Exploring the Usage of Social Networking Websites: Perceptions and Opinions of Romanian University Students

Iordache, Dragoş Daniel; Lamanauskas, Vincentas

doi:10.12948/issn14531305/17.4.2013.02

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“…Very less number of students were satisfied with the other SMNSs. The results were somewhat consistent with the studies of Hall 13 , et al, and Iordache and Lamanauskas 14 . Figure 3 depicted the results that the majority of 61.24 per cent students preferred to make their profile visible only for people whom they knew well.…”

Section: Use and Satisfactionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Status and Impact of Social Media and Networking Sites on Students of College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences

Naqvi

2019

DESIDOC Jl. Lib. Info. Technol.

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The present study investigated the status and impact of social media and networking sites on College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences' students of Fiji National University, Fiji. Likert scale was used in the questionnaire. The collected data from 516 (86.00 per cent) usable questionnaires was tabulated and analysed using statistical tools and techniques. The findings showed that the majority of students participated in and satisfied with high usage of Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram accessed through laptops and PCs on daily and weekly basis. The students made their profiles visible only for the well-known people and comforted with notorious postings. The positive impacts as communication with family and friends, participation in networking activities, and involvement in social activities, as well as negative impacts as discontinuation to the sites for misusing their information, distraction from research/assignments/careers activities, continue if the account is hacked, no review of privacy settings for controlling notorious postings, and consume too much time were identified as the utmost effects of social media and SNSs. This study provides opportunity to higher management to review the social software for the benefit of Fiji National University and to carry out future related studies especially in Fiji.

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Section: Use and Satisfactionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Status and Impact of Social Media and Networking Sites on Students of College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences

Naqvi

2019

DESIDOC Jl. Lib. Info. Technol.

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“…(Kitsantas et al, 2016;Sendurur et al, 2015). Regarding the issue, Iordache and Lamanauskas (2013) asked university students to evaluate the functions of SNSs in order of their importance. The students evaluated and ranked these functions as (1) communication, (2) learning and exchanging information, (3) exchanging the items such as photos and videos and (4) friend search.…”

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Pre-service teachers' perceptions of social media – A qualitative survey study in Turkey and Sweden

Karakoyun

Lindberg

2021

Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning

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The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-service teachers' perceptions of social media. The phenomenology approach, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. The participants of the study included 201 pre-service teachers studying at two state universities, one in Turkey and the other in Sweden, in the spring term of the 2018-2019 academic year. In the study, metaphors were used to reveal pre-service teachers' perceptions of social media. The pre-service teachers were asked to fill in the following query: 'Social Media is like ……… because ………'. The collected qualitative data were analyzed by using content analysis method. The findings indicated that the preservice teachers from both countries perceived social media mostly as a tool for communication and access to information and that a very few of them associated social media with education. In addition, it was found that pre-service teachers from Turkey had more negative perceptions of social media compared to those from Sweden. The preservice teachers from Turkey who had negative perceptions associated social media mostly with addiction.

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“…Similarly, in a study conducted by Iordache and Lamanauskas (2013), the most important functions of SNSs for Romanian students were communication, learning and exchanging information, exchanging photos and videos, friend search and messaging. Jieun and Richardson (2016) found that students used SNSs frequently and actively for various reasons in their daily life, and they showed positive perceptions of using SNSs for educational purposes.…”

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Social Networking Sites as Communication, Interaction, and Learning Environments: Perceptions and Preferences of Distance Education Students

Bozkurt

Karadeniz

Kocdar

2017

JL4D

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The advent of Web 2.0 technologies transformed online networks into interactive spaces in which user-generated content has become the core material. With the possibilities that emerged from Web 2.0, social networking sites became very popular. The capability of social networking sites promises opportunities for communication and interaction, especially for distance education students who are separated from their teachers, learning resources and other students in terms of time and/or space. Within this perspective, the aim of the study is to investigate distance education students’ perceptions and preferences regarding use of social networking sites for communication and interaction purposes. In this context, the study employed a quantitative cross-sectional methodology. Research findings were derived from a sample of 2065 distance education students and the data were gathered through an online questionnaire. The research findings indicate that social networking sites (SNSs) can be used to support social learning processes.

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Exploring the Usage of Social Networking Websites: Perceptions and Opinions of Romanian University Students

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Status and Impact of Social Media and Networking Sites on Students of College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences

Status and Impact of Social Media and Networking Sites on Students of College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences

Pre-service teachers' perceptions of social media – A qualitative survey study in Turkey and Sweden

Social Networking Sites as Communication, Interaction, and Learning Environments: Perceptions and Preferences of Distance Education Students

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