The Use of Social Media as a Knowledge Sharing Platform During Covid-19 Among Students in a Rural University: A Comparison of Email and Whatsapp

Mbodila, Munienge; Marongwe, Newlin; Kwahene, Francis

doi:10.21125/iceri.2020.0287

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“…The findings from this study also revealed that the social media platform used the most by Nigerian undergraduates for sharing COVID-19 information was WhatsApp. This is in line with the findings of Sulaiman et al (2020); Mbodila et al (2020);and Hamzat and Otulugbu (2020) that WhatsApp was the most used for sharing COVID-19 information. This may equally indicate the affordability, accessibility and ease of use of WhatsApp.…”

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“…Social media support the sharing of various formats of information (Mbodila et al, 2020). COVID-19 information such as preventive measures/health behaviour, cases, updates, treatments, and cures are shared in form of text, video, and music clips among people for specific purposes (Karmegam & Mapillairaju, 2020;Onuora et al, 2021).…”

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Preferences and Motivations of Nigerian Undergraduates in Sharing COVID-19 Information on Social Media

Ayanbode

Olatokun

2022

International Journal of Library and Information Services

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This study investigated the practice and motivators of Nigeria undergraduates' use of satire, music, and comedy for sharing COVID-19 information on social media. Just 294 undergraduates from six federal universities in Southwest, Nigeria participated in the survey. A questionnaire was posted on online platforms to collect data from the participants. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics with tables and charts adopted in the presentation of results. Findings revealed that the most used of social media platforms for sharing COVID-19 information was WhatsApp, while satire, music, and comedy were moderately used with comedy used mostly. Gratifications for satire, music and comedy use have positive effect on the undergraduates' sharing of COVID-19 information (β =0.531, P=0.000). Wherefore, academic libraries' provision of access to credible COVID-19 information in form of satire, music and comedy will possibly promote the sharing of reliable COVID-19 information among the undergraduates and as well foster meeting their gratifications positively.

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Preferences and Motivations of Nigerian Undergraduates in Sharing COVID-19 Information on Social Media

Ayanbode

Olatokun

2022

International Journal of Library and Information Services

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“…During the outbreak of Covid-19 and lockdown numerous universities around the world and in South Africa particularly, including face-to-face universities embraced elearning and emergency remote teaching (ERT) so that continuing teaching and learning can be delivered without being significantly impacted during the quarantine period [4,14,20]. According to the literature, online learning is accessible, voluntary, and always supported by faculty and students, in a contract with ERT, which is urgent and often designed to be remote and inaccessible [4,24].…”

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Perception of Students Regarding the Support Received During Covid-19: A Case Study of One of the South African Rural Universities

Mfikoyi¹,

Esan²,

Mbodila³

2023

Proceedings of the Focus Conference (TFC 2022)

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The outbreak of COVID-19 and the lockdown of all activities forced the education systems across the world and particularly in South Africa to change the mode of teaching from face-to-face to online. This rapid shift has brought about many changes in all sectors, especially in the field of education. Universities across South Africa particularly contact institutions, were affected and enforced lockdowns that extremely prevent face-to-face interaction between teachers in the classroom and students. In the absence of face-to-face teaching and on-site student support, computer-based learning has emerged to substitute for offline teaching and student support. In contrast to such background, it is relevant to investigate students' perceptions regarding the support received during Covid-19. This paper aims to report on students' perceptions of the effectiveness of the support received during the Covid-19 pandemic and their readiness for emergency remote teaching (ERT) adopted by the University. Data were obtained during a pilot study involving 125 students from various levels on one campus of the institution; using an online survey with a standard Likert scale to determine the extent to which students were satisfied with the quality of support received. The results show that most participants agreed or strongly agreed that the support received was adequate. However, issues such as connectivity, data, lack of proper devices as well as personal challenges were raised. To mitigate these challenges, the institution put in place strategies for each Faculty to respond to students' queries. This paper has implications for policymakers about student support.

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“…These platforms have proven useful tools for resource and information sharing among the general public, various organisations, corporations, and educational institutions in recent years [79]. These systems give individuals another platform for interaction, networking, knowledge, and information sharing through messaging, voice, photos, videos, and more.…”

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“It may take ages”: Understanding Human-Centred Lateral Phishing Attack Detection in Organisations

Chitare,

Coventry,

Nicholson

2023

Proceedings of the 2023 European Symposium on Usable Security

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Lateral phishing attacks can be devastating for users and organisational IT teams as these originate from legitimate, but compromised, email accounts that benefit from the implicit trust between sender and recipients. In this paper, we begin to explore the human-centred space of lateral phishing attacks through interviews with 5 security practitioners and 17 employees from the UK and India. We report how security practitioners predominantly rely on employees to alert them to compromised accounts, and how this can create a delay during which the attack can continue. Our interviews with employees, on the other hand, found that individuals may not be reliable; they struggled to detect slight changes to messages, and over-relied on markers that cannot identify lateral attacks. We discuss the symbiotic relationship between security practitioners and employees for combatting lateral phishing attacks within organisations, and present recommendations for improving resistance to these attacks.CCS CONCEPTS • Security and privacy ~ Human and societal aspects of security and privacy ~ Social aspects of security and privacy

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The Use of Social Media as a Knowledge Sharing Platform During Covid-19 Among Students in a Rural University: A Comparison of Email and Whatsapp

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Preferences and Motivations of Nigerian Undergraduates in Sharing COVID-19 Information on Social Media

Preferences and Motivations of Nigerian Undergraduates in Sharing COVID-19 Information on Social Media

Perception of Students Regarding the Support Received During Covid-19: A Case Study of One of the South African Rural Universities

“It may take ages”: Understanding Human-Centred Lateral Phishing Attack Detection in Organisations

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