scholarly journals Students’ perceptions on social media teaching tools in higher education settings

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Mònica Figueras-Maz ◽  
María-del-Mar Grandío-Pérez ◽  
Julio-César Mateus
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Media ◽  
Spanish Universities ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Academic Year

Young people use social networks extensively in their daily lives, and using social media is, without doubt, the media practice they do the most. Therefore, there are increasing efforts to include students’ use of social media outside the classroom into university learning practices. However, there is still very little innovative application of mobile technology and its social networks in Spanish universities. In this article we explore Spanish university students’ perceptions of the use of social networks for educational purposes in the classroom. We found students to have an ambivalent perception as they are both critical and approving of using mobile devices in university teaching. We present data from the research project “Media competencies of citizens in emerging digital media in university environments” funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain. The study is based on 897 questionnaires given to Spanish university students studying various degrees, as well as four focus groups held in Seville, Madrid, Huelva and Barcelona during the 2017-2018 academic year. The data show that there is little use of social networks for educational and creative purposes in Spanish universities, and formal practices (organized by the teacher) are very different from informal practices (organized spontaneously by students). The latter is the most common among university students and WhatsApp is the most used internal tool, followed far behind by Facebook and Instagram. Students appreciate the direct and immediate communication of these networks, but are concerned about their distracting influence in the classroom and the possibility that teachers could invade their privacy.

scholarly journals The Effect of Social Media on Consumer Behavior: An Application on University Students in Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakup Durmaz ◽  
Elif Uysal Alagoz
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
University Students ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Influence ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Past ◽  
Screening Model ◽  
E Mail

The main purpose of thisresearch is to show how social media influence the consumption behaviors of university students in Turkey. This research is designed as a "screening model".  Screening models are research approaches that aim to describe the past or present as it exists. It is tried to define an event, individual or object under investigation as it is and, as if it is within its own conditions. No attempt is made to change or influence them in anyway. Social media has provided new opportunities for consumers to socialize online. Consumers have thus made social media a part of their daily lives. The increasing number of social media users worldwide is one of the most important indicators of this. The general status of the Internet allows individuals to use social media from e-mail to Twitter and Facebook, and interact without the need for physical meetings. The purpose of this research is to assess the effect of social media on consumer behaviors of university students, who are themselves consumers and social media users. In conclusion, the aim is to investigate the effect of using social networks on the pre-purchase consumer behavior of university students in social media.  

Barrier or Booster? Digital Media, Social Networks, and Youth Micromobilization

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 865-883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas V. Maher ◽  
Jennifer Earl
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
University Students ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Network Ties ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
The Family

Research on young people’s protest participation has focused on how the family, peers, and institutions support activism and micromobilization. But digital and social media usage has arguably altered how we interact and how individuals participate in politics and activism, especially among youth. This sets up an important question: Do the institutional supports (e.g., schools) and network ties (e.g., friends and family) that have historically driven micromobilization still matter in a world of pervasive digital and social media usage, particularly for youth? In this article, we analyze this question using interviews with 40 high school and university students. Rather than acting as a disruptive force, we find that digital media has become an integral part of youth micromobilization, facilitating traditional paths to activism and offering pathways to activism for those with no other options. As has been true historically, participation may also be dampened when supportive network ties are absent. We conclude with a discussion of the broader implications for micromobilization and political participation.

scholarly journals Social participation in the media: The dialogue of digital journalists with audiences

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-28
Author(s):  
Simón Peña-Fernández ◽  
◽  
Jesús Ángel Pérez-Dasilva ◽  
Koldobika Meso-Ayerdi ◽  
Ainara Larrondo-Ureta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
Ambivalent Attitude ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Relationship

The emergence of social media altered the relation between journalism and the public in digital media and bequeathed the relationship a more active and collaborative role. As such, the general objective of this research is to characterise the dialogue between digital journalists and their audiences through social media and to describe how they perceive the consequences of this relationship. To this end, a survey was conducted with 73 digital journalists. The results display an ambivalent attitude on the part of the professionals regarding the use of social media as a tool for dialogue with their audiences. On one hand, they believe that using them is a priority need to maintain a fluid relationship with readers, although they mainly lean toward a majority one-way and limited use of them and believe that media managers have mainly perceived participation as a channel to garner audience loyalty and increase audiences.

