scholarly journals Effects of Social Media on Students at University Level During Covid-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabnam Bibi ◽  
Muhammad Hameed Nawaz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Media Study ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
University Level ◽  
Use Of Social Media

This study has shown to investigate the problem “effects of social media on students at university level during COVID-19”. Social media has influenced our life. The main objective of this study was to find out the influence of social networking sites on students during COVID-19 pandemic. The study was beneficial for youngster to use social media positively, informative and educational purpose and aware the youngster about the negative side of social media while they have much opportunity to stay at home and thy opportunity to get education by using social media. Study was consisted of four universities of Lahore i.e., public and two private and two department of each university. A sample of 10 female and 10 male students of each department were selected randomly.  This research was descriptive in nature and information was collected by using the designed with an online technique. The questionnaire was prepared for measuring the different option of males and female about positive use of social media. The questionnaire covered both positive and negative effects of social media in pandemic period. The questionnaire based on five-pointlikert scale. Data was analyzed through independent t-test at SPSS. The result demonstrated that the social media has both negative and positive effects on students during COVID-19 pandemic.Effects of social media on students at university level during COVID-19. Students mostly use social media for connected with friends and family and they exchanged helpful data and online classes via social media networking sites. Social media enhances social skill and developed technical skill while using it during class assignment and group discussions. Social media cause health problems and affect our cultures badly because students spend more time on social media during pandemic. Youngster spends their precious time on playing games and talking on social communication sites.

scholarly journals Social Media Use and Job Performance in the Workplace: The Effects of Facebook and KakaoTalk Use on Job Performance in South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung Yeop Lee ◽  
Sang Woo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Given

The use of social media, such as social networking sites and instant messaging, in everyday life continues to spread, along with social media use in the workplace. This study examined how using social media like Facebook (social networking sites) and KakaoTalk (instant messaging) at work affects individual job performance. It also analyzed whether social media use has different effects on individual job performance depending on the characteristics of the given task. The results demonstrated that both Facebook and KakaoTalk had linearly positive effects on individual job performance. Moreover, task equivocality had a positive moderating effect on the relationship between KakaoTalk use and job performance. The results may have significant implications for firms reviewing their policies on employees’ social media use. Since using social media such as Facebook and KakaoTalk in the workplace improves job performance, firms may consider encouraging employees toward this practice. In particular, they may consider supporting those employees who perform tasks with high task equivocality in making use of instant messaging platforms.

Bringing Social Media Into Work

2021 ◽  
pp. 121-142
Author(s):  
Francesca Di Virgilio
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Use Of Social Media

This study develops an integrative model in order to identify the underlying factors that drive employees to engage in social media at work for businesses. More specifically, the model explains the interplay between employment statuses, motivation, job satisfaction, and social activities for the purpose of analyzing the positive effects of social media use and the negative effects of social media overload on social media policy implementation. Nevertheless, the model proposes a research roadmap can be examined by utilizing a framework for the assessment of the use of social media at work, as a tool to improve business organizations. Finally, it concludes with the discussion of several open issues and cutting-edge challenges.

scholarly journals Educational Use of Social Media in Higher Education: Gender and Social Networking Sites as the Predictors of Consuming, Creating, and Sharing Content

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-132
Author(s):  
Emel Dikbaş Torun
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media

