A Qualitative Exploration of First Generation College Students and the Use of Facebook in the College Choice Selection Process

Autor/in	Coker, Cindy E.
Titel	A Qualitative Exploration of First Generation College Students and the Use of Facebook in the College Choice Selection Process
Quelle	(2015), (171 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Lamar University, Beaumont
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3397-3588-7
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Social Media; Phenomenology; Qualitative Research; Technology Uses in Education; Educational Technology; First Generation College Students; Interviews; Teaching Methods; Interpersonal Relationship; Interaction; Grade 8; Grade 9; Grade 10; College Choice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Soziale Medien; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Qualitative Forschung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Unterrichtsmedien; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interaktion; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Studienortwahl
Abstract	The purpose of this exploratory phenomenological narrative qualitative study was to investigate the influence of Facebook on first-generation college students' selection of a college framed within Hossler and Gallagher's (1987) college process model. The three questions which guided this research explored the influence of the social media website Facebook during the predisposition, search, and choice phases of the college choice process model. Eight persisting first-generation college students were selected using a purposeful, snowball sampling, and interviewed. The results indicated an influence of Facebook in each phase of the college choice process model. The implications for practice include: an increase in Facebook interaction between students, teachers, and counselors between a student's 8th and 10th grade years and the consideration of college recruitment to determine their target audience when placing advertisements on Facebook. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01