Learning with Social Media

Author(s):  
Eduardo Adrián Toloza ◽  
Wolfram Lothar Laaser

The main purpose was to investigate the selection patterns and uses made of the web tools in both formal and non-formal education by the students. The authors found that many of them use devices and applications as ‘simple remote control' - discarding all the available possibilities for learning. The criteria for selecting the respective application in many cases are arbitrary, or just a response to advertising or the usage made by their friends. The applications of Web 2.0, in turn, provide ample opportunities (often for free) for being successfully incorporated into learning activities. To benefit from the use of social media for learning purposes, it is important to know students' preferences and the way in which they handle the media used in their private as well as in their academic environment. It is important for the university that the usage of technologies is not drifting too far away from those which students use outside the walls of the campus.

Author(s):  
Eduardo Adrián Toloza ◽  
Wolfram Lothar Laaser

The main purpose of this article is to investigate the selection patterns and uses made of the web tools and social media in both formal and non-formal education of students. The possibility of using networks to provide a multitude of stimuli that can be used for facilitating the learning, which offer a wide range of possibilities. The authors found that in many cases, the students use the devices and applications as a ‘simple remote control' discarding all the available possibilities for learning. The criteria for selecting the respective application in many cases are arbitrary or just a response to advertising or the usage of their friends. The web tools and social media provide ample opportunities, often for free, for incorporation into learning activities. To benefit from the use of them for learning purposes, it is important to know student preferences and the way in which they handle the media, in their private and academic environments. Also, the perception of the sense of spatial, social and temporal distance, which gives shape to our relationships and daily exchanges of information is essential for teachers. It is important for universities that the usage of technologies is not drifting too far away from those which students use outside the walls of the campus.


Author(s):  
Bogdan Pătruţ ◽  
Monica Pătruţ ◽  
Camelia Cmeciu

Schools and universities are not the only providers of knowledge any longer. Other types of organizations have become aware that a solid public-serving reason should lie beyond the firm-serving motive. “Doing well by doing good” has been the syntagm that prevails nowadays in the organizational discourse focused on corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaigns. This chapter has a twofold aim: to highlight two paradigmatic shifts (CSR 1.0 --> CSR 2.0 & formal education --> non-formal education), and to provide an analysis of the Web 2.0 practices and items and of the verbal and visual framing devices used in a CSR 2.0 campaign on non-formal financial education. Social media have provided the applications to put into practice the concept of edutainment specific to non-formal education since educators get a multifold identity, being, at the same time, generators and receivers of knowledge.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-157
Author(s):  
Endrise Septina Rawanoko ◽  
Kokom Komalasari ◽  
Suwarma Al-Muchtar ◽  
Prayoga Bestari

Penggunaan media sosial pada mahasiswa menjadi salah satu gaya hidup di lingkungan Universitas Wisnuwardhana Malang. Pada era digital seperti saat ini penggunaan media sosial sering disalah gunakan bahkan menjadi ajang bully, rasis, dsb. Untuk itu penggunaan media sosial perspektif digital ethic hadir sebagai cara untuk meminimalisir kebobrokan moral anak didik di media sosial. Riset ini berfokus pada penggunaan media sosial perspektif digital ethic pada mahasiswa di Universitas Wisnuwardhana Malang. Metode penelitian ini adalah kualitatif deskriptif. Hasil dari penelitian di lapangan mengenai penggunaan media sosial dan perspektif digital ethic adalah mayoritas mahasiswa Universitas Wisnuwardhana Malang menggunakan media hanya untuk memposting foto-foto pribadi serta kegiatan yang positif. Sistem komunikasi sosial yang ada di media sosial, sama persis dengan sistem komunikasi dalam lingkungan sehari-hari. Mahasiswa Universitas Wisnuwardhana Malang mempertimbangkan dalam mengupload ataupun memposting di media sosial. ABSTRACTThe use of social media for students is one of the lifestyles in the University of Wisnuwardhana Malang. In this digital era, the use of social media is often misused. It even becomes an arena for bullying, racism, etc. For this reason, the use of social media with an ethical digital perspective is present to minimize the moral decay of students on social media. This research focuses on using social media with a digital ethics perspective on students at Wisnuwardhana University Malang. This research method is descriptive qualitative. The research results in the field regarding the use of social media and the digital ethics perspective are that many Wisnuwardhana University Malang students use the media only to post personal photos and positive activities. The social communication system in social media is precisely the same as the communication system in everyday life. Wisnuwardhana University Malang students consider uploading or posting on social media


