Investigating the Patterns of Social Network Sites (SNS) Usage among Business Students

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internalnotes Bosch, T. E. (2009). "Using Online Social Networking for Teaching and Learning : Facebook Use at the University of Cape Town." Communication : South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research 35(2): 185-200. Boyd, D. M. and N. B. Ellison (2007). "Social Network Sites : Definition, History, and Scholarship." Computer Mediated Communication 13(1). Brocke, J. V., D. Richter, et al. (2009). Motives of Using Social Network Sites (SNSs) - An analysis of SNS Adoption Among Students. 22nd Bleed eConference eEnablement : Facilitating an Open, Effective and Representative eSociety. Bled, Slovenia: 33-49. Bryant, L. (2007). Emerging Trends in Social Software for Education. British Educational Communications and Technology Agency : Emerging Technologies for Learning:, Becta. Haythornthwaite, C. (2005). "Social Networks and Internet Connectivity Effects." Information, Communication & Society 8(2): 125 - 147. Hew, K. F. (2011). "Students' and Teachers' Use of Facebook." Computers in Human Behaviour 27: 662-676. Joinson, A. N. (2008). 'Looking t', 'Looking up', or 'Keeping up with' People? Motives and Uses of Facebook. Proceedings of the 26th annual SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems, New York, ACM. Lampe, C., N. B. Ellison, et al. (2008). Changes in Use and Perception on Facebook. Proceedings of the ACM 2008 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, New York, ACM. Ophus, J. D. and J. T. Abbit (2009). "Exploring the Potential Perceptions of Social Networking Systems in University Courses." Journal of Online Learning and Teaching 5(4): 639-648. Pempek, T. A., Y. A. Yermolayeva, et al. (2009). "College students' social networking experiences on Facebook." Journal of Applied Development Psychology 30: 227-238. Sunden, J. (2003). Material Virtualities : Approaching Online textual Embodiment, Peter Lang Publishing. Surowiecki, J. (2005). The Wisdom of Crowds, Anchor Books.
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spelling 7914 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=7914 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection407072 Restricted Document Article Journal application/pdf 7 1.6 Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 20 Paper Capture Plug-in Farhan 2012-03-06 21:49:42 3702-01-FH02-FIK-14-00777.pdf UniSZA Private Access Investigating the Patterns of Social Network Sites (SNS) Usage among Business Students Universal Journal of Management and Social Sciences The objective of this paper is to examine the patterns of Social Network Sites (SNS) usage among business students in one of the public university in Malaysia. A total of 327 business students from the Faculty of Business Management and Accountancy participated in the survey. The results indicate that majority of the respondents owns a notebook and use their own notebook to access the internet. In addition, majority of the respondents rated Facebook as their favourite SNSs account and have more than one SNSs account with majority of them are members of Facebook. Regardless of gender, business students used SNSs mainly for chatting. 2 3 1-7 Bosch, T. E. (2009). "Using Online Social Networking for Teaching and Learning : Facebook Use at the University of Cape Town." Communication : South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research 35(2): 185-200. Boyd, D. M. and N. B. Ellison (2007). "Social Network Sites : Definition, History, and Scholarship." Computer Mediated Communication 13(1). Brocke, J. V., D. Richter, et al. (2009). Motives of Using Social Network Sites (SNSs) - An analysis of SNS Adoption Among Students. 22nd Bleed eConference eEnablement : Facilitating an Open, Effective and Representative eSociety. Bled, Slovenia: 33-49. Bryant, L. (2007). Emerging Trends in Social Software for Education. British Educational Communications and Technology Agency : Emerging Technologies for Learning:, Becta. Haythornthwaite, C. (2005). "Social Networks and Internet Connectivity Effects." Information, Communication & Society 8(2): 125 - 147. Hew, K. F. (2011). "Students' and Teachers' Use of Facebook." Computers in Human Behaviour 27: 662-676. Joinson, A. N. (2008). 'Looking t', 'Looking up', or 'Keeping up with' People? Motives and Uses of Facebook. Proceedings of the 26th annual SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems, New York, ACM. Lampe, C., N. B. Ellison, et al. (2008). Changes in Use and Perception on Facebook. Proceedings of the ACM 2008 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, New York, ACM. Ophus, J. D. and J. T. Abbit (2009). "Exploring the Potential Perceptions of Social Networking Systems in University Courses." Journal of Online Learning and Teaching 5(4): 639-648. Pempek, T. A., Y. A. Yermolayeva, et al. (2009). "College students' social networking experiences on Facebook." Journal of Applied Development Psychology 30: 227-238. Sunden, J. (2003). Material Virtualities : Approaching Online textual Embodiment, Peter Lang Publishing. Surowiecki, J. (2005). The Wisdom of Crowds, Anchor Books.
spellingShingle Investigating the Patterns of Social Network Sites (SNS) Usage among Business Students
summary The objective of this paper is to examine the patterns of Social Network Sites (SNS) usage among business students in one of the public university in Malaysia. A total of 327 business students from the Faculty of Business Management and Accountancy participated in the survey. The results indicate that majority of the respondents owns a notebook and use their own notebook to access the internet. In addition, majority of the respondents rated Facebook as their favourite SNSs account and have more than one SNSs account with majority of them are members of Facebook. Regardless of gender, business students used SNSs mainly for chatting.
title Investigating the Patterns of Social Network Sites (SNS) Usage among Business Students
title_full Investigating the Patterns of Social Network Sites (SNS) Usage among Business Students
title_fullStr Investigating the Patterns of Social Network Sites (SNS) Usage among Business Students
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the Patterns of Social Network Sites (SNS) Usage among Business Students
title_short Investigating the Patterns of Social Network Sites (SNS) Usage among Business Students
title_sort investigating the patterns of social network sites (sns) usage among business students