scholarly journals An Analysis of the Intertextuality of Social Media Discourse of Chuka University Students on WhatsApp Platforms

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 214-220
Author(s):  
Miriti Gervasio ◽  
Abisaki Oloo Aono ◽  
Nancy Kisala
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Media Interaction ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Sampling Procedures ◽  
The University

The earliest forms of the internet were developed in the 1960s whereas the first recognizable social media site was created in 1997. Since then, Social media has greatly influenced the way people communicate with one another and continues to gain popularity owing to the technological milestones made in the world of communication. As people communicate via social media interaction platforms, language naturally and inevitably experiences some changes. Therefore, there was a need to undertake a linguistic study to account for such changes and developments in language use. The main concern of this study was to analyze the university students’ social media discourse. The discourse analyzed sprung from the WhatsApp interaction platform. The WhatsApp groups utilized were those formed by Chuka University students in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. Particularly, the following objective guided the study:  to demonstrate the intertextuality nature of social media discourse.  The study employed a multimodal semiotic approach as the analytic tool. A descriptive research design and the qualitative technique were employed to analyze data. Both Snowball and purposive sampling procedures were used. Snowballing was used to establish the WhatsApp groups that were used by the students, while the purposive sampling procedure was used to selectively collect texts from WhatsApp groups. The texts that were purposively selected were those that demonstrated the intertextuality nature of social media discourse. The rationale for choosing WhatsApp was the fact that there was a paucity of linguistic studies based on this interaction platform despite its popularity. The study findings revealed that social media discourse exhibits intertextuality in which language is dexterously and creatively used.   This study sheds light on language usage and its dynamics. It is hoped that it will enrich knowledge on Multimodality and Semiotic Theory.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Academic Performance of In-Service Students in Science Education: A Case of The University of Zambia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-190
Author(s):  
Foster Chilufya ◽  
Daniel Ndhlovu
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Degree Programme ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Poor Academic Performance ◽  
Equal Chance ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
Sampling Procedures ◽  
The University

The study sought to determine factors that affected academic performance of in-service students in Science Education Degree Programme at the University of Zambia. The study was motivated by the knowledge gap as to why it was common in Science Education at the University of Zambia for both school leavers and in-service students to be excluded from school, repeat courses or change to non-science programmes due to poor academic performance. In order to have in-depth understanding of the phenomenon being studied, a case study design was used. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used to collect data from 88 respondents. Simple random and purposive sampling procedures were used to select the study sample. 80 students were selected by simple random sampling procedure. This procedure was used in order to allow all the students to have an equal chance to be selected for the sample. Purposive sampling procedure was used in order to select the lecturers and tutors. The procedure was used to select the lecturers and tutors because they were the only ones with adequate knowledge about Science Education Degree programme at the level of lecturers which the researchers were inquiring. The study findings showed that several factors adversely affected academic performance of the in-service students who were studying Science Education Degree programme at the University of Zambia. These included; inadequate supportive lecturer-student relationship, combining Science with Mathematics in one programme, dilapidated classroom infrastructure especially the laboratories, too much content in the curriculum of which some was considered irrelevant to what was taught in schools, personal life problems and responsibilities, pace at which material were being delivered in class was too fast for them, poor attendance to lectures and laboratories by students themselves. In addition, students were stressed by their own poor academic performance and they had difficult to comprehend advanced concepts in Mathematics. Based on these findings, the study recommended that (1) the school of Education should introduce a programme in Science Education specifically for student training to be teachers of science, (2) review its current curriculum so that its content relates with what is taught in schools, (3) in order to support the students who felt the pace of delivery was too fast for them, there was need to encourage group discussion among them,(4) the school should provide a conducive learning environment by preparing classroom infrastructure and providing adequate learning materials.

