Academic and Research Information Sharing Through Social Media and Networks Among Autonomous Arts and Science Colleges in Chennai, India

Abstract

The study analyses the academic and research information share through social medias and networks among autonomous arts and science colleges in Chennai, India. The study portrays out of 302 respondents, 149 (49.3%) from female respondents, and 153 (50.7%) responses from male respondents. The p value of the variables Google scholar and Onsite.com, Prospect.com are less than 0.05, at the 5% level of significance. Hence null hypotheses for these variables are accepted. There is a no significant association between the age group of the respondents and their use of Research Gate, Google Scholar, and Prospect.com, as the p value is more than the significant level of 0.05.