An Exploratory Study of Indian University Students' Use of Social Networking Web Sites: Implications for the Workplace

Autor/inn/en	Agarwal, Shailja; Mital, Monika
Titel	An Exploratory Study of Indian University Students' Use of Social Networking Web Sites: Implications for the Workplace
Quelle	In: Business Communication Quarterly, 72 (2009) 1, S.105-110 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1080-5699
DOI	10.1177/1080569908330379
Schlagwörter	Socialization; Internet; Social Networks; Web Sites; Surveys; College Students; Foreign Countries; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socialisation; Sozialisation; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Web-Design; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Collegestudent; Ausland; Indien
Abstract	Social networking Web sites (SNWs) are online tools that have transformed the virtual encounters of the past that were technical and impersonal to today's virtual socialization that is truly nontechnical, social, and interpersonal. This article presents an exploratory study of Indian University students' use of SNWs. The results indicated that students use SNWs not only for leisure and personal socialization but also as a platform for more meaningful and serious deliberations. It was also found that there was a significant difference in the respondents' usage of SNWs do widening of perspective, when the usage of the Internet was low as compared to high Internet usafe by the respondents. Specific implications of this study for workplace and future research are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10