NEW MEDIA DISCOURSE EFFECTS ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC MOTIVATION

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alla Guslyakova ◽  
Nina Guslyakova ◽  
Nailya Valeeva ◽  
Maria Rudneva ◽  
Yulia Nigmatzyanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Perilaku Informasi Mahasiswa dan Hoaks di Media Sosial

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-146
Author(s):  
Febri Nurrahmi ◽  
Hamdani M. Syam
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Information Behavior ◽  
Information Behaviors ◽  
The University

The rise of hoaxes circulating on social media makes students as active social media users vulnerable to distribute hoaxes. The study used the model of information behavior by Wilson (1996) to examine information behaviors of university students in combating hoaxes on social media. Using a qualitative method, data collection was conducted through focus groups discussions with 14 students of Syiah Kuala University. The results showed that the information behaviors performed by the university students were not adequate to combat hoaxes. The critical attitude by not easily trusting information on social media was not accompanied by sufficient will and abilities to verify information they received from social media. Information dissemination behavior without verification was also found in this study. The results of this study also indicated that passive attention and search were the most dominant information behaviors among students. The results also showed that low self-efficacy encourage students to be reluctant and difficult to conduct information searches for verification. This study suggested that the model of information behaviour by Wilson (1996) was relevant to discuss students’ information behavior to combat hoaxes on social media. These findings are important to develop a social media literacy model for university students to fight against hoaxes on social media. Maraknya hoaks yang beredar di media sosial menjadikan mahasiswa sebagai pengguna media sosial aktif rentan menjadi penyebar hoaks. Penelitian menggunakan model perilaku informasi oleh Wilson (1996) untuk melihat perilaku informasi mahasiswa dalam menghadapi hoaks di media sosial. Dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif, pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan focus groups discussion terhadap 14 orang mahasiswa Universitas Syiah Kuala. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan perilaku informasi mahasiswa dalam menghadapi hoaks belum mumpuni. Sikap kritis dengan tidak mudah mempercayai informasi di media sosial, ternyata tidak disertai kemauan dan kemampuan verifikasi informasi yang memadai. Perilaku penyebaran informasi tanpa verifikasi juga masih ditemukan. Hasil studi ini juga mengindikasikan bahwa perilaku perhatian dan pencarian pasif adalah perilaku yang paling dominan di kalangan mahasiswa. Hasil studi menunjukkan bahwa self-efficacy yang rendah menyebabkan mahasiswa enggan dan sulit melakukan pencarian informasi untuk verifikasi. Studi ini menunjukkan bahwa model perilaku informasi oleh Wilson (1996) relevan untuk membahas perilaku informasi mahasiswa dalam menghadapi hoaks di media sosial. Hasil studi ini penting untuk mengembangkan model literasi media sosial di kalangan mahasiswa untuk menangkal hoaks.

scholarly journals The cultural consequences of using social media as recognized by university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
May Abdullah Al-amer, Fawziah Bakr Al-bakr
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Education Students ◽  
King Saud University ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

    The aim of the study was to identify the reasons for using Whatsapp and Snapchat as recognizedby female students and to identify the cultural consequencesof the use of Whatsapp on the behavior of the university students in respect to social and knowledge field, and to identify the cultural consequencesof the use of Snapchat in respect to cultural and educational field and identify the statistically significance differences of the views among the female university students, which are related to the variables of the study: the stage of study and the number of hours of use. the researcher used the descriptive survey approach rely on a questionnaire that consisted of (58) sentences distributed according to the fields of the study, it was applied to a sample of (503) female students of College of Education at King Saud University. Preliminary data of the study showed that 33.2% of the sample used social media daily for more than 6 hours. The study found that the most important reasons for using Whatsapp is to communicate with family, friends and entertainment. They use Snapchat for entertainment, to learn about the cultures of other peoples and to follow up the influential people with experience, and of the cultural consequencesof using Whatsapp on the behavior of the female students in the social field are spreading rumors and mislead others through unreliable advertisements, and in the field of knowledge that Being preoccupied with Whatsapp messages reduces focus on task performance and facilitates the dissemination of ideas easily, and from the cultural consequencesof using Snapchat on the behavior of the female students in the cultural field, the predominance of entertainment and formal interests among female students and its role in dissemination of values contrary to our Islamic values and customs and in the field of education Students are seeing Snapchat as a tool to gain fame and show off and brag about. Given the importance of the role played by the social media in developing the social and intellectual mobility among the female university students, the researcher recommends to pay particular attention to this age group for their keen interest in knowledge to enable them to improve their skills according to their aspirations, thus contributing to the development of their society.   ، ، ، ، 

scholarly journals Motivaciones de los estudiantes universitarios para nunca realizar actividades físico-deportivas de tiempo libre. El caso de la Universidad de Guadalajara (Reasons why the university students do not do any physical activity during their free time. In spec

