scholarly journals The Influence of Social Networking on Lifestyle: A Higher Education Perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 94-100
Author(s):  
D Veerasamy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The World

Social networks have become a way of life for many people who use them to connect and communicate with the world at large. Social media is defined as any tool or service that uses the Internet to facilitate conversations. Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites (SNSs) and has a total of 55 million active users worldwide with an average of 250000 new registrations per day. After Yahoo, MySpace and Google, Facebook is also the fourth most popular SNS in South Africa. The purpose of the paper was to determine whether social networks have an influence on higher education students’ lifestyles and behaviour. This research was descriptive and quantitative in nature. The sample comprised 386 students studying at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). The results indicated that the majority of the respondents preferred Facebook as their social network of choice. More than half of the respondents indicated that they access their preferred social network five times or more per day. The majority of the respondents agreed that social networks allow for global interaction and that maintaining relationships has become easier with social networking,

Social Networking Sites- An Addiction among Youth

2017 ◽  
Vol SED2017 (01) ◽  
pp. 11-13
Author(s):  
Archana Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World ◽  
The Web

The last decade witnessed an explosion of social networks such as Facebook, twitter, Instagram etc, which added a new social dimension to the web. While such networks have made people, communities and groups with shared interests stay more “connected”. Internet addiction and surfing so many social network sites on internet is an addiction and moreover this particular also started being recognized as psychological disorders all over the world. While several 90′s studies focused on Internet addiction, the next decade saw the growth of a new addiction related to all manner of social networking sites, especially the current king of the jungle: Facebook. This study investigated the existence of Internet addiction among youth and how users are becoming addicted to the Internet in much that same way that others became addicted to drugs or alcohol which resulted in academic and what are the advantages and disadvantages of social networking sites.

The Use of Social Networking by Higher Education Institutions in Spain

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Javier Miranda ◽  
Antonio Chamorro ◽  
Sergio Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Evaluation Index ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Spanish Universities

The objective of this study was to analyse the use Spanish universities are making of the main social network today: Facebook. The research adapts to the Higher Education Institutions context an evaluation index denominated FAI that has been used in other areas. It applies the index to all of Spain's universities, making comparisons between them and the best universities in the world. The results show that Spanish universities' indices are far from the values obtained by the best international universities, and that the country's private universities have better results than the public ones. It is an intention of the work to contribute to the tools the marketing managers of higher education institutions might use in how they relate to social networks and to the opportunities and threats these pose.

scholarly journals Privacy Factors of Social Network That Effect Users Trust And Confidentiality

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1411-1413
Author(s):  
Nader Yahya Alkeinay ◽  
Norita Md Norwawi ◽  
Fauziah Abdul Wahid ◽  
Roesnita Ismail ◽  
Najwa Hayaati Mohd Alwi
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Privacy Issues ◽  
Different Parts

Social network is term used to refer to the social structure that is made up of a set of social actors. The social actors in this case include organizations or individuals. Social networks allow people to interact and socialize as they get to learn and know each other. Through social networking sites, people from different parts of a country or the world also get to meet and interact. However, there have been issues with regards to social network privacy for those who use the internet to use social network sites. This paper will look at some of the factors that affect trust of the users as well as the privacy issues related to social networks (Fernandez, 2009).

Nadmierne korzystanie z sieci społecznościowych przez młodzieŜ szkolną – charakterystyka zjawiska

1970 ◽  
pp. 237-260
Author(s):  
Jolanta Jarczyńska
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
School Students ◽  
Multiple Functions ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The World ◽  
Basic Concepts

Social networking sites (SNS), popularly called portals, are sites that combine multiple functions. Users might communicate by SNS with their friends, share photos and movies or participate in groups. SNS satisfy their users’ needs such as the need to connect or to self-present. These functions of SNS make them attractive. It is not surprising, therefore, that in recent years there has been an increasing number of people, especially young ones, using social networking sites. Facebook (FB)is the most popular social network in the world. Statistics carried out by FB indicate a rapid increase in the number of Internet users who make use of this particular social networking site. The article presents the characteristics of the phenomenon of school students’ excessive use of social networking sites. It defines the basic concepts, describes the diagnostic criteria for abuse of social networking sites and theories to explain this behavior. It shows the loss and benefits of excessive use of social networks and presents tools used in research to measure school students’ excessive use ofsocial networking sites.

