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Social media as a news source is the use of online social media platforms rather than moreover traditional media platforms to obtain news. Just as television turned a nation of people who listened to media content into watchers of media content in the 1950s to the 1980s, the emergence of social media has created a nation of media content creators .
ics use social media, and the specific platforms they use. Surveys typically employ Likert scale formats to assess academics’ level of agreement with inventories of state-ments, derived from the potential ways in which social media tools may enhance scholarly practice. However, these approaches assume that the inventories are com-
drawbacks of social media in the classroom, educators and policymakers can make informed decisions about how to best integrate these tools into the curriculum. The results of this study will also shed light on the most effective types of social media platforms and tools for enhancing learning and engagement among K-12 students.
their own preferences in terms of participation, online communities, and social media platforms”(Gruzd, Paulin, & Haythornthwaite, 2016). Beyond their role in teaching and learning, social media may also have a number of positive attributes related to the professional development and network literacy of teachers and researchers. For
Experts from many different fields have conducted research and held debates about how using social media affects mental health.Research suggests that mental health issues arising from social media use affect women more than men and vary according to the particular social media platform used, although it does affect every age and gender demographic in different ways.
Engaging with social media platforms two hours before falling asleep can affect sleep quality, and a longer duration of digital media use is associated with reduced total sleep time. The phenomena of "Facebook depression" is a condition which comes to surface when young adults have a higher usage of Facebook and tend to manifest the actual ...
However, the impacts of social media platforms on students in developing countries are still in doubt because of its distractive nature. Students spend hours on their social media platforms chatting and doing other activities, which many see as distractive. This study looks into the impact of social media platforms on students' academic
Following the research of Albert Bandura, the advent of social media has changed the platform for social interaction and human experience. Educators have a unique opportunity to apply the concepts of Bandura's Social Learning Theory toward enhanced student engagement and learning in a social media context.