"Facebook," Social Integration and Informal Learning at University: "It Is More for Socialising and Talking to Friends about Work than for Actually Doing Work"

Autor/inn/en	Madge, Clare; Meek, Julia; Wellens, Jane; Hooley, Tristram
Titel	"Facebook," Social Integration and Informal Learning at University: "It Is More for Socialising and Talking to Friends about Work than for Actually Doing Work"
Quelle	In: Learning, Media and Technology, 34 (2009) 2, S.141-155 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1743-9884
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Informal Education; Student Attitudes; Social Integration; Student Experience; Social Networks; College Students; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Friendship; Student Adjustment; Interaction; Student Surveys; Web Sites; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Schülerverhalten; Soziale Integration; Studienerfahrung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Collegestudent; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Freundschaft; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Interaktion; Schülerbefragung; Web-Design; Großbritannien
Abstract	Whilst recent studies suggest that over 95% of British undergraduate students are regularly using social networking sites, we still know very little about how this phenomenon impacts on the student experience and, in particular, how it influences students' social integration into university life. This paper explores how pre-registration engagement with a university "Facebook" network influences students' post-registration social networks. Research was conducted with first year undergraduates at a British university using an online survey. Students reported that they specifically joined "Facebook" pre-registration as a means of making new friends at university, as well as keeping in touch with friends and family at home. The survey data also illustrate that once at university, "Facebook" was part of the "social glue" that helped students settle into university life. However, care must be taken not to over-privilege "Facebook": it is clearly only one aspect of students' more general social networking practices and face-to-face interrelationships and interactions remain important. Students thought "Facebook" was used most importantly for social reasons, not for formal teaching purposes, although it was sometimes used informally for learning purposes. (Contains 1 table and 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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