Serious Social Media: On the Use of Social Media for Improving Students' Adjustment to College

Autor/inn/en	DeAndrea, David C.; Ellison, Nicole B.; LaRose, Robert; Steinfield, Charles; Fiore, Andrew
Titel	Serious Social Media: On the Use of Social Media for Improving Students' Adjustment to College
Quelle	In: Internet and Higher Education, 15 (2012) 1, S. 15-23Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1096-7516
DOI	10.1016/j.iheduc.2011.05.009
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Social Support Groups; Intervention; College Freshmen; Web Sites; Electronic Publishing; Computer Uses in Education; Computer Mediated Communication; Social Networks; Technology Integration; Educational Technology; Use Studies; Student Adjustment; Program Effectiveness; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Studienanfänger; Web-Design; Elektronisches Publizieren; Computernutzung; Computerkonferenz; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Unterrichtsmedien; Benutzerschulung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	A considerable body of research indicates that social support plays an integral role in determining students' successful adjustment to college. Unlike previous research that has evaluated face-to-face support interventions that occur during students' first semester at college, the current study reports on a student-centered social media site designed to enhance students' perceptions of social support prior to their arrival on campus. Results indicated that site usage increased students' perceptions that they would have a diverse social support network during their first semester at college, even when controlling for other potent predictors. The importance of social support perceptions for college adjustment is detailed and the ramifications of the social media intervention are discussed. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10