scholarly journals Young university students and techno-addiction. The use of social networks in their social-educational context

2021 ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Sandra Martínez Pérez ◽  
Bárbara Fernández Robles ◽  
Julio Barroso Osuna ◽  
Carmen Llorente Cejudo
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Autonomous Communities ◽  
Social Media Addiction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Spanish Universities

The use of Smartphones, Tablets and Social Networks has grown exponentially in recent years as a means of communicating, interacting, sharing and working collaboratively. Increasingly, young people are recognising that they are establishing a greater relationship with technologies for educational and leisure purposes, to meet new people, create new languages and even to become dependent on them. The aim of our study is to know, analyse and determine the degree of addiction of young people from twelve Spanish universities. To do this, we applied an adaptation of the "Social Media Addiction Scale-Student Form" (SMAS-SF, Sahin, 2018) which was answered by 1870 students from seven Autonomous Communities (Andalusia, Asturias, Castile-Leon, Catalonia, Galicia, Murcia and the Basque Country). The results obtained show significant differences between the young people of the different Autonomous Communities; moreover, the students do not perceive themselves as people addicted to technology and social networks.

scholarly journals Ways of exposing the sexuality of university students in digital media

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M A Sousa ◽  
M D O Lima ◽  
P A Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
Source Of Information

Abstract Background Due to social and technological developments, experiences related to relationships between people express changes, which can be observed in social media, especially in social networks and dating and sexual apps. The use of social networks is growing among people of all age groups, which facilitates the maintenance of interpersonal contact and allows some people to get to know each other digitally, in addition to assisting in the search for information about sexuality and making it possible to meet with women. loving or sexual purpose. Objective to understand the means that university students express their sexuality in digital media. Methods This is a research with a qualitative approach, based on the Theory of Social Representations. University students from Belo Horizonte participated in the study. Data collection took place through a structured questionnaire with open and closed questions made available via the internet. The data were interpreted based on the Structural Analysis of the Narration, proposed by Demazière; Dubar. Results Two theoretical categories were listed. Use of digital media for sexual and amorous encounters - university students reveal the use of apps for casual encounters, where they use photos considered sensual to get a date outside the digital medium. Use of digital media as a source of information - the research subjects say they use the internet as a source of information about sexuality, as they still consider this issue difficult to approach with parents. These students also share the acquired information and personal experiences with friends. Conclusions In the digital environment, social relations are based on a hypervisibility of personal life on social networks, where intimate, private and especially sexual and body issues are exposed. Key messages Understanding how university students express their sexuality in digital media is an important step towards promoting the health of this population group. Social media can be of great value, but it can also present risks. Thus, university students are susceptible to these two factors, especially when it comes to topics such as sexuality.

scholarly journals The Role and Functions of Social Media in Modern Society. Is social Media Worthwile for Local Media?

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 43-62
Author(s):  
Sandra Murinska Gaile
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Media ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The Media ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Experience

[straipsnis ir santrauka anglų kalba] The purpose of this article is to explore if the social media are worthwile for the local media. Currently, all types of the mass media under the influence of the social media experience changes caused by the technologies in the processes of obtaining and consuming the information. The article reveals the representation of the local media of Latvia in the electronic environment, mainly in social networks. The use of social media is analysed in the context of theory of innovations diffusion, considering social media as a novelty in the local media space. The empirical research has revealed that the local media do not implement all the advantages which are possible to develop within the digital environment. First of all, at the level of interactivity, the media do not offer the material which may provoke a comment or a feedback from the user. Secondly, the personalization allows seeing in detail whether the local media were able to adopt innovation and to inform the audience about it or not. It means that a particular interest is necessary to adopt an innovation. Thirdly, the potential convergence of the Internet and the traditional media mostly is seen at the level of images and text. The social networks for local media in this case use the most necessary opportunities; wider activities are performed in the traditional environment.

