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Online dating is a big business, allowing people from the comfort of their own home to view and read about potential mates all around the world. Different dating sites offer different services. However, it is not yet commonplace for Web sites dedicated to dating to use the social networking tools used by popular online communities, such as those that use the personal homepage and message board genres. The ecological cognition framework (ECF) provides a theoretical model regarding online dating communities’ behavior and relationship development. A model based on the ECF is proposed and provides a basis for developing online dating services that effectively support relationship development. Two investigations are presented in this chapter, one that uses a case study approach to identify and describe online dating services from the perspective of a specific case and another that assess the effectiveness of existing online dating services based on the guidelines developed from the case study. The case study provides a useful insight into the nature of social networking from the perspective of a specific case, which led to guidelines for developing e-dating systems that when evaluated showed that the most popular social networking services also score well against the criteria proposed in those guidelines.

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Social Media in Higher Education

Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design - Digital Tools for Seamless Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1692-7.ch013 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 255-277

Author(s):

Enilda Romero-Hall

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Graduate Students ◽

Social Networking ◽

Professional Growth ◽

Learning Experience ◽

The Social ◽

Twitter Account ◽

Use Of Social Media ◽

Social Networking Tools

This chapter discusses the current use of social media for professional growth, focusing on a case study that uses social media to increase instructional design graduate students' awareness and participation in professional growth opportunities. Social media metrics were analyzed from three social networking tools (Facebook Page, Twitter account, and/or Google+ community) that are used to communicate with the students in the program. Additional data was collected using an electronic questionnaire with open and closed-ended questions. The results show that graduate students' participation in the social media initiatives for professional growth provided awareness of self-directed, voluntary, and informal learning opportunities; engaged students in conversations with their peers and the instructors; and allowed the learners to expand their learning experience outside the traditional classroom format.

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Social Media in Higher Education

Multicultural Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-9279-2.ch026 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 553-575

Author(s):

Enilda Romero-Hall

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Graduate Students ◽

Social Networking ◽

Professional Growth ◽

Learning Experience ◽

The Social ◽

Twitter Account ◽

Use Of Social Media ◽

Social Networking Tools

This chapter discusses the current use of social media for professional growth, focusing on a case study that uses social media to increase instructional design graduate students' awareness and participation in professional growth opportunities. Social media metrics were analyzed from three social networking tools (Facebook Page, Twitter account, and/or Google+ community) that are used to communicate with the students in the program. Additional data was collected using an electronic questionnaire with open and closed-ended questions. The results show that graduate students' participation in the social media initiatives for professional growth provided awareness of self-directed, voluntary, and informal learning opportunities; engaged students in conversations with their peers and the instructors; and allowed the learners to expand their learning experience outside the traditional classroom format.

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Understanding and Facilitating the Development of Social Networks in Online Dating Communities

Electronic Services ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-967-5.ch086 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 1390-1401

Author(s):

Jonathan Bishop

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Web Sites ◽

Online Dating ◽

Relationship Development ◽

Message Board ◽

Study Approach ◽

The Social ◽

Social Networking Tools ◽

Insight Into

Online dating is a big business, allowing people from the comfort of their own home to view and read about potential mates all around the world. Different dating sites offer different services. However, it is not yet commonplace for Web sites dedicated to dating to use the social networking tools used by popular online communities, such as those that use the personal homepage and message board genres. The ecological cognition framework (ECF) provides a theoretical model regarding online dating communities’ behavior and relationship development. A model based on the ECF is proposed and provides a basis for developing online dating services that effectively support relationship development. Two investigations are presented in this chapter, one that uses a case study approach to identify and describe online dating services from the perspective of a specific case and another that assess the effectiveness of existing online dating services based on the guidelines developed from the case study. The case study provides a useful insight into the nature of social networking from the perspective of a specific case, which led to guidelines for developing e-dating systems that when evaluated showed that the most popular social networking services also score well against the criteria proposed in those guidelines.

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