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hairus Salikin ◽  
Saidna Zulfiqar Bin Tahir

In the last of few years, the use of social media has become the main topic in teaching and learning, but by the rapid development of technology, there must be a shift of students’ interest in employment the media. Thus, this research aimed to reveal; (1) Do the use of social media improve the EFL students’ writing skill; and (2) What factors affect the EFL students’ writing achievement. This research employed experimental design. The respondent of the current research were two classes of third semester EFL students at the University of Jember. In collecting data, the researchers used writing test, interview, and observation. The data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0. The researchers found that; 1) The use of social media did not significantly improve the students’ writing skill, and 2) There were some specific factors that hindered the students; achievement in writing descriptive text.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-271
Author(s):  
Tomasz Brylew

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in interest in the subject of family businesses. This coincided with the Web 2.0 revolution, which changed the nature of communication in our society. Many family businesses have noticed that the interactivity of social media can be an effective tool for competing with others. The article provides the analysis of the use of social media as a modern communication channel for family enterprises. For this purpose, the available literature and reports were analyzed and pilot studies were carried out on a group of family businesses in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship.


Author(s):  
Ruth Grüters ◽  
Knut Ove Eliassen

AbstractTo understand the success of SKAM, the series’ innovative use of “social media” must be taken into consideration. The article follows two lines of argument, one diachronic, the other synchronic. The concept of remediation allows for a historical perspective that places the series in a longer tradition of “real time”-fictions and media practices that span from the epistolary novels of the 18th century by way of radio theatre and television serials to the new media of the 21st century. Framing the series within the current media ecology (marked by the connectivity logic of “social media”), the authors analyze how the choice of the blog as the drama’s media platform has formed the ways the series succeeded in affecting and mobilizing its audience. Given the long tradition of strong pedagogical premises in the teenager serials of publicly financed Norwegian television, the authors note the absence of any explicit media critical perspectives or didacticism. Nevertheless, the claim is that the media-practices of the series, as well as the actions and discourses of its followers (blogposts, facebook-groups, etc.), generate new insights and knowledge with regards to the series’ form, content, and practices.


Author(s):  
Kirsten Forkert ◽  
Ana Lopes

This article examines unwaged posts at UK universities, using recent examples of advertised job posts. While unpaid work is common in the UK higher education system, unwaged posts are not. The posts under scrutiny in this article differ from traditional honorary titles as they target early career academics, who are unlikely to have a paid position elsewhere, rather than established scholars. The article contextualizes the appearance of these posts in a climate of increasing marketization of higher education, entrenching managerialism in higher education institutions, and the casualization of academic work. We also discuss resistance to the posts, arguing that the controversy surrounding unpaid internships in the creative industries created a receptive environment for resisting unwaged posts in academia. We analyze the campaigns that were fought against the advertisement of the posts, mostly through social media and the University and College Union. We explore the tactics used and discuss the advantages and limitations of the use of social media, as well as the role of trade unions in the campaigns against these posts, and we reflect on what future campaigns can learn from these experiences.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-139
Author(s):  
Yanti Haryantini

This study aims to determine the effect of interest in entrepreneurship using social media on business among students of the University of Pamulang.The object of this research is students who use social media as a medium for entrepreneurship at Pamulang University majoring in management. In the 2020 period with a population of 448. The number of samples taken with the Slovin formula in order to obtain a sample size of 84. The data in this study were processed by regression analysis to obtain the objectives of the study.The conclusion obtained in this study is that there is an influence of entrepreneurial interest in entrepreneurship on students. There is an influence of the use of social media on entrepreneurship in students.


2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hana Silvana ◽  
Cecep Darmawan