scholarly journals Dilemas e alternativas do uso das redes e mídias sociais no processo de aprendizagem

2021 ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
CAIO SOUTO ◽  
IASMIM MARTINS
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Use Of Social Media

 O texto parte de uma constatação das limitações do uso das mídias digitais e das redes sociais no âmbito educacional, especialmente considerando-se um país tão desigual como o Brasil. Em seguida, contudo, abordamos certos modos possíveis de ações propositivas cuja raiz se encontra na situação de crise sanitária provocada pelo novo coronavírus, partindo de experiências concretas com a docência, com o atendimento clínico e com o uso das mídias digitais e das redes sociais.Palavras-Chave: Redes sociais. Coronavírus. Mídias digitais. Clínica. Neoliberalismo. Dilemmas and alternatives of the use of social media and networks in the learning processABSTRACT This text begins from a constatation about the limits of the use of digital media and social networks in the educational scope, especially considering a country as unequal as Brazil. Then, however, we address certain possible modes of propositional actions that are rooted in the situation of health crisis caused by the new coronavirus, starting from concrete experiences with teaching, with clinical care and with the use of digital media and social networks.Keywords: Social networks. Coronavirus. Digital media. Clinical care. Neoliberalism.

scholarly journals Influence of Trust on Social Commercial Behavior – Taking WeChat as an Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-212
Author(s):  
Shuo Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The development of science and technology as well as the internet have brought changes to our daily lives. In addition, with the widespread use of social media, more and more people are using social platforms to connect with colleagues and serve business activities. This study takes WeChat, a specific social media platform in China, as an example to study how personal social relations influence personal consumption behaviour in the digital media era through WeChat users’ daily use experience. This study adopts a mixed method. First, it tests users’ perception based on cognitive and emotional factors through 122 questionnaire surveys. Then, the users’ experiences from their participation in social enterprises are gathered through 10 semi-structured interviews, and subsequently, the relationship between personal relations and social enterprises are analyzed. Finally, after data collation and analysis, it can be concluded that trust is the core relationship quality and also the basis for promoting the development of social business activities. At the same time, since social business activities rely on social relations, the development of swift guanxi is conducive to the realization of repurchase behaviours in social business relations.

scholarly journals A Descriptive Study for the Impacts of Using Social Media on the Studies of University Students in Pakistan (A Literature Review.)

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (20) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Sadaf Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Research Students

This research paper deals with the influence and contribution of Social Media for the studies of students in universities of Pakistan. Detail review of literature is adopted as methodology of this paper. The main objective of this study is to highlight the pros and cons of using social media by the students and emphasize on the positive usages. Mixed results are found while analyses were made on the basis of literature reviewed. It is observed that the use of social media and specifically social networking websites does not always have negative impacts. There are also some positive insights those are detailed in the paper under study. If correctly analyzed and appropriate strategies are formulated and implemented for the use of social media; it will certainly bring improvements in the knowledge and study patterns of university students. It is observed that social networks are also being used by the research students. Therefore, this paper will also help support in the field of research.

scholarly journals Cultural journalists on social media

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (65) ◽  
pp. 76-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nete Nørgaard Kristensen ◽  
Unni From
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Grey Zone ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Private Interests ◽  
The Media ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Practices

This article investigates the use of social media among a particular group of journalists: cultural journalists. Combining research on social media journalism with research on cultural journalism and applying a mix-method approach, the study shows that use of social media is still a fairly random practice in cultural newsrooms. It also shows that cultural journalists use their Twitter and Facebook accounts interchangeably as tools for professional communication in their daily work and for personal communication in their daily lives. In other words, their social media practices blur the boundaries between institutional interests and professional identities, and more private interests and personal identities. While this may be a challenge to most journalists, it resonates well with the professional logics of cultural journalists. They have long practiced their work in a grey-zone between the public and the private, and the objective and subjective. Through their social media practices, they promote the media institution they work for and their own ‘personalised’ professional brand.

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