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 34-37
Author(s):  
Gabriel Flores Allende ◽  
Francisco Ruiz-Juan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
University Students ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Free Time ◽  
University Center ◽  
Regional Center ◽  
College Student Population ◽  
The University ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

Varias han sido las investigaciones para conocer los motivos por el cual el alumnado universitario realiza o a ha abandonado la práctica de actividad físico-deportiva de tiempo libre. Sin embargo, han indagado las barreras en aquellos que no han participado nunca en dicha actividad, debido a las repercusiones negativas que genera la inactividad física. Sobre una población de 65.700 estudiantes de Educación Superior de la Universidad de Guadalajara México, se ha realizado un muestreo polietápico estratificado con afijación proporcional, resultando un muestra de 1.207 sujetos, lo que significa un margen de error de ±3% y un nivel de confianza del 95,5%. Para la recogida de datos se ha utilizando un cuestionario estandarizado aplicándose de forma auto-administrada. Entre los principales resultados, destacar qué, los sujetos inactivos mencionan como principal barrera para ser sedentario el no tener aptitudes para el deporte, la falta de tiempo, la flojera o pereza y la carencia instalaciones deportivas cerca del hogar. Siendo similares a los que afectan a otras investigaciones en poblaciones universitarias. Además, realizar estudios en algún centro temático o regional, pertenecer a uno u otro Centro Universitario no influye o determina los motivos por el cual, los estudiante no han practicado nunca actividades físico-deportivas en su tiempo libre. Siendo únicamente sedentarios, los alumnos que realizan estudios de licenciatura. Situación que obliga a poner mayor atención a este grupo de sujetos que en caso de no adherirse a la práctica, incrementara las posibilidades de mortalidad, inhabilidad y morbilidad.Palabra clave: motivaciones, universitarios, inactividad física.Abstract: There has been several investigations that try to explain why the university students barely do exercise or most of them have dropped all the outdoor activities during their free time. However, this investigations have gone beyond the walls specially with the students that never do any activity, the reason of this, is due to all the side effects that the physical inactivity has. From the University of Guadalajara in Mexico, a 65.000 college student population, it was taken a sample of 1.207 individuals. The sampling procedure for this research was stratified polietapic with proportional affixation; which resulted on a + 3 percent error margin and a trusted level of 95.5 percent. In order to collect the results of the poll, it was used a standard questionnaire applied in a auto-administrated way. Among the main results, it is important to highlight that the students that do not do any exercise emphasis that the reason of the lack of any activity is because they do not have the abilities to practice any sport, lack of free time, laziness or lack of sportive facilities near to their homes. These results are similar and have affected other investigations in the same manner the university students. Furthermore, the fact that a student studies in a thematic or regional center, or belong to a different university center does not affect or shows the reasons why the students do not do any physical activity during their free time. Being only the sedentary, the students that are studying a degree. This situation obligates us to emphasis and to pay more attention to this group of students, because in case of continuing without any physical activity, this could increase the rate of mortality, inability and morbidity.Key words: motivations, college students, physical inactivity.

scholarly journals Gender Difference and Cyber Communication; Internet and Social Media Usage Pattern of Universities Students

2018 ◽  
Vol III (I) ◽  
pp. 8-18
Author(s):  
Asghar Ullah Khan ◽  
Muhammad Saqib Khan ◽  
Afshan Jabeen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Usage Pattern ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
The University ◽  
Made In ◽  
Internet And Social Media

The main objective of the research study was to know the usage pattern of cyber communication by the universities students of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). It was a descriptive and survey analytical research. The population of the study was all universities students of KP. 800 students were selected from 6 universities of KP. The collected data were processed, tabulated, explained and interpreted through some statistical tools i.e. tables, percentages and t-test. The major findings showed that university students are regular users of cyber communication. Most of them use internet and social media (SM) more than two hours per day. A big chunk of the university students uses it for the education and entertainment purposes. The findings also revealed that there is a difference between genders in using cyber communication. In the light of the said findings, certain major recommendations were made in order to achieve the maximum benefits of the study.

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