- Title
- Perceptions of social media as a tool for research: a study of postgraduate students, University of Fort Hare, Alice campus
- Creator
- Abolanle, Ogunnubi Adeyemi
- Subject
- University of Fort Hare
- Subject
- Media literacy
- Subject
- Internet research
- Date
- 2014-10
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/26381
- Identifier
- vital:65299
- Description
- The study aimed at examining the perceptions of social media as a tool for research among postgraduate students at the University of Fort Hare, Alice campus. Data were collected using a quantitative research approach by administering structured questionnaires to 310 postgraduate students under the cluster sampling across different faculties and departments, and analysed by SPSS Statistical software and Chi-square test. 264 questionnaires were returned for analysis and these respondents maintained that they utilized social media platforms for their academic research. The findings further revealed that social media has to a large extent improved students‟ research activities as they frequently seek practical knowledge for demonstration and tutorship. Furthermore, the respondents regard social media as a good platform for research topics in audio and video formats, scholarly articles, journals and books. This study concluded that since students explore the social media platforms and search engines for various reasons, academic research inclusive, it therefore becomes imperative to create more links within the social media for students to explore books, scholarly journals and articles necessary for research and academic purposes.
- Description
- Thesis (MSoc) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2014
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (124 leaves)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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