...International Journal of Arts and Commerce Vol. 2 No. 1 January 2013 The Effects of Social Networking Sites on the Academic Performance of Students in College of Applied Sciences, Nizwa, Oman. Saba Mehmood Faculty, Department of Communication Studies, Nizwa College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, P.O.Box: 699 --Nizwa PC: 611, Sultanate of Oman. Tarang Taswir Faculty, Depsartment of Communication Studies, Nizwa College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, P.O.Box: 699 --Nizwa PC: 611, Sultanate of Oman. Abstract The research investigates pedagogical impacts of social networking sites on undergraduate students at the College of Applied Sciences (CAS), Nizwa, Oman. Blogs, wikis, tweets, RSS feeds, discussion boards, podcasts are educational nodes in a huge network. The study tabulates the usage of these web2.0 applications and their impact on linguistic and social behaviors of young learners. The demographic segmentation constructs a framework to evaluate social tools and e-learning technologies popular amongst learners. The results of empirical evidence explore classroom and social software as paradigms that build young knowledgeable societies. It studies variables that examine the effectiveness of these social tools in knowledge sharing and general awareness of student communities. Keywords: Social networking, E-learning, Communication, Academic performance, Oman. 1. Introduction: The Oman government's decision to increase...
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...ISSN: 2186-8492, ISSN: 2186-8484 Print エシアン ゾロナル オフ ソシルサエニセズ アンドヒオメニテズ Vol. 2 No. 3 August 2013 EFFECT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG INTROVERTS AND EXTROVERTS Raj Kumari Kalra1, Preeti Manani2 Faculty of Education, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Agra, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA. 2 preetimanani.1708@gmail.com ABSTRACT The present study investigated the effect of use of Social Networking sites on academic achievement among Introverts and Extroverts. The sample of the study was comprised of 150 students of class XI of C.B.S.E. English medium schools of Agra City. Selection of the sample was done by using ‘Simple Random Sampling Method’. The age range of the students was 16-18 years. The Introversion-Extroversion Inventory (2009) developed by Aziz & Gupta was used to identify the type of personality in terms of introversion and extroversion. Grades obtained in the previous class served as the indicator of academic achievement of the students. Results revealed that there was no significant difference between academic achievement of users and non users of Social Networking Sites (SNS). It was also found that even with personality differences among the students there was no significant difference found among extroverts and introvert students using and not using SNS with reference to their academic achievement. Keywords: SNS, Introversion, Extroversion and Academic Achievement INTRODUCTION Man is a social animal. He needs to...
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...researchers in statistical analysis Of course the panellists; Ms. Maurich May Cainap and Sir Russel Valdez who criticized this study. Aside from that, the researchers would like to give the sincerest gratitude to the respondents for answering the questionnaires; the researchers’ subjects for their voluntary participation in their experimental procedure and for their willingness to take challenges to them and consequences. The researchers would like also to thank their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cuisia and Mr. and Mrs. Yacap, for giving financial contribution to their study. Abstract This research paper is entitled, "The effects of social networking sites to the academic excellence of the students in SAGIS". The researchers had decided to study this because SNS is getting more popular among teenagers and students and curious of the effects of SNS to them. Since the students are still high school students, the researchers decided to conduct this research to gain students, teachers, parents’ knowledge. It only covered the whole high school department of SAGIS, from 1st year to 4th year which totalled in 44 respondents. The researchers used the simple random sampling (SRS) to pick 30 students and purposive sampling since the students are Aloysians and they aren’t the same in Intelligence...
