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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Social Networking Sites (SNS)"”.
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Social Media and Peer Review: Edmodo in the Composition Classroom
… its ability to help students to see writing in a social context. While students use social writing on a daily basis on social networking sites (SNS), these communicative tools have yet to be accepted as valuable pedagogical tools in composition classrooms. This case study investigates how students …
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Civic and political involvement among young adults: Exploring political talk, political efficacy and political participation in a community context
… information-seeking uses of the Internet and social networking sites (SNS) and their relationships with political efficacy and political participation. Approximately 300 young adults completed a survey covering information-seeking, information access, and information sharing uses for local …
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A feminist study of women using mobile phones for empowerment and social capital in Kaduna, Nigeria
… have adopted and are using mobile phones for social capital building and empowerment. The study which is qualitative in nature utilises interviews to gather the experiences of the mobile lives of 22 women. Results obtained are analysed using a theme template analysis approach. This project …
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Political engagement and social networking sites exploring the relationship between social networking sites and political engagement in young adults
<p>Social Networking Sites (SNS) have extremely high rates of young adult users. Facebook.com report.s that more than half of its users are of college age. Due to the increasing number of political figures and political information on SNS, this study analyzes the relationship between SNS and …
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An explorative investigation into the effect of frequent versus non-frequent use of social network sites on students’ spelling skills and academic performance
This paper assesses the relationship between Social Networking Sites (SNS) and the effect of its excessive use on a user’s spelling capabilities and academic performance by using a single-factor, multi-level between subjects design (One-way ANOVA). The One way Anova was applied to SNS use …
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NCAA Recruiting in the Age of Social Media
… of the study is to determine the various impacts Social Networking Sites (SNS) have on Canadian full scholarship National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division 1 athletes’ recruitment processes. The study employs a qualitative, interview-based methodology. Six Canadian athletes who …
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Information and communication techologies and the urban transformation of South African informal settlement communities
… Communication Technology (ICT) practices of the Social Justice Coalition (SJC), a grassroots community based organisation working with informal settlement communities in Khayelitsha, a largely informal neighbourhood on the south-eastern fringes of Cape Town, South Africa. The study focuses on …
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A study of Myspace and Facebook from the perspectives of uses and gratification and impression management
… explored MySpace and Facebook, two popular social networking sites (SNS), from the perspectives of the uses and gratification model and impression management theory. As a qualitative exploratory study, this thesis had three objectives. First, it investigated why young people use SNS. Second, …
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From the Streets to the Tweets: Social Network Analysis of Canadian Street Gang Members and Their Use of Twitter, Facebook and Youtube
In the last two decades, the use of social networking sites (SNS) has increased at an astounding rate. Research regarding street gangs’ use of social media generally suggests two assumptions: Firstly, street gang members have infiltrated SNS, and have transferred much of their gang culture from the …
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University students' use of technologies in China
… users of instant messaging (1M), blogs and social networking sites (SNS). Nevertheless, the use of more recent web 2.0 technologies that are often associated with this generation is relatively low. There are also an increasing number of students who access the Internet via their mobile …
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Understanding the structure and role of academics' ego-networks on social networking sites
Academic social networking sites (SNS) seek to bring the benefits of online networking to an academic audience. Currently, the two largest sites are Academia.edu and ResearchGate. The ability to make connections to others is a defining affordance of SNS, but what are the characteristics of the …
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User-oriented appropriateness : a theoretical model of written text on Facebook for improved PR communication
During the last decade, social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook have become normal tools for our daily communication. The rise and usage of these networks not only affected how we stay up to date, but their usage as tools for our daily conversations also affected the way we communicate …
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The perceived trustworthiness of electronic word of mouth (eWOM) on attitude towards dietary supplements, purchase intention and behaviour for dietary supplements amongst female adolescents in Saudi Arabia
Social networking sites (SNS) such as MySpace, Twitter and Facebook provide effective communication platforms that influence the purchase behaviour of brands for many age groups particularly adolescents. These platforms offer boards of online engagement by user-generated content to share, like and …
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Young people’s perspectives on the role of the media in wellbeing
… of traditional media and “new medias” such as Social Networking Sites (SNS) in various aspects of adolescents’ wellbeing. It comprises of a literature review, a research paper, a critical appraisal and an ethics section. The literature review synthesises qualitative research exploring the role …
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Investigating the role of social networking sites in increasing purchase intention for environmentally sustainable apparel: an exploratory study
… apparel is challenging. This study considers social networking sites (SNS) a feasible strategy regarding this issue because they not only rapidly communicate to consumers but SNS also convey the attitudes and opinions of users’ online referent groups. This study better understands the …
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Going where students are: comparing faculty and student uses and perceptions of social networking in higher education
… needs of students. As the popularity of social networking increases, specifically among college students, the question arises: should colleges and universities utilize social networking sites (SNS) as a supplemental educational tool? This study explored this question by using survey items …
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#Socialsupport for Diet and Physical Activity via Web 2.0: A Qualitative Study of College Women
… behaviors, and health theory suggests that one’s social environment and amount of social support affects health behaviors, particularly among women. With the technological advances of Web 2.0, or social media, the opportunity for providing social support for health behaviors through the online …
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Explaining Relationship Satisfaction: Attachment, Technology Use, and Sexual Satisfaction in Long-Distance Relationships
… technology channels (i.e., phone, e-mail, social networking sites [SNS], text messaging, instant messaging [IM], and video chat), (d) General Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (GMSEX; Lawrance & Byers, 1998), which measures sexual satisfaction; and (e) Couples Satisfaction Index-16 (CSI-16; …
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"If you're not talkin' mess, then you should be ok": collegiate student-athletes' strategies and practices on social networking sites
… self-disclosure strategies and practices on social networking sites (SNS), as well as the underlying factors for these strategies and practices. Moreover, this study intended to discover if collegiate student-athletes post sensitive content on SNS and, if they do, to determine the underlying …
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An enquiry into the relationship between social networking site use and primary school children's academic performance and cognition
Young people are extensively using social networking sites (SNS), which has given rise to alarming claims about the effects of SNS use on children’s learning and cognitive development. Most literature, however, has examined the impact of media multitasking on cognition rather than SNS, and has been …
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