AbstrakFenomena pengunaan media sosial sebagai media online semakin massive pada dekade ini. Kalangan muda sebagai generasi milenial atau digital native merupakan pengguna terbesar dalam penggunaan media sosial saat ini. Penelitian mengenai literasi digital masih jarang dilakukan terutama di Indonesia. Subyek penelitian ini adalah kalangan usia muda dengan rentang usia 17–21 tahun yang merupakan pengguna aktif media sosial. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode studi kasus. Informan yang dijadikan sampel penelitian sebanyak 5 orang dan 1 orang informan kunci dari pakar literasi media. Temuan yang diperoleh pada penelitian ini menunjukan pentingnya program literasi digital yang memberikan dampak positif bagi pengetahuan, pemahaman dan keterampilan dalam menggunakan media terutama media sosial yang saat ini sering dijadikan sumber informasi oleh khalayak terutama oleh kalangan yang berusia muda. Program ini memberikan kontribusi yang signifikan pada penyebaran informasi dalam menggunakan media massa terutama media sosial yang digunakan oleh kalangan usia muda sehingga ada kesadaran dalam menggunakan media. Pada pendidikan pelatihan (diklat) ini peserta belum semua mempunyai keahlian ini dikarenakan keahlian ini memerlukan latihan yang terus menerus dan konsisten sehingga mereka dapat melakukannya dengan baik. Oleh karena itu pendidikan literasi digital merupakan solusi yang dapat dilakukan oleh pemerintah dan elemen masyarakat dan civitas akademika yang peduli terhadap kemajuan bangsa. AbstractThe phenomenon of the use of social media as an online media is increasingly massive in the use of this decade. Young people as the native millennial or digital generation are the biggest users in the use of social media today. Research on digital literacy is still rare, especially in Indonesia. The subjects of this study were young people aged 17-21 years that were active users of social media. This study uses a qualitative approach to the case study method. The informants who were used as research samples were 5 people and 1 key informant from media literacy experts. The findings obtained in this study indicate the importance of digital literacy programs that have a positive impact on knowledge, understanding and skills in using the media, especially social media which is now often used as a source of information by audiences, especially among young people. information on using mass media, especially social media used by young people so that there is awareness in using the media. In this education participants do not all have this expertise because this skill requires continuous and consistent training so that they can do it well. Therefore digital literacy education is a solution that can be done by the government and elements of society and academics who care about the progress of the nation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 222-237
Author(s):  
Muhammad Edy Susilo

AbstrakPemilihan umum merupakan salah satu Peristiwa penting yang akan menentukan arah perjalanan sebuahnegara. Ada 12 parti politik yang bertanding dalam pemilihan umum 2014. Pelaksanaan pemilihan umumtidak dapat dipisahkan dengan media,kerana media menjadi salah satu cara bagi parti politik untukmendapatkan pemilih. Di Indonesia, hubungan antara politik dengan media menjadi lebih rumit keranasebahagian besar ahli politik parti juga merupakan pemilik media massa nasional. Sudah menjadi sifatmedia, untuk selalu akan menyuarakan kepentingan pemiliknya. Namun, pada pemilihan umum 2014ada fenomena yang menarik iaitu luasnya penggunaan media sosial, seiring dengan meningkatnyapenggunaan internet di Indonesia. Maka, kempen politik bergeser dari ruang fizik menuju ruang maya.Jika pada pemilihan umum sebelum ini kempen politik selalu melibatkan massa yang besar, pawai atauorasi di tempat, terbuka, namun kali ini kempen yang dilakukan adalah lebih bersifat individu. Kempendilakukan melalui telefon pintar, komputer riba dan gajet yang lain. Dengan media sosial, masyarakatbukan lagi penonton yang pasif tetapi aktif. Masyarakat boleh menjadi penyampai maklumat dan bukanhanya sebagai penonton, sehingga dominasi media massa konvensional runtuh. Salah satu fenomenayang menonjol adalah munculnya Tokoh Joko Widodo, yang popular dengan nama Jokowi, sebagai salahsatu calon presiden dari Parti Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan. Jokowi berjaya menggunakan mediasosial untuk bekempen, walaupun partinya tidak memiliki media massa. Abstract General election is one of the crucial moments that will determine the development of a country. Thereare 12 political parties competing in the 2014 Indonesian national elections. The elections cannot beseparated with the media, because political parties use media in their campaign to influence voters. InIndonesia, the relationship between politics and the media becomes more complicated because most ofthe party’s political elites are also the owner of the national mass media. It is the nature of media, to alwaysbe voicing the interests of its owner. However, in the 2014 elections there is an interesting phenomenon:the increasing use of social media, along with the increasing penetration of the Internet in Indonesia. Thus,the political campaign shifted from physical space to the virtual space. If in the previous elections, politicalcampaigns always involve huge masses and rhetorics in the open space; in this election the campaigncarried more personal. Now, campaigns are conducted through smart phones, laptops and other gadgets.With social media, people are no longer passive but active audience. People can be a message producerand not just as an audience, so the conventional media dominance collapsed. One of the prominentphenomenon is the rising popularity of the president candidates from the Partai Demokrasi IndonesiaPerjuangan, Joko Widodo, who is popularly known as Jokowi. Jokowi has successfully used social mediafor the campaign, even though his political party does not have the mass media.


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