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Use of social networking in the middle east: Student perspectives in higher education

dc.contributor.authorIssa, Tomayess
dc.contributor.authorAlqahtani, Sulaiman Ghazi B.
dc.contributor.authorAl-Oqily, İbrahim
dc.contributor.authorGöktalay, Şehnaz Baltacı
dc.contributor.authorKöse, Utku
dc.contributor.authorIssa, Theodora
dc.contributor.authorSalih, Bilal Abu
dc.contributor.authorAlmufaraj, Waleed Khalid
dc.contributor.buuauthorBALTACI, ŞEHNAZ
dc.contributor.departmentEğitim Fakültesi
dc.contributor.departmentBilgisayar ve Öğretim Teknolojileri Eğitimi Bölümü
dc.contributor.researcheridABG-8660-2021
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-14T13:18:03Z
dc.date.available2024-06-14T13:18:03Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-29
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to determine the benefits, risks, awareness, cultural factors, and sustainability, allied to social networking (SN) use in the higher education (HE) sector in Middle Eastern countries, namely Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Using an online survey, 1180 complete responses were collected and analyzed using the statistical confirmatory factor analysis method. The use of SN in the Middle Eastern HE sector has the capacity to promote and motivate students to acquire professional and personal skills for their studies and future workplace; however, the use of SN by tertiary students is also associated with several risks: isolation, depression, privacy, and security. Furthermore, culture is influenced by using SN use, since some countries shifted from one dimension to another based on Hofstede's cultural framework. The study new findings are based on a sample at a specific point in time within a culture. The study findings encourage academics to include SN in unit activities and assessments to reap the benefits of SN, while taking steps to mitigate any risks that SN poses to students. Although other studies in the Middle East examined the use of Learning Management System and Facebook in, HE as a means of engaging students in discussions and communications, however, this study contributes a better understanding of the benefits and risks, awareness, culture, and sustainability, associated with the use of SN in the HE sector in the Middle East. Finally, the paper concludes with an acknowledgment of the study limitations and suggestions for future research.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06676
dc.identifier.eissn2405-8440
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85103792800
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06676
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021007799
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11452/42223
dc.identifier.volume7
dc.identifier.wos000649723500002
dc.indexed.wosWOS.SCI
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.journalHeliyon
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectSites
dc.subjectCollaboration
dc.subjectInternet
dc.subjectBehavior
dc.subjectMedia
dc.subjectIntegration
dc.subjectDepression
dc.subjectAwareness
dc.subjectSocial networking
dc.subjectMiddle east
dc.subjectAwareness
dc.subjectCulture
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectScience & technology - other topics
dc.titleUse of social networking in the middle east: Student perspectives in higher education
dc.typeArticle
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