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- Title
Investigating the role of virtual social networks in non-syllabus studies.
- Authors
Ghazizadeh, Hamid
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the use of virtual social networks and the non-syllabus studies of students at Payame Noor University in Izeh city of Iran. The research is purposeful and applied in terms of survey method. Out of 1200 students from Payame Noor University of Izeh city, 316 students were selected and analysed using Krejcie and Morgan's tables. Two questionnaires were used to collect the data of virtual networks and non-syllabus study. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics such as Pearson correlation coefficient, single-sample t-test and independent t-test were used. The results of this study showed that the correlation coefficient between the amount of social networks usage and the rate of study of non-teaching resources was statistically significant (P <0.01). As a result, with the increasing use of social networks by students, their non-syllabus study rates also increase. Also, the average use of social networks and student non-syllabus was 56.90 and 45.30 respectively, so the amount of social network use and non-syllabus study among students was lower than the criterion. The amount of T calculated for using social networks and non-syllabus studies in male and female students was 1.5 and 0.37 respectively, which shows that there is no significant relationship between these two relationships. Acceptance of virtual social media has not been overlooked in recent years, so if academics and administrators lose sight of the extent and the positive and negative factors of the use of virtual social networks among their students and society, they will lose a huge amount of money.
- Subjects
IRAN; VIRTUAL networks; SOCIAL networks; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); SOCIAL acceptance; INFERENTIAL statistics
- Publication
Library Philosophy & Practice, 2020, p21
- ISSN
1522-0222
- Publication type
Article