A Study on the Internet Usage Pattern of Youths in Sikkim

2022 ◽  
pp. 109-121
Author(s):  
Saibal Kumar Saha ◽  
Sangita Saha
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Usage Pattern ◽  
The World ◽  
Youth Population ◽  
Video Calling

Internet is being used by people all over the world. It has become a part of their day-to-day activity. The smartness brought by internet and its related devices have made life of people easy. Sharing knowledge, researching, and reaching out to people are now within the reach of fingertips. This study aims to find the internet usage pattern of youth in Sikkim, India. Fourteen internet activities have been identified and through a survey. The usage of these activities was analysed for the youth population in Sikkim, India. It has been found that, more or less, all the activities are used by the youth population of Sikkim. The most popular activity is use of emails and social networking sites while blogging and video calling is not too popular. In addition, it has been found that 67% of the users use internet for more than 3 hours per day. Hence, there also is a serious risk of “internet addiction.”

Ascertaining Trust Indicators in Social Networking Sites

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-37
Author(s):  
N. Veerasamy ◽  
W. A. Labuschagne
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Specific Focus

The use of social network sites has exploded with its multitude of functions which include posting pictures, interests, activities and establishing contacts. However, users may be unaware of the lurking dangers of threats originating from Social Networking Sites (SNS) which include malware or fake profiles. This paper investigates the indicators to arouse suspicion that a social networking account is invalid with a specific focus on Facebook as an illustrative example. The results from a survey on users’ opinions on social networks, is presented in the paper. This helps reveal some of the trust indicators that leads users to ascertaining whether a social networking profile is valid or not. Finally, indicators of potentially deceptive agents and profiles are given as a guideline to help users decide whether they should proceed with interaction with certain contacts.

The Attitude Towards and the Use of Social Networking in European Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-69
Author(s):  
Silvia Gaftandzhieva ◽  
Rositsa Doneva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
The Other ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Statistical Software ◽  
European Higher Education

Nowadays, social networking is becoming a more and more powerful tool for students for communication, sharing of information and discussions on various topics. The study presented in this article investigates the extent to which teachers from different European countries use social networking sites in their teaching practice for different purposes and what their attitude is towards the use of social networking in higher education in general. The study is intended to seek clarity on the issues, whether the use of social networks is related to teacher information about social networking sites; their participation in interest groups and research for the use of social networks in education; and whether the results obtained from the survey vary according to the country. For this purpose, the statistical software IBM SPSS Statistics is used. On the other hand, the study explores specific areas of the use of social networking in higher education, with an emphasis on their efficacy.

The cost of (anti-) social networks: Identity, agency and neo-luddites

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Bigge
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Cost

The media coverage and resultant discourse surrounding social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Friendster contain narratives of inevitability and technological determinism that require careful explication. Borrowing a tactic from the Russian Futurists, this paper attempts to make strange (that is, to defamiliarize) social network sites and their associated discourses by drawing upon an eclectic but interrelated set of metaphors and theoretical approaches, including: the digital enclosure, network sociality, socio-technical capital and Steven Jones’s recent examination of neo-Luddites. Whenever appropriate, this paper will integrate relevant magazine and newspaper journalism about social networking sites.

The Research on the Application of SNS Based on Web Data Mining

2014 ◽  
Vol 543-547 ◽  
pp. 3671-3673
Author(s):  
Jian Xin Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Core Concept ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Growth Trend ◽  
Interaction Information ◽  
The Core ◽  
Information User

With the development and maturity of Web2.0 technology, the Internet has become more and more intelligent, humane and social. It began gradually infiltrated into every aspect of people's lives, influence and change people's way of life. Web2.0 era as representative products -- social network has been the suddenness of a thunderbolt swept the interaction information user global social networking platforms began showing explosive growth trend however, and people are facing information explosion but the core concept of wisdom barren embarrassing situation. [

scholarly journals PENGARUH INTERNET TERHADAP PENURUNAN MINAT BELAJAR MAHASISWA

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
Miskahuddin Miskahuddin
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The World

The Internet is one result of the sophistication and advancement of science and man-made technology. Various conveniences offered, one of which is social media. But unfortunately, this sophistication has an impact on the quality of education. The worst impact in the world of education that may result from social networking sites is beginning to decrease interest in student learning. This is probably because the student's learning motivation also becomes reduced because of the importance of social networking rather than the learning achievement. To minimize the negative impact, as users we must be more intelligent. Internet savvy is how an internet user can manage and utilize internet technology wisely tailored to the needs and not violate ethical and internet codes of ethics.

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