scholarly journals Knowledge Sharing in Social Networking Sites: How Context Impacts Individuals’ Social and Intrinsic Motivation to Contribute in Online Communities

2018 ◽  
pp. 82-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sana Mojdeh ◽  
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Milena Head ◽  
Nour El Shamy ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Social Networking Sites

scholarly journals An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between Social Networking Sites and Students’ Engagement in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 1131-1159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix N. Koranteng ◽  
Isaac Wiafe ◽  
Eric Kuada
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling

This article investigates how students’ online social networking relationships affect knowledge sharing and how the intensity of knowledge sharing enhances students’ engagement. It adopts the social capital theory as the basis for investigation, and the partial least square structural equation modeling was used to examine the hypothesized model. Responses from 586 students in higher education were analyzed. The findings provided empirical evidence which contradicts the argument that students perceive social networking sites as an effective tool for learning. Also, contrary to previous studies which posit that knowledge sharing impacts engagement, it was observed that there is no relationship between the two. However, as social networking sites differ in terms of member behavior norms, it is envisaged that if a similar study is conducted and limited to a specific academically inclined social networking site such as Academia.edu, ResearchGate, Mendeley, and so on, different findings may be observed.

The Breastfeeding Controversy and Facebook

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmin Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Values ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Spaces

Facebook’s decision to invoke its obscenity clause to bar users from posting pictures of breastfeeding ignited a controversy. Members protested against the ban both offline and online. The controversy raised various issues between our lived offline experiences and the rules of engagement in social networking sites. Image economies on the Internet present new problems and challenges. Although they are crucial in the construction of profiles and identities in social networking sites and may therefore function as a referent of social values and norms, there may be disparities in the ways they are gazed at and interpreted as published content online. This paper examines the salient issues which emerged in the breastfeeding controversy with relevance to the image economy in social networking sites. In particular, it discusses the politicisation of the image, users’ notions and construction of public and private spaces in social networking sites, and the use of the image as symbol of dissent and activism in such online communities.

Persuasive social features that promote knowledge sharing among tertiary students on social networking sites: An empirical study

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 636-645
Author(s):  
Isaac Wiafe ◽  
Felix N. Koranteng ◽  
Ebenezer Owusu ◽  
Akon O. Ekpezu ◽  
Samuel A. Gyamfi
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Features
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