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AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USAGE AMONG THE STUDENTS IN THE MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITIES

This paper investigates the factors for, manner in which and purposes of students using Social Networking Sites (SNSs). The paper also examines the most popular SNSs currently visited. The study surveyed 265 students from four public and private universities respectively in Malaysia. The findings...

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Main Authors: M Almadhoun, Nour, Lai, Fong Woon, D. Dominic, P. Dhanapal
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Published: 2012
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L Education (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8427/1/075_214_ICMEF2012_Proceeding_PG0900_0908.pdf
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spelling my.utp.eprints.84272017-01-19T08:21:18Z AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USAGE AMONG THE STUDENTS IN THE MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITIES M Almadhoun, Nour Lai, Fong Woon D. Dominic, P. Dhanapal L Education (General) This paper investigates the factors for, manner in which and purposes of students using Social Networking Sites (SNSs). The paper also examines the most popular SNSs currently visited. The study surveyed 265 students from four public and private universities respectively in Malaysia. The findings indicate that 97% of students have SNSs accounts. Facebook was the most popular site with 97% penetration rate. SNSs members participated in this study reported that (i) they had been on SNSs for at least one year, (ii) logging in their accounts several times a day and (iii) having 100 to 300 friends on SNSs. The surveyed students who did not have SNSs accounts responded that they had not used the SNSs due to the lack of time. The study also found that socializing and information searching topped the purposes of SNSs usage compared to that of for educational reason. 2012-10-15 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8427/1/075_214_ICMEF2012_Proceeding_PG0900_0908.pdf http://w w w . g l o b a l r e s e a r c h . c o m . m y M Almadhoun, Nour and Lai, Fong Woon and D. Dominic, P. Dhanapal (2012) AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USAGE AMONG THE STUDENTS IN THE MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITIES. In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGEMENT, ECONOMICS, 15-16 October 2012, Kuching, Sarawak. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8427/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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topic L Education (General)
spellingShingle L Education (General)
M Almadhoun, Nour
Lai, Fong Woon
D. Dominic, P. Dhanapal
AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USAGE AMONG THE STUDENTS IN THE MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITIES
description This paper investigates the factors for, manner in which and purposes of students using Social Networking Sites (SNSs). The paper also examines the most popular SNSs currently visited. The study surveyed 265 students from four public and private universities respectively in Malaysia. The findings indicate that 97% of students have SNSs accounts. Facebook was the most popular site with 97% penetration rate. SNSs members participated in this study reported that (i) they had been on SNSs for at least one year, (ii) logging in their accounts several times a day and (iii) having 100 to 300 friends on SNSs. The surveyed students who did not have SNSs accounts responded that they had not used the SNSs due to the lack of time. The study also found that socializing and information searching topped the purposes of SNSs usage compared to that of for educational reason.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author M Almadhoun, Nour
Lai, Fong Woon
D. Dominic, P. Dhanapal
author_facet M Almadhoun, Nour
Lai, Fong Woon
D. Dominic, P. Dhanapal
author_sort M Almadhoun, Nour
title AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USAGE AMONG THE STUDENTS IN THE MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITIES
title_short AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USAGE AMONG THE STUDENTS IN THE MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITIES
title_full AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USAGE AMONG THE STUDENTS IN THE MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITIES
title_fullStr AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USAGE AMONG THE STUDENTS IN THE MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITIES
title_full_unstemmed AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USAGE AMONG THE STUDENTS IN THE MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITIES
title_sort examination of social networking sites usage among the students in the malaysian universities
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8427/1/075_214_ICMEF2012_Proceeding_PG0900_0908.pdf
http://w w w . g l o b a l r e s e a r c h . c o m . m y
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8427/
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