Connected scholars: Examining the role of social media in research practices of faculty using the UTAUT model

Gruzd, Anatoliy; Staves, Kathleen; Wilk, Amanda

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2012.07.004

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“…Research has also revealed that digitised academics may experience struggles and tensions, particularly in relation to the time they used when engaging in these tools and platforms and their negotiation of professional and personal personae (Gruzd et al 2012, Kirkup 2010, Veletsianos 2013, Veletsianos and Kimmons 2012. This may be particularly the case with Facebook, which is often used for both personal and professional reasons by academics, and thus presents a particular case for negotiating the boundaries between these two identities.…”

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“…Veletsianos notes that these new ways of academic practice (such as asking for help for references from colleagues on social media and circulating draft forms of manuscripts for comments) differ markedly from traditional approaches to academic scholarship. A semi-structured interview study carried out with academics from a number of different countries who were members of an information technology network found that unsurprisingly, given their field of research, they were frequent and varied users of social media for research (Gruzd et al 2012). The top five most-used tools were wikis (including Wikipedia), general social media sites such as Facebook, listserv groups, blogs and video or teleconferencing tools.…”

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“…Other challenges are related to the inability to control social media content and the necessity of monitoring various social media channels, resulting in information overload (Gruzd et al 2012). A number of academics have been censured by their universities for what is viewed as inappropriate social media use or specific comments they have made or have been threatened with legal action (Gruzd et al 2012).…”

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The Internet and social media tools have created new opportunities for open science including communicating in more interactive ways and sharing research data. Drawing on evidence from interviews and a survey of academics in the United Kingdom our research suggests that most scholars recognised the value and importance of more open science communication and data sharing, but many had concerns about the potential risks. A small group, who can be termed super users, were frequently communicating updates of their ongoing research. It is clear that there are increasing opportunities for more open science and public engagement but challenges remain.

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“…Gruzd, Staves and Wilk (2012) investigated why and how they use a variety of social media for the proliferation of information and communication. For the analysis, 51 semi-structured interviews with instructors were used.…”

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Instructor Acceptance of Mobile Learning in Saudi Arabia: A Case Study of Hail University

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Masmali³

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Mobile technology has influenced almost every aspect of our modern lives. The enhancement of learning in Saudi Arabia, as well as significant development in education overall, may be possible through mobile learning. However, the successful implementation of mobile learning in tertiary education profoundly relies on the acceptance of mobile learning from both students and instructors. Most mobile learning acceptance studies target higher education students. Therefore, this study aimed at examining the factors that affect university instructors' intentions to use mobile learning at Hail University. Eighty instructors completed the online survey, and the results indicated that performance experience, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions altogether predicted the instructors' use of mobile learning, as 67% of the variation was found to be affected by these variables in the multiple regression analysis outcome. The results also suggested that effort expectancy is the best predictor of instructors' behavioural intentions to use mobile learning.

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“…Basically social media has devised a whole new set of rules and completely different mechanism for exchange of information among the individuals (Alikilic & Atabek, 2012). Although a comprehensive literature on social media acceptance and adoption (Cheung, Chiu, & Lee, 2011;Cheung et al, 2011;Gruzd, Staves, & Wilk, 2012;Hrastinski & Aghaee, 2011;Kaplan & Haenlein, 2010a;Kwon, Park, & Kim, 2014;Lee & Kim, 2014;Li & Tsai, 2015;Michikyan, Subrahmanyam, & Dennis, 2015;D. Shin, 2010;Zolkepli & Kamarulzaman, 2015) is quite extensive yet most of the studies are conducted in the advanced countries.…”

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Youths’ Social Media Adoption: Theoretical Model and Empirical Evidence

Akram¹,

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2016

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Social media has become a major source of communication and collaboration between individuals and among groups. The current paper investigates the underlying motives of social media adoption. The research identifies various determinants such as perceived connectedness, perceived enjoyment, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use as the major influencers of social media adoption intention. Using the sample from Saudi Arabia an online survey is conducted. Structural equation modeling has been used to test the proposed relationships. The results reveal that individuals' perceived connectedness and perceived enjoyment act as stimuli for their social media adoption intention. Moreover, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness mediate these stimuli and the individuals' social media adoption intention. The paper concludes with the recommendations for the academicians and the social media designers/developers.

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Connected scholars: Examining the role of social media in research practices of faculty using the UTAUT model

Cited by 322 publications

References 24 publications

Social media, science communication and the academic super user in the United Kingdom

Social media, science communication and the academic super user in the United Kingdom

Instructor Acceptance of Mobile Learning in Saudi Arabia: A Case Study of Hail University

Youths’ Social Media Adoption: Theoretical Model and Empirical Evidence

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