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Impact of Social Media Usage on Information Retrieval Among Undergraduate Students in Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin

Impact of Social Media Usage on Information Retrieval Among Undergraduate Students in Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin

Evelyn Olakitan Akinboro, Taylor Morenikeji Olayinka
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 31
ISBN13: 9781522590347|ISBN10: 152259034X|EISBN13: 9781522590361
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9034-7.ch021
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Akinboro, Evelyn Olakitan, and Taylor Morenikeji Olayinka. "Impact of Social Media Usage on Information Retrieval Among Undergraduate Students in Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin." Handbook of Research on Digital Devices for Inclusivity and Engagement in Libraries, edited by Adeyinka Tella, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 406-436. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9034-7.ch021

APA

Akinboro, E. O. & Olayinka, T. M. (2020). Impact of Social Media Usage on Information Retrieval Among Undergraduate Students in Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin. In A. Tella (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Digital Devices for Inclusivity and Engagement in Libraries (pp. 406-436). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9034-7.ch021

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Akinboro, Evelyn Olakitan, and Taylor Morenikeji Olayinka. "Impact of Social Media Usage on Information Retrieval Among Undergraduate Students in Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin." In Handbook of Research on Digital Devices for Inclusivity and Engagement in Libraries, edited by Adeyinka Tella, 406-436. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9034-7.ch021

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Abstract

The chapter examined the impact of social media on information retrieval among undergraduate students in Faculty of Management Science, University of Ilorin. It determined the social media network that undergraduate students are more exposed to for retrieving information, identifying the differences in undergraduate students' usage of social media network for information retrieval based on gender and age brackets, exploring preference for social media compared to other sources of information retrieval system available for students, exploring the types of information retrieved from social media network, and identifying the challenges faced by undergraduates in the use of social media networks. The population of the study was comprised of 3,634 students out of which a sample of 360 was chosen through stratified random technique. A self-designed questionnaire was used to collect data. Five research questions were developed and answered by the study. The findings revealed that undergraduate students' exposure to social media is very high.

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