Internet and Higher Education Serious social media: On the use of social media for improving students’ adjustment to college David C. DeAndrea a‚ ‚ Nicole B. Ellison b‚ Robert LaRose b‚ Charles Stein eld b‚ Andrew Fiore b a b Department of Communication‚ Michigan State University‚ United States Department of Telecommunication‚ Information Studies & Media‚ Michigan State University‚ United States a r t i c l e Available online xxxx Keywords: Social media Social capital Transition to college College
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Social Media are websites and applications for social networking. Students communicate with their friends‚ family and strangers on this social media. There are many social networks available for students to communicate all over the world with people. Facebook‚ twitter‚ MySpace to mention a few are social networking site which every student has an account with‚ students create their a profile and put their information about themselves for their friends. In a country like Nigeria‚ students get access
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Effect of Media Technology on Learning Behavior. In the mid 1990’s‚ the evolution of media industry had bring a huge change to the country when the government changed the fundamental of broadcasting services‚ with the amendment to allow the satellite television broadcast. Besides that‚ the government also allows and gives licenses to some of television stations and private radio to boost the development of mass media in Malaysia. The result‚ media had been the main contribute to the lifestyle of
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The Negative Effects of Technology and Social Media Technology and social networking sites may seem to be the best invention yet‚ however not only do they cause people to become anti-social‚ they also cause psychological disorders to occur. Technology is great to use for various things including communication. However‚ people have chosen to take full advantage of it‚ and now it just might be backfiring on some of them. In older days when there was only television‚ movies‚ radio‚ and magazines‚
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A worthy life Our lives are being chosen by us and being determined by our future‚ people are being judged from where they come from while others are being judge from where they are heading to‚ but the mystery always remains with us. He was a man‚ a man indeed‚ He was like any other man who was born and raised in Ikenne‚ He went to school like all other men in his time‚ He was disciplined for late coming like other
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Introduction Social media contribute enormously an extremely significant role in the lives of youths. In addition‚ youths can either real risks or opportunities from social media. The risks are not rooted in technology but issues regarding the youths’ social and personal development. It is imperative that youths are guided so that they develop appropriate skills as well as the resilience required to navigate social media opportunities and risks. Peer groups should be given the opportunity to develop
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The Media and Today’s Youth Today‚ there is no escape from the flamboyant displays of sex and violence on television‚ in the movies‚ and in commercial advertising. When watching the morning news‚ the television floods with reports of sexual assault and murder. When waiting in line at the grocery store‚ it is impossible to ignore the headlines accusing wives of cheating and husbands of abuse. When driving on the highway‚ it is difficult to concentrate on the road with audacious billboards with
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Impact of media use on children and youth The influence of the media on the psychosocial development of children is profound. Thus‚ it is important for physicians to discuss with parents their child’s exposure to media and to provide guidance on age-appropriate use of all media‚ including television‚ radio‚ music‚ video games and the Internet. The objectives of this statement are to explore the beneficial and harmful effects of media on children’s mental and physical health‚ and to identify
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music reveals unequivocal evidence that media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in both immediate and long-term contexts. The effects appear larger for milder than for more severe forms of aggression‚ but the effects on severe forms of violence are also substantial ( r .13 to .32) when compared with effects of other violence risk factors or medical effects deemed important by the medical community (e.g.‚ effect of aspirin on heart attacks). The research
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fraudulent activities by the youth‚ and unlike the traditional criminal groups‚ both gender are functionally involved in it (Adeniran‚ 2008). The antics of the ‘yahoo yahoo boys’‚ also known as ‘yahoo yahoo millionaires