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Social networking sites use and college students’ academic performance: testing for an inverted U-shaped relationship using automated mobile app usage data

open access: yesInternational Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2022
With the widespread adoption of social networking sites among college students, discerning the relationship between social networking sites use and college students’ academic performance has become a major research endeavor.
Wondwesen Tafesse
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Why Do Academics Use Academic Social Networking Sites?

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Academic social-networking sites (ASNS) such as Academia.edu and ResearchGate are becoming very popular among academics. These sites allow uploading academic articles, abstracts, and links to published articles; track demand for published articles, and ...
Hagit Meishar-Tal, Efrat Pieterse
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Social media use motives and academic performances: exploring the mediating role of daily usage duration [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
IntroductionResearch on social networking site (SNS) use and academic performance shows inconsistent results, partly because most studies treat SNS use as a uniform exposure and rarely test motive-specific mechanisms or conditional pathways. Motive-based
Ayoob Lone   +4 more
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Social networking with a brain: a critical review of academic sites

open access: yesIn the Library with the Lead Pipe, 2008
Social networking may have started out as a way for students to keep track of their friends, but it has expanded in just about every direction. These days, you can find at least one related social networking site on just about any general topic ...
Kim Leeder
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Undergraduate students and time spent on social networking sites: A study of the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yesWorld of Media, 2020
Social media sites allow students particularly in tertiary institutions to adopt different types of social networking sites to interact; keep in touch with their families and friends and keep up with their academic assignments. Conversely, there has been
Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju
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Effect of Social Media Networking Sites on University Students

open access: yesJurnal Hukum Volkgeist, 2022
Social media sites play a significant role in the present generation especially among university students. The research assess the effect of networking site on Students’ Academic Performance and examine the effect of social networking site on Students ...
Kayode Muhammed Ibrahim   +2 more
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The Effects of Social Networking Sites Use on Students’ Academic Performance at the University of Taiz [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Information Technology Management, 2022
In the academic context, social networking sites (SNSs) have reshaped the way university students connect and communicate with each other, and the way they learn, thus influencing their identities and dimensions.
Maged Rfeqallah   +3 more
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Communication, collaboration and identity: factor analysis of academics’ perceptions of online networking [PDF]

open access: yesResearch in Learning Technology, 2018
Since the advent of online social networking sites, much has been written about their potential for transforming academia, as communication and collaboration underpin many scholarly activities.
Katy Jordan, Martin Weller
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The relationship between social networking sites usage and psychological distress among undergraduate students during COVID-19 lockdown

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, interpersonal interactions are restricted to social networks. Undergraduate students are isolated in their homes and dorms. Loneliness is closely related to psychological distress.
Tariq N. Al-Dwaikat   +3 more
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The Effects of Social Networking Sites Needs and Academic Stressors on Academic Motivation of College Students

open access: yesInternational Journal of Educational Management and Development Studies, 2023
In recent years, social networking sites (SNSs) have experienced a surge in popularity, particularly among college students. These online platforms offer diverse functionalities that facilitate connections with friends and family, information sharing ...
Junge B. Guillena
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