating community, and learning. It is important to understand students' social networking usage purposes and the reasons that may affect them. It is thought that this study will contribute to the educators in terms of learning environments by determining the usage purposes of social networking. In this research, it is aimed to understand the variables that determine the purpose of using social network in undergraduate students' using social network. The crosssectional survey design which is among the quantitative research methods has been employed. According to this pattern, data were collected according to the appropriate sampling method. In this process, 549 undergraduate students from various faculties of a public university were identified as study groups. In this study, it is aimed to examine the variables that determine the purpose of using social networking networks of undergraduate students who use social networks. For this purpose, data were collected by means of the personal information form created by the researchers and by the Social Awareness Networks Usage Objectives Scale developed. The results of the research show that there is a difference in favor of women in initiating communication in favor of men and that those who use social networks for a long time share more content and WhatsApp and Instagram are the most widely used social networks. Based on these findings, discussions and recommendations were presented.

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“…According to Pookulangara and Koesler (2011), the global impact of social media manifests in specific fields such as economics, marketing, social, and educational fields. Jane et al (2014) and Abdul et al (2013) further acknowledged that more university students in Asia are actively exploring and accepting the use of social media technologies (SMT) as tools for engaging with their universities and peers; as well as for teaching and learning purposes.…”

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Influence of Social Media on Knowledge Sharing Practices in Kenyan Universities: A Case of Strathmore University

KHAMALI,

(Ph.D),

WANJA

2018

strategicjournals.com

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The main objective of the research was to reveal the influence of social media tools on the sharing of knowledge in Kenyan universities. The research population was arrived at and evaluated using purposive sampling, while data was gathered using questionnaires. The study further adopted descriptive research design with a statistical sample of 233 students from the Faculty of Information Technology at Strathmore University. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 was the software used to analyse the gathered data. Descriptive statistics (percentage and frequency) were used to present as well as deduce the major findings for the research. Inferential statistics comprising correlation, multiple linear regression models and ANOVA analysis were used to find out the connection between the dependent and independent variables. Results of the study revealed that the four constructs namely social media determinants, user perceptions, social media tools and social media barriers have a significant influence on knowledge sharing in Kenyan universities. The findings further depicted that the studied social media tools (Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, and blogs) resulted in better communication, collaboration, interaction and knowledge sharing amongst the students in Kenyan universities, and hence generally improved knowledge sharing. The ANOVA results revealed that social media had a significant influence on knowledge sharing. The study concluded that social media contributed immensely to knowledge sharing in one way or another amongst university students in Kenya. The study therefore recommended that Kenyan universities enhanced social media use for knowledge sharing through adopting social media as substitute to official communication, drafting comprehensive social media policies which include sections on knowledge sharing, ensuring security and controls over information shared via social media, facilitating students to have portable gadgets such as smartphone, laptops among others, and finally introducing units on social media in their curriculum.

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Social Media Usage among University Students in Malaysia

Cited by 8 publications

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The engagement of social media technologies by undergraduate informatics students for academic purpose in Malaysia

The engagement of social media technologies by undergraduate informatics students for academic purpose in Malaysia

The use of social networks among university students

Influence of Social Media on Knowledge Sharing Practices in Kenyan Universities: A Case of Strathmore University

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