International Students' Use of Social Media as Information Sources

Information Needs, Behaviour And Use Among International Students

Information behaviour has been defined as how a person or group of persons actively or passively interacts and connects with channels or sources of information, primarily because of purposive intention. Information needs can also be defined as a situation where a person’s current knowledge or available information is inadequate to answer unknown questions or help to achieve their individual or collective goals. This issue has been theoretically argued as an antecedent that continually leads to seeking of further information. Information seeking is an everyday life activity where people unconsciously in their normal daily routines obtain information through mass media, meeting new friends, visiting relatives, associates and recently social media.