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What is Online Social Networking Sites

Chapter 615
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
Online social networking sites (OSNs) generally refer to Internet-based locations that allow individuals and groups to interact. Specifically, it refers to those Internet-based services that: promote online social interaction between two or more persons within a bounded system for the purposes of friendship, meeting other persons, and/or exchanging information; contains a functionality that lets users create public or semi-public personal profile pages that contain information of their own choosing; serves as a mechanism to communicate with other users; and contains mechanisms that allow users to search for other users according to some specific criteria. Examples of the most visited OSNS are Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Friendster, Myspace, and LinkedIn.
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Online Social Networking Behavior and Its Influence Towards Students' Academic Performance
Maslin Masrom (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia) and Selisa Usat (Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch615
Abstract
Online social networking (OSN) is an online application that has grown rapidly in prevalence and popularity in recent years. This article synthesizes the literature review concerning use of OSN in school, college and university, and academic performance of students. It offers definitions of OSN, followed by the status of current knowledge about the use of OSN and academic performance of students. Based on the secondary sources, it concludes the entry with recommendations for future research direction on the relationship between use of OSN and academic performance.
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Use of Online Social Networking and Academic Performance of Students
Online social networking sites (OSNs) generally refer to Internet-based locations that allow individuals and groups to interact. Specifically, it refers to those Internet-based services that: promote online social interaction between two or more persons within a bounded system for the purposes of friendship, meeting other persons, and/or exchanging information; contains a functionality that lets users create public or semi-public personal profile pages that contain information of their own choosing; serves as a mechanism to communicate with other users; and contains mechanisms that allow users to search for other users according to some specific criteria. Examples of the most visited OSNS are Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Friendster, Myspace, and LinkedIn.
Published in Chapter: Use of Online Social Networking and Academic Performance of Students; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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