Social network site usage and social participation

Lara, S. (Sonia); Naval, C. (Concepción)

Authors:

Lara, S. (Sonia)

Naval, C. (Concepción)

Keywords:

Social network
Socialization
Educational challenges

Issue Date:

2010

Publisher:

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Publisher Version:

http://www.editlib.org/p/34980/

ISBN:

978-1-880094-81-5

Citation:

Lara, S. and Naval, C. (2010). Social network site usage and social participation. In: Jan Herrington and Bill Hunter (Eds.). World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications Vol. 2010, No. 1 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2438–2442

Abstract

There exist numerous recent studies which describe the penetration of the usage of social networks among young and not-so-young citizens. These media are characterized as having a great potential for fostering socialization and the sense of belonging to a community; nevertheless, there exist contrary research results concerning whether or not they are influencing the development of greater civic involvement in a real way. In this paper we analyze this question in the light of the educational challenges that are presented by social networks as promoters of social participation.

URI:

https://hdl.handle.net/10171/36638

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