AbstractIntroduction:This study investigates the influence of gender and social networking sites (SNSs) such as Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter on consuming, creating, and sharing content within the educational social media usage behaviors of higher education students. The survey method is applied to measure students’ social media usage for educational purposes. So that a more effective use of social media in education can be provided, it is important to understand how university students vary in their educational use of social media. The aim of this study is to examine how higher education students use social media for their educational purposes based on the content and activities with which the students engage. The aim of the research is to determine the correlations, if any, between gender, preferred SNS type, and educational social media in regard to consuming, creating and sharing content.Methods:The derived scale is administered in Turkey with the participation of a total of 365 university students. Psychometric, validation and reliability analysis of the scale which is used in the study to collect the data were done first. Principal component analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, descriptive, correlations and multivariate analysis of variance are applied to analyze the social media usage for educational purposes. Gender and the SNS type were set as the additional predictors of the consuming, creating and sharing content on social media.Results:The validation and linguistic adaptation of the Inside School Social Media Behavior (ISSMB) scale from English to Turkish is performed first. Results showed that the three factors of the original scale were confirmed. Secondly, the derived scale is administered with the participation of a total of 365 university students. Results indicated that gender difference was a significant factor in explaining the content creation on social media. Instagram, WhatsApp, and YouTube are the most preferred SNSs for educational use among students at the higher education level. No significant effect was reported for the type of the SNS used in consuming, creating, and sharing educational content on social media. The type of the SNS used by the students was not found to influence educational social media usage; accordingly, students consume, create and share content, regardless of the type of the SNS they use.Discussion:Higher education level students prefer watching videos more than any other social media activity for their educational purposes. The second most frequently preferred social media usage activity was reported as searching for the learning resources or information pertaining to schoolwork. Creating content was the least favorable social media usage. When the social media usage purposes focus on schoolwork and are furthermore educational, males’ social media usage outperforms the females. Thus, males were more likely to create content by using social media for inside schoolwork purposes than the females. Males were also more likely to have sharing habits than the females in sharing learning resources e.g., class notes with their classmates by using social media for their inside schoolwork purposes.Limitations:The total number of participants used in the research sample is a limitation of this study. The study data were only collected in Turkey, and so the study results are only regionally generalizable.Conclusion:Higher education students are consumers of the social media when they use it for educational purposes. Accordingly, students prefer being “passive consumer social media users who avoid active content creating”. Students prefer watching the uploaded ready-to-watch videos who avoid instead of creating and uploading their own video content. When sharing items are compared with creating content items, students responded more to the latter. Students do share their information with classmates e.g. exam schedules and lecture notes. Compared to other sharing content usages, students less frequently preferred sharing extracurricular learning resources. The gender difference found herein is a predictor of social networking site usage among young people, and social networking usage changes according to gender. Males are reported as being more “giving” within a school setting when it comes to sharing the educational content with their colleagues and friends. Social media is a reality of our modern lives, one that is growing exponentially; it is highly crucial that researchers facilitate a better understanding of the ongoing changes and developments that are emerging and transforming learning.Both outside and inside school, the social media usage behaviors of young people can be examined according to different age groups do determine any age-related differences. The subject can be improved with new findings and results from different sample groups.

scholarly journals Influence of Social Media Activities on Higher Secondary Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 414-418
Author(s):  
D Johnraj David ◽  
Mr Muthupandi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Rural Locality

Social media is a convenient network of communication for people nowadays. This study is an attempt to examine the application and usefulness of social media activities in academics. The main objective of the study is to find out the level of social media activities of the higher secondary students concerning gender, class, locality of the school, and types of school. The sample size for the study comprised 707 students. The investigator used the social media activities scale prepared and validated by D.Johnraj David and Dr.P.Muthupandi. A Simple random sampling technique was used to collect the sample from various schools. Data was analysed through mean, standard deviation, and “t” tests. The findings of the study indicate that (i) male students have significantly higher use of social media activities than female students (ii)students studying in XII standard have significantly higher use of social media activities than students studying in XI standard students (iii) urban locality school students have significantly higher use of social media activities than rural locality school students(iv) students studying in aided schools have significantly higher use of social media activities than students in unaided schools.

scholarly journals Social Dimensions of Adolescents' Use of Social Media: A Descriptive Study on a Sample of Secondary School Students in Jeddah

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-171
Author(s):  
Abdal rahman Abdallah Abdal Rahman Al-Omri Abdal rahman Abdallah Abdal Rahman Al-Omri
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Nowadays, the usage of social media sites among the members of the society has grown and has become more popular among young people, especially the adolescents who are more exposed to these digital sites. In this study we are trying to identify the social dimensions of using the social media among high school student boys. This study is a descriptive study that adopts the social survey method. The field study data were collected from a sample of students in some secondary schools in Jeddah, estimated at 302 students, through a questionnaire distributed to those respondents. The most important results of this study is related to family dimensions found that the majority of the study sample belong to medium-sized families, who live in rented apartments, with middle-income, mostly it comes from the salary of the job, and most respondents' parent have a low level of education which is secondary. The data on social dimensions which is related to friends has indicated that respondents share their preference to use mobile phones to access preferred social networking sites such as WhatsApp, YouTube and Snapchat, with addiction to their excessive exposure to sites that address their various contemporary issues. The results showed the modest role of the educational school in directing; the use of adolescents for social media, as well as the gap in the relationship between students and their teachers, although some of the students are urged to use social media sites more often.

scholarly journals SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ AND TEACHERS’ VIEWS ABOUT THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AT SCHOOLS AS A NEW PLATFORM IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emine Doğan ◽  
Mehmet Sabir Çevik
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Organizational Communication ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Use Of Social Media

