USAGE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES: LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ POSITION

Over the latter decade a rapid development of information communication technologies has been going on in various directions. Technological possibilities have increased very significantly (Lamanauskas, 2011). The development of internet and technologies related with it has been extremely fast. A lot of internet service providers have appeared in the market, their number still continues to grow. The internet connection methods are changing - from the ordinary usage of phone line modems (dial - up) to broadband internet technology (DSL) and cable TV internet nets. It can be asserted, that over the mentioned period Web 1.0 internet (static, used for getting information) has been changed to Web 2.0 internet (social). The internet diaries, social portals, technologies allowing live communication on the internet (Internet Relay Chat, IRC), talk programme Windows Live Messenger (MSN), ICQ forums and other have occurred and are spreading. With the appearance of “Skype”, the internet telephony has acquired a qualitatively new characteristic and practically has become a daily routine. Thus, today a consumer can create his profile on the internet, can make friends, communicate in the interest groups and so on. It can be stated, that every human being contributes in his own way to the internet and at the same time to ICT development, in general. It is obvious, that together with technological problems also arise social internet problems. Social networking websites are closely related with economical, psychological, educational, paleological and other aspects. There is a shortage of researches grounding socio-educational social network aspects. It is important to know not only how much time the consumers spend surfing the net, but how much of this time is allotted for communicating in social networking websites, which of them are the most popular and why, how the respondents evaluate social networking website functions, what in general they know about them, what advantages, disadvantages and threats they discern. Finally, it is important to find out whether the usage of social networking websites improves information – communication abilities in some way. Key words: social networking websites, survey, university students.

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SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES: NEW EDUCATIONAL SPACE

GAMTAMOKSLINIS UGDYMAS / NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION ◽

10.48127/gu-nse/12.9.04 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 4-6

Author(s):

Vincentas Lamanauskas

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Service Providers ◽

Internet Technology ◽

The Internet ◽

Daily Routine ◽

Information Communication ◽

Internet Service ◽

Broadband Internet ◽

Social Networking Websites ◽

Social Networking Website

Over the latter decade the spread of information communication technologies was going on in various directions. Technological possibilities grew up very significantly (Lamanauskas, 2011). Especially rapid was the development of the internet and technologies related with it. A lot of internet service providers occurred in the market, their number still continues to grow. The internet link methods change - from the ordinary usage of phone line modems (dial - up) to broadband internet technology (DSL) and cable TV internet nets. It can be asserted, that over the mentioned period Web 1.0 internet (static, used for getting information) was changed by Web 2.0 internet (social). The internet diaries, social portals, technologies allowing live communication on the internet (Internet Relay Chat, IRC), talk programme Windows Live Messenger (MSN), ICQ forums and other have occurred and are spreading. With the occurrence of “Skype”, internet telephony acquired a qualitatively new characteristic and practically became a daily routine. Thus, today a consumer can create his profile on the internet, can make friends, communicate in the interest groups and so on. It can be stated, that every human being in his own way contributes to the internet and at the same time to ICT development, in general. It is obvious, that together with technological problems arise social internet problems as well. Social networking websites (SNW) are closely related with economical, psychological, educational, valeological and other aspects. There is a lack of researches based on socio-educational social networking website aspects. It is important to know not only how much time the consumers spend surfing the net, but how much time is allotted for communicating in social networking websites, which of them are the most popular and why, how the respondents evaluate social networking website functions, what in general they know about them, what advantages, disadvantages and threats they discern. Finally, it is important to find out whether usage of social networking websites makes information – communication abilities better in any way. Key words: ICT, educational technologies, social networking websites

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SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES: NEW EDUCATIONAL SPACE

Problems of Education in the 21st Century ◽

10.33225/pec/12.39.05 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 5-7

Author(s):

Vincentas Lamanauskas

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Service Providers ◽

Internet Technology ◽

The Internet ◽

Daily Routine ◽

Information Communication ◽

Internet Service ◽

Broadband Internet ◽

Social Networking Websites ◽

Social Networking Website

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POSSIBILITIES OF USING SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES

GAMTAMOKSLINIS UGDYMAS / NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION ◽

10.48127/gu-nse/12.9.06a ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 6-24

Author(s):

Vincentas Lamanauskas ◽

Violeta Šlekienė ◽

Loreta Ragulienė

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

University Students ◽

Social Networking ◽

Service Providers ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Virtual Space ◽

