Students’ and teachers’ use of Facebook

Social comparisons on social media: The impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood

“…Magazines generally feature images of models and celebrities whereas Facebook mainly features images of one's peers (Hew, 2011). Similar to the effect of exposure to images of thin-ideal models and celebrities (Halliwell & Dittmar, 2004;Halliwell et al, 2011;Hargreaves & Tiggemann, 2004), exposure to peers who closely match the thin ideal has been found to increase women's body dissatisfaction (Krones, Stice, Batres, & Orjada, 2005).…”

Adoção e uso do Facebook na educação: perspectivas para a comunicação, colaboração e compartilhamento de informações e dados no ambiente universitário

“…Enquanto alguns autores discutem formas para rede social melhorar o desempenho dos alunos (Dabner, 2012), outros autores argumentam que se trata apenas de uma tecnologia para suporte a interações sociais (Hew, 2011 Nesse sentido, as redes sociais, devido a sua ampla utilização em outros contextos, ganham força como meio de comunicação e interação na educação.…”

A Study about Effects of Facebook on Conceptual Learning Mathematics

“…In fact, if students can create their own learning ways, they can access the applications and information, reach persons they are interested in and thus get comments from many people about the subjects they study. Teachers suggest students many applications where they can easily access the information they want, and they can approach all students at the same time [6]. Eventually Facebook is being considered as an educational tool because of its beneficial qualities such as enabling peer feedback, goodness of fit with social context, and interaction tools [19].…”

“…Web 2.0 technologies, and specifically social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, have a very strong influence on the lives of millions of students [5]. The most popular social media website for students is Facebook which originally designed for college students in the United States (Harvard) in early 2004, Facebook was created as a social networking website which later expanded to different educational settings (not only institutions from the higher education sector) from other countries too, and then to the general public [6]. And research shows that Knowing all of this and having them in mind is the necessity of reaching a more effective educational environment.…”