<p>This research aimed to evaluate the school administrators’ and teachers’ views about the use of social media at schools as a new platform in organizational communication. Phenomenology, a qualitative research model, was used in the research. A total of 17 participants who were included in the research (school administrators and teachers) were selected by using the purposive sampling methods that were well-suited to the qualitative research studies, namely, the “maximum variation sampling method” and the “criterion sampling method”. Participants’ views were received via semi-structured and in-depth interviews. The research data were analyzed by using the NVivo 12.0 software. The inductive descriptive analysis, content analysis, and the constant comparison technique were utilized in the interpretation of interview texts. In this context, the participants’ views were grouped under the themes of “views about the definition of social media”, “views about whether the use of social media at schools is necessary”, “views about the purpose of using social media at schools”, “views about the likely effects of using social media at schools”, and “views about recommending the use of social media at schools”. In the research, the participants stated that they viewed social media as a communication tool, the use of social media at schools was necessary, social media platforms could be used for education &amp; instruction and giving (sharing) information, social media could have positive effects besides negative effects, and certain societal, technical, and legal measures should be taken to assure that the social media was used effectively. To ensure the professional use of social media at schools, it is recommended that educators undergo professional development.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0987/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Social Media

2018 ◽  
pp. 112-128
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Number Of Individuals

The use of social media around the globe is increasing at an exponential rate. An increasing number of individuals have become members of one or more social networking sites leading to soaring membership numbers, largely because these sites are free and easy to use. This trend is important for libraries. Being part of the community, libraries need to capitalize the potential of social media for instant and direct communication with their members. The librarians are gradually showing a positive attitude towards social media tools. The objective of this chapter is to review the social media use by libraries around the globe. The chapter also provides specific recommendations for social media use in libraries.

scholarly journals Social media used by local governments of the Lodz Voivodeship

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (146) ◽  
pp. 533-542
Author(s):  
Mariusz WOŹNIAKOWSKI ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Communication Activity ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose: The purpose of the article is to present the assumptions of social media and their values in the communication of local government units on the example of cities in the Lodz region. Design/methodology/approach: The conducted study consisted in analyzing the content of official websites belonging to local governments of individual cities of the Lodz voivodship to see how information about social networking sites used (plug-in location) and the profiles themselves in these media are communicated in order to check what and how is published. The survey was carried out in October 2019. Findings: The study showed that out of the 44 cities analyzed in the Łódź Voivodeship 37 use at least one of the social networking sites. Most often it is Facebook - 36 cities have their profile, then YouTube – 19, Instagram – 7 and Twitter – 6. 9 cities have 3 official profiles on different websites at the same time, and another 13 cities – 2 each. For 7 cities, no profiles were found on social networking sites. Research limitations/implications: The study did not include less popular social networking sites (e.g. TikTok, GoldenLine, Pinterest). The goals of communication activities by the promotion offices of individual cities are unknown. This can be part of further research through in-depth interviews with people responsible for promoting cities. Possible extension of research to cities of other provinces. Practical implications: Based on the author's audit of the communication activity of the cities of the region on social networking sites, this article suggests that the use of social media is an appropriate tactic in promoting cities due to the participative, interactive, open and transparent nature of social media. Originality/value: The publication presents the results of research carried out on the basis of the author's audit of the activity of the cities of the Lodz voivodship in the social media

Cyberbullying Awareness for Mitigating Consequences in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 946-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alev Elçi ◽  
Zeliha Seçkin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Out Of School

Technology has many positive effects on education, but negative effects also exist. One of the negative effects is cyberbullying spreading out of school boundaries to the social networks. The increasing popularity of social media among youngsters engenders cyberbullies who exploit the virtual environment besides the usual emails. This distresses the students and adversely affects their families, teachers, and others around them. Although research studies mainly concentrate on prior education, there seems to be a need to investigate the situation in higher education. This study focuses on students studying technology and related disciplines, who are hence likely to be well connected with cyberspace, and explores their awareness about cyberbullying. The findings reveal that female students have significantly less awareness than males. This study will help address some gender issues in cyberbullying.

The Use of Social Media to Facilitate Real-Time eLearning

2017 ◽  
pp. 171-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Njoroge P. Kahenya
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Private University ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Google Docs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The case study focused on the motivation behind usage of social media as alternative tools to the institution's eLearning program, by online classes' facilitators, at a local private university in Kenya. The case study involved 45 faculties involved in facilitating online classes. The survey applied questionnaires generated using Google docs, one of the social media tool used by the same faculty to communicate with students enrolled in the online classes. The primary reasons why facilitators used social media tools were; the learners were already using social media for non-academic purposes and therefore the need to factor in tools which students are conversant with and comfortable to use; social media tools were seen to offer a fast real-time communication; some social media tools enabled group discussions on the go; and, social media are informal tools for general instructions and guidance with regard to the course requirements.

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