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Asia-Pacific Students' Awareness and Behaviour Regarding Social Networking in the Education Sector

Published:2022-07-08 Issue: Volume: Page:1652-1680
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Container-title:Research Anthology on Applying Social Networking Strategies to Classrooms and Libraries
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Author:

Issa Tomayess¹,Alqahtani Sulaiman¹,Issa Theodora¹,Iahad Noorminshah A.²,Peldon Peldon³,Kim Sooyoung⁴,Saurabh Samant⁵,Pervaizz Sumaiya¹,Yoo Sun Joo⁶

Affiliation:

1. Curtin University, Perth, Australia

2. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia

3. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan

4. Seoul Women's University, Seoul, South Korea

5. Indian Institute of Technology, Jharkhand, India

6. Seowon University, Cheongju, South Korea

Abstract

Social networking (SN) technology has been presented to human beings as a means of communicating, collaborating, connecting, and cooperating to exchange knowledge, skills, news, chat, and to maintain contact with peers world-wide. This article examines SN awareness in the Asia-Pacific (AP) education sector (ES) with a specific focus on the advantages and disadvantages of SN; and investigated whether AP culture influences SN adoption by the ES. An online survey was distributed to 1014 AP students and a total of 826 students responded. Several new advantages of adoption emerged from the data analysis. SN enabled students to accomplish their study tasks more quickly; it allowed them to communicate and collaborate with peers world-wide; and it fostered sustainability. The disadvantages perceived by students include depression, loneliness, and distraction, lack of interest in pursuing traditional activities, and security and privacy concerns. Finally, culture does influence SN adoption by ES institutions in AP countries.

Publisher

IGI Global

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