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Ukwishaka, Marie Claire; Aghaee, Naghmeh – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2020
Facebook is growing fast in various fields including education field. Most studies showed that today students in higher education use Facebook to communicate, cooperating and finding solutions. The main purpose of this study is to investigate and reflect on students' perspectives regarding the use of Facebook and its influence on students'…
Descriptors: Social Media, Higher Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning
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Bäck, Emma A.; Bäck, Hanna; Altermark, Niklas; Knapton, Holly – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2018
It is a human fundamental to desire to be valued, loved and respected--to be significant. Social exclusion induce significance loss which elicits a 'quest for significance'--the search for opportunities to re-gain significance. The present article establishes this relation in a laboratory experiment (N = 71, mean age = 28, SD = 10.42, 65% women,…
Descriptors: Social Isolation, Laboratory Experiments, Attitude Change, Rejection (Psychology)
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Svensson, Anette – Education Inquiry, 2014
This article is based on a questionnaire study of the media habits of Swedish youth aged 17-18. It examines the time they spend on using fictional texts through various media forms as well as in relation to mode (production/consumption), context (spare time/school), and gender (male/female). It further analyses these media habits and, using media…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Educational Environment, Gender Differences, Time Management