The Usage of, and Confidence in, Social Media as Study Sources among Undergraduate Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey Comparing It with Traditional Study Sources

Autor/inn/en	Viana, Ricardo Borges; Neves-Silva, Alex Vito Santos; Santos, Douglas Assis Teles; Vancini, Rodrigo Luiz; Andrade, Marília Santos; Teixeira, Cauê Vazquez La Scala; de Lira, Claudio Andre Barbosa
Titel	The Usage of, and Confidence in, Social Media as Study Sources among Undergraduate Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey Comparing It with Traditional Study Sources
Quelle	In: Education and Information Technologies, 26 (2021) 2, S.2233-2252 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Viana, Ricardo Borges) ORCID (Santos, Douglas Assis Teles) ORCID (Vancini, Rodrigo Luiz) ORCID (Andrade, Marília Santos) ORCID (Teixeira, Cauê Vazquez La Scala) ORCID (de Lira, Claudio Andre Barbosa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2357
DOI	10.1007/s10639-020-10357-3
Schlagwörter	Use Studies; Self Esteem; Social Media; Undergraduate Students; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Physical Education; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Benutzerschulung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Soziale Medien; Ausland; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Brasilien
Abstract	The main purposes of this study were: to profile the usage of, and confidence in, social media as study sources among undergraduate students for academic purposes and to compare the level of usage of, and confidence in, social media with other study sources. A cross-sectional survey about educational sources and social media usage and confidence, composed of eight items with closed-end-type Likert scale responses (1 to 5 points), was answered by 406 Brazilian physical education undergraduate students (236 men and 170 women) recruited from two public universities. Of these students, 98.3% used social media. Social media (median: 3), books (median: 4), scientific articles in Portuguese (median: 4) and blogs/websites (median: 4) obtained similar usage scores (p > 0.05) but higher (p < 0.05) than other study sources. Books (median: 5) and scientific articles (median: 5) obtained a similar confidence score (p > 0.05) but higher (p < 0.05) than social media. Social media presented widespread usage as study sources despite the lower level of confidence attributed to them. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01