The Internet ◽

Internet Service ◽

Social Networking Websites ◽

Making Friends

Over the latter decade a rapid development of information communication technol-ogies has been going on in various directions. Technological possibilities have increased very significantly (Lamanauskas, 2012). The development of internet and technologies related with it has been extremely fast. A lot of internet service providers have appeared in the mar-ket, their number still continues to grow. The internet diaries, social portals, technologies allow-ing live communication on the internet (Internet Relay Chat, IRC), talk programme Windows Live Messenger (MSN), ICQ forums and other have occurred and are spreading. Thus, today a consumer can create his profile on the internet, can make friends, communicate in the inter-est groups and so on. It can be stated, that every human being contributes in his own way to the internet and at the same time to ICT development, in general. It is obvious, that together with technological problems also arise social internet problems. Social networking websites are closely related with economical, psychological, educational, valeological and other aspects. There is a shortage of researches grounding socio-educational social network aspects. Research purpose is to ascertain how Lithuanian university students use social net-working websites, how they value them, what opinion they have about various social net-working websites, what they know about them. The main research questions are: What social networking websites do students know and use most frequently?; What social networking website functions do students use and why?; Do students like social networking websites and why?; What do students know about how social networking websites use published personal and other type of information?; What is students’ attitude to opportunities provided by social networking websites? It has been stated, that the majority of the respondents use the internet a few times a day, besides, more than a half of them visit social networking websites a few times a day as well. Only a small part of the respondents haven‘t created their personal profile in social net-working websites. More than a third of the respondents very favourably value social network-ing websites, they like them. Even those who don‘t like social networking websites, all the same, periodically visit them. It has been asserted, that though the respondents know a lot of social networking websites, the most frequently visited and most popular are three: You Tube, Facebook, Google+. The most important functions are: communication, learning and ex-changing information, texting. It is worrying, that only a small part of the respondents know how social networking websites use published and other type of information. Though SNW is an excellent means of communication, a perfect opportunity for finding out various news, for making friends and so on, students are firmly convinced, that communication in virtual space will never substitute direct people‘s relations. Such their position is valued as positive. On the other hand, it is obvious, that educational social networking potential has rather poor expres-sion in students‘ evaluation and it raises a grounded concern. Key words: social networking websites, survey, university students.

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Study on the marketing of rural tourism destination based on the internet perspective

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/202235502066 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 355 ◽

pp. 02066

Author(s):

Congxi Cheng ◽

Yangyang Zhang ◽

Sha Luo ◽

Wenjing Yang ◽

Yulu Guo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rapid Development ◽

Rural Tourism ◽

Internet Technology ◽

The Internet ◽

Destination Marketing ◽

Information Communication ◽

Tourism Destination ◽

Marketing Mode ◽

New Ideas ◽

Tourism Destinations

With the rapid development of the rural tourism in China, how to innovate and optimize the marketing mode and successfully achieve the marketing purpose is an urgent problem for the marketing of the rural tourism destination. The rapid development of Internet technology has provided new ideas for rural tourism destination marketing. Based on the analysis of the questionnaire results of rural tourists, this paper has proposed the optimization suggestions of rural tourism destination marketing from the Internet perspective. That is, building the information communication channel between rural tourism destinations and tourists based on the Internet, designing tourism products of the rural tourism destination on the basis of tourist characteristics of tourists and realizing the marketing optimization of rural tourism destinations with the help of Internet technology.

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Development of Interactive PLC Learning Media Based on Virtual Learning

KnE Social Sciences ◽

10.18502/kss.v4i14.7910 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Syufrijal .

Keyword(s):

Interactive Learning ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Virtual Learning ◽

Experimental Methods ◽

Simulation Software ◽

Internet Technology ◽

The Internet ◽

Virtual Plant ◽

Simulator Design ◽

Ethernet Network

This research aims to develop interactive PLC learning media based on virtual learning. The interactive PLC learning media uses a 3D simulator design to simulate the application of PLC in the industry, so it looks like real and makes students more interested in learning PLC This study uses experimental methods. The 3D simulation software is Factory I/O developed by Real Games. It enables us to build a conveyor virtual plant and to bring it into the classroom. The automatic controller used to control the virtual plant is the PLC Siemens S7-1200 with Tia Portal software. The PLC is connected to the computer server through an ethernet network via TCP/IP protocol. With the rapid development of current internet technology, PLC learning can be done in virtual learning. This PLC learning media can be run remotely through the internet with team viewer program so that PLC learning is not only done on campus but can be done anywhere. From the results of research that has been done, the user can create PLC programs remotely to control conveyor virtual plant on a computer server through an internet network without having to install the program on their computers. Keywords: PLC, interactive learning media, virtual learning, remote desktop

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Using the Internet to Attract and Evaluate Job Candidates

Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch046 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 537-549 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

William Ross ◽

Ross Slovensky

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Second Life ◽

Online Games ◽

Third Party ◽

The Internet ◽

Multiplayer Online Games ◽

Social Networking Websites ◽

Job Candidates ◽

Research Questions ◽

Use Of Internet

The development of the Internet affords new opportunities for organizations as they add talent to their workforce. Employers are using third-party job placement websites (e.g., Monster.com), virtual job fairs, social networking websites, and even massively multiplayer online games such as Second Life to recruit job candidates. Organizations are also using their own websites to both attract and to evaluate new applicants. Accompanying these trends is the use of Internet-based testing for evaluating job candidates. Such testing varies based on whether it is proctored or unproctored and whether it incorporates dynamic computer adaptive testing. Finally, many firms are using individual candidate’s social networking websites (e.g., Facebook) as a background screening tool for evaluating job candidates. These trends are described and research questions identified.

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E-Government for Rural Development in Tanzania

Socio-Economic Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7311-1.ch085 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1678-1685

Author(s):

R. W. Kisusu ◽

D. M. Bahati ◽

G. R. Kisusu

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Service Providers ◽

Good Governance ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Electronic Government ◽

Information Communication ◽

Technology Service ◽

Rural Development Policy ◽

Ineffective Policy

This chapter presents the importance of developing rural areas with an emphasis on good governance and poverty alleviation through the use of electronic government in Tanzania. With such concern, the authors show that rural areas are as significant as the economy of most of the developing countries, including Tanzania. As such, putting sufficient efforts on rural development is unavoidable for rapid development. Further, the authors note how Tanzania improves its rural areas through the use of e-government, but efforts are constrained by the existence of poor Information Communication Technology service providers, ineffective policy, and unreliability of rural electricity. In order to address such shortfalls, the authors propose several solutions that could motivate the increase in the use of rural e-government and revise rural development policy.

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Study on the Host Security Protection in the Internet Environment

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.635-637.1628 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 635-637 ◽

pp. 1628-1631

Author(s):

Li Juan Zhuang

Keyword(s):

Information Security ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Internet Technology ◽

The Internet ◽

Host Security ◽

Security Problem ◽

Internet Information ◽

The Usa ◽

Internet Environment ◽

Work And Life

In the context of the rapid development of Internet technology, information security is particularly important, especially at present there is growing incidence of attack targeting at the host and a variety of attacking means, which does a lot of harm. To do preventive work well is to figure out what risks threatening the host and formulate timely and effective measures to protect the host.The first computer in the world came out in 1946 in the USA. With the birth of this computer, the computer technology of humankind has made spectacular development for more than the last half century and penetrated into all aspects of our lives till today. Compared with traditional means of communication, the Internet has greatly facilitated our lives, which led to the growing dependence on the Internet as well. While technology is a double-edged sword, the Internet information security is also very acute problem, which greatly troubles people’s work and life. As the most fundamental part of a computer system, the host security problem draws people’s attention in particular.

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SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND DEPENDENCE IN THE FACEBOOK USE BY ROMANIAN AND LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Problems of Education in the 21st Century ◽

10.33225/pec/17.75.354 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 75 (4) ◽

pp. 354-365

Author(s):

Vincentas Lamanauskas ◽

Dragos Daniel Iordache ◽

Costin Pribeanu

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Social Influence ◽

Social Networking ◽

Latent Variables ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Mean Values ◽

Social Networking Websites ◽

The Social ◽

Two Samples ◽

The University

The time spent on Facebook by university students is continuously increasing. This fact is raising many questions as regards the relation between the social networking websites and the university. The educators are challenged to understand the factors that are driving the adoption of social networking websites, the characteristics of the daily use as well as the positive and negative effects on the university work. The social influence has been recognized as one of the factors that are driving the adoption of information systems. On another hand, the excessive use may lead to addiction. The first objective of this research is to explore the correlation between the social influence and the Facebook dependence. A model with these latent variables has been specified and tested on two samples of university students, the first from Romania and the second from Lithuania. The second objective of the research is to comparatively discuss the measures in each country. A multi-group confirmatory factor analysis has been carried on to test the configural and metric invariance. The comparison of means shows that university students reporting higher social influence have a higher risk of Facebook dependence. The comparative analysis revealed that for both variables, the mean values are higher for the Romanian sample. Keywords: e-learning process, Facebook dependence, invariance analysis, social influence.

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PENGARUH INTERNET TERHADAP PENURUNAN MINAT BELAJAR MAHASISWA

Jurnal MUDARRISUNA Media Kajian Pendidikan Agama Islam ◽

10.22373/jm.v7i2.2366 ◽

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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