Vocational School Students' Purposes of Facebook Usage

Autor/in	Yorganci, Serpil
Titel	Vocational School Students' Purposes of Facebook Usage
Quelle	(2016), S.154-160 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Vocational Education; Social Media; Technology Uses in Education; Student Characteristics; Gender Differences; Use Studies; Questionnaires; Interpersonal Relationship; Foreign Countries; Postsecondary Education; Statistical Analysis; Student Attitudes; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Soziale Medien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Benutzerschulung; Fragebogen; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ausland; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Statistische Analyse; Schülerverhalten; Türkei
Abstract	The study investigated vocational school students' purposes of Facebook usage and examined how some demographic profile, including gender frequency of Facebook usage and network size on Facebook have played a role in their purposes of Facebook usage. For the purpose, the researcher used a questionnaire that was completed by a sample of students at the Erzurum Vocational School, Ataturk University. The first section of the questionnaire consists of students' demographic profile. The second section of the questionnaire included "Purposes of Facebook Usage Scale" developed Mazman (2009). This scale consists of 11 items with 3 factors as "social relations" (7 items), "work related" (2 items) and "daily activities" (2 items). Results indicated that social relations are the main reason why vocational school students use Facebook. It is used for communication, sharing news and pictures and meeting new people rather than worked related purposes. It is also found that statistically significant differences in purposes of Facebook usage based on gender. According to the results, females performed better on work related factor and males performed better on social relations and daily activities factors. [This paper was presented at the III. International Dynamic, Explorative, and Active Learning (IDEAL) conference, Sep 1-3, 2016, Samsun, Turkey.] (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01