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...CHAPTER I THE PROBLEMS AND ITS SETTING Introduction Nowadays, Social Network Site or SNS has become quite popular to the people. Today’s age is an age of advanced or modern technology. We can reach every corner of the world by Internet. It setting up a better platform for communication or connecting the globe under a common network. Internet truly contributed in making the world smaller place to live in. From text messages to call, from video chats to video conferencing, Internet is such a great blessing to global societies. It can easily send information to a user or get information. Social Network Site (or SNS) such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, YouTube, Skype, Instagram, etc, are some of the famous SNS that many people are interested. There are millions of users is attracted to SNS. People consume a lot of time on this sites uploading or downloading, getting information or sending information concerning their career or academic work. People are always online every second, chatting with friends, watching online videos or movie, doing research. Social Network Site has become a habit for some people, they find it difficult to study for one hour without logging in to one network site. Some users have become very smart because of the information they get from the Social Network Sites. Social Network Site began in 1978 with the Bulletin Board System or BBS. The Bulletin Board System was hosted on personal computers, requiring the users dial in through the modem of the host...
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...THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE READING INTEREST OF FOURTH YEAR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MABINI COLLEGES A Research Paper Presented to Jamila M. Macapundag Instructor, English 2 Mabini Collges Daet, Camarines Norte In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for English 2 Writing in Discipline By: Michelle O. Ojo Lizel I. Calderon James Paolo B. Belgica December 17, 2011 Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction Social Networking Sites (SNS) are of the most popular topics being talked by all the people. Examples of Social Networking Sites are Facebook, Twitter, Friendster, Yahoo Messenger, Plurk, Tumblr. Social Networking Sites help us to communicate with our friends, classmates, and relatives but they also allow us to communicate with other people who share common interests with us. Through these SNS, how it will affect the reading interest of fourth year high school students in Mabini Colleges. Social network theory differs from traditional sociological studies. In traditional theories, attributes of individual actors are assumed to matter the most. Social network theory takes a different approach, where individual attributes are less important than their relationships and ties with others within the network1. As the world becomes more complex reading interest is in increasingly important to individuals today than ever. It is vital to be informed, to succeed and to be fulfilled personally. When a child has no interest...
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...Social networking sites (SNSs) are increasingly used by young people. Critically evaluate claims that their use can have negative effects on users. Recent years have witnessed the exponential increase of web-based social networks, also known as social networking sites (SNSs). By the end of 2011, there were approximately 2.3 billion people (around one third of the global population) using the Internet, and 1.03 billion (about 45%) of which have reported using a social networking site at least once a day (International Telecommunications Union, 2011:1). According to Papacharissi (2009:199), the increasing popularity and the growth of the leading SNSs such as Facebook, My Space, Twitter and LinkedIn are due to the fact that they offer users various platforms to create their own profiles to represent themselves to interact with each other through emails, instant messages and many other integrated communication tools. While a variety of definitions of the term SNS have been suggested, this essay will use the one first suggested by Boyd and Ellison (2007:210) who saw it as: “web-based services that allow individuals to construct a public or semi-public profile, communicate with other users with whom they share a connection and view and navigate through their own list of connections as well as those of others.” As more people are becoming SNS users, it could be argued that more negative than positive impacts on society and human relationships can be seen in daily life (Ybarra...
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...Social Computing: Study on the Use and Impact of Online Social Networking IPTS Exploratory Research on the Socio-economic Impact of Social Computing Romina Cachia EUR 23565 EN - 2008 1 The mission of the IPTS is to provide customer-driven support to the EU policy-making process by researching science-based responses to policy challenges that have both a socio-economic and a scientific or technological dimension. European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Contact information Address: Edificio Expo. c/ Inca Garcilaso, s/n. E-41092 Seville (Spain) E-mail: jrc-ipts-secretariat@ec.europa.eu Tel.: +34 954488318 Fax: +34 954488300 http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu Legal Notice Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this publication. Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed. A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server http://europa.eu/ JRC 48650 EUR 23565 EN ISSN 1018-5593 Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities © European Communities, 2008 Reproduction is authorised provided the...
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...#Social Networking #Pre-dentistry #Students @DMSF Gerald Alcazaren Paolo Lopez Sam Pañgan English II Ms. Dayenne Therese C. Sipaco March 21, 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The researchers would like to would to extend their gratitude to the following: To our Almighty God, thank You for giving us the continuous strength and blessings to complete this study. Thank You answering our prayers and guiding us throughout the semester. To our families, thank you so much for all the encouragement and love despite our shortcomings. To all those that participated in study, thank you all for patiently answering our survey, for without you the data used in this study would not have been available. Lastly, would like to acknowledge and thank our patient and ever-supportive instructor, Ms. Dayenne Sipaco, for being understanding with us and helping us during each step of the writing process of this paper. ABSTRACT SAMPLE LANG ‘TO PLEASE EDIT! Despite the widespread use of social media by students and its increased use by instructors, very little empirical evidence is available concerning the impact of social media use on student learning and engagement. This paper describes our semester-long experimental study to determine if using Twitter – the microblogging and social networking platform most amenable to ongoing, public dialogue – for educationally relevant purposes can impact college student engagement and grades. A total of 125 students taking...
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...9-709-426 REV: AUGUST 25, 2009 DAVID B. YOFFIE MICHAEL SLIND NITZAN ACHSAF LinkedIn Corp., 2008 Late in June 2008, a year and a half after becoming CEO of the online professional networking service LinkedIn, Dan Nye announced that a new funding round had given the company a $1 billion valuation. Investors, led by the private equity firm Bain Capital Ventures, had purchased a 5% stake in LinkedIn for $53 million. As a result, Nye now had ample resources to put toward accelerating his company’s already phenomenal growth. LinkedIn, based in Mountain View, California, had signed up more than 23 million users for its service, and that figure was increasing at a rate of 1.2 million new users per month.1 (See Exhibit 1 for information on LinkedIn’s membership growth.) Among members of the service were top executives at every company on the Fortune 500 list.2 “LinkedIn is now so prevalent and so valuable that you have to join it,” said Nye, a Harvard Business School graduate (Class of 1994) and a former executive at Advent Software and Intuit.3 Nye understood that LinkedIn, like the ambitious professionals whom it served, could not stand still. He had arrived at the company in February 2007, and since then LinkedIn had launched a European-based operation, opened up its platform to third-party software developers, and increased its head count from 60 to 310.4 A mere half-decade after its founding, the company had already turned profitable, and it was on track to bring in revenues...
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...social networking sites 24/7. Spending too much time on these sites creates the potential of a more sedentary lifestyle, becoming more egocentric, and withdrawing from activities and relationships. Social networking sites help connect us with the world, but with all that convenience and information comes a new set of social issues. In Introduction to Digital Literacy, Bowles (2013) gives in depths look at Web 2.0, its tools, and its significance. Web 2.0 gives us the ability to blog, tweet, email, and generally interact with others by using our computers or mobile devices. Bowles goes into some great detail about how to use social networking sites properly, protect one’s privacy, and the computer slang that has now become a part of the English language. While the exciting and wonderful world of social networking is celebrated, it is also mentioned that there is a dark side. One must be discrete and private about information they choose to share on social networking sites. Bowles (2013) cautions and educates one about social networking while making one aware that the positives offset the negatives. One of the main ways we use computer technology is through social networking. Over the years we’ve encountered Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, Classmates, Vine, and so many more. It’s the quickest and easiest way to connect to...
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...stay in touch with each other Social networking web sites help people keep in touch with old friends, make new friends, distribute new data or product, and many more aspects of our everyday lives. We define social network sites as web-based services that allow individuals to: (1) Construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system. (2) Articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) View and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. The nature and nomenclature of these connections may vary from site to site. HOW DOES ‘SNS’ WORK While SNSs have implemented a wide variety of technical features, their backbone consists of visible profiles that display an articulated list of Friends who are also users of the system. Profiles are unique pages where one can type oneself into being. After joining an SNS, an individual is asked to fill out forms containing a series of questions. The profile is generated using the answers to these questions, which typically include descriptors such as age, location, interests, and an "about me" section. Most sites also encourage users to upload a profile photo. Some sites allow users to enhance their profiles by adding multimedia content or modifying their profile's look and feel. Others, such as Facebook, allow users to add modules (Applications) that enhance their profile. The public display of connections is a crucial component of SNSs. The Friends list contains links...
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...MARCH 19, 2012 Teens, Smartphones & Texting Texting volume is up while the frequency of voice calling is down. About one in four teens say they own smartphones. Amanda Lenhart Senior Research Specialist, Pew Internet Project Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project 1615 L St., NW – Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: 202-419-4500 http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Teens-and-smartphones.aspx Summary of findings The volume of texting among teens has risen from 50 texts a day in 2009 to 60 texts for the median teen text user. Older teens, boys, and blacks are leading the increase. Texting is the dominant daily mode of communication between teens and all those with whom they communicate. The typical American teen is sending and receiving a greater number of texts than in 2009. Overall, 75% of all teens text. Here are the key findings about the role of texting in teens’ lives: The median number of texts (i.e. the midpoint user in our sample) sent on a typical day by teens 12-17 rose from 50 in 2009 to 60 in 2011. Much of this increase occurred among older teens ages 14-17, who went from a median of 60 texts a day to a median of 100 two years later. Boys of all ages also increased their texting volume from a median of 30 texts daily in 2009 to 50 texts in 2011. Black teens showed an increase of a median of 60 texts per day to 80. Older girls remain the most enthusiastic texters, with a median of 100 texts a day in 2011, compared with 50 for boys...
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...of Technology Company which is active in 180 countries. IBM began his career in the early 20th century, the name Computing Tabulating-Recording Company. Now, IBM is providing services to the aerospace, defense, automotive, banking, construction, electronics, retail and telecommunications. IBM's contribution to the development of computer technology is higher than other companies. This report clearly describes changes in five IBM Business Environment. This report briefly reviews the various steps that led to changes in the world. These include the environment in earlier versions of IBM, which partly explains IBM, the type of activities, products and policies. Second, changes in the business environment for micro and macro environment, the effect of environmental factors. Third resolution SWOT analysis mortar disputes and analysis of five forces model Porter, contributing to the achievement of the company and, finally, a detailed analysis of economic developments and the recommendations, some better suggestions to help you perform better. The international company IBM Business Machines (IBM) develops and manufactures information technology (IT) systems and services worldwide. IBM Computing Tabulating-Recording Co. past and changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation, founded in 1924 by IBM in 1910, Armonk, New York. IBM's business environment is organized in a way that takes into account...
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...With the advancement in technology and increased accessibility of internet the use of social media is enhanced. The availability and easy access to internet has allowed Social networking sites (SNS) to create a new social aspect where every individual are benefited. Social networking sites are Internet-based tools for disseminating, sharing and discussing information. SNSs differ from the traditional media as it is a Web 2.0 platform for collaboration and co-creation. It is an essential tool for Internet users worldwide and a defining element of the Internet generation. It is also enhances the required social, economic and political change. The social network sites also help individuals to keep in touch with old friends and making new friends....
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...Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship danah m. boyd School of Information University of California-Berkeley Nicole B. Ellison Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Michigan State University ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form Abstract Social network sites (SNSs) are increasingly attracting the attention of academic and industry researchers intrigued by their affordances and reach. This special theme section of theJournal of Computer-Mediated Communication brings together scholarship on these emergent phenomena. In this introductory article, we describe features of SNSs and propose a comprehensive definition. We then present one perspective on the history of such sites, discussing key changes and developments. After briefly summarizing existing scholarship concerning SNSs, we discuss the articles in this special section and conclude with considerations for future research. Introduction Since their introduction, social network sites (SNSs) such as MySpace, Facebook, Cyworld, and Bebo have attracted millions of users, many of whom have integrated these sites into their daily practices. As of this writing, there are hundreds of SNSs, with various technological affordances, supporting a wide range of interests and practices. While their key technological features are fairly consistent, the cultures that emerge around SNSs are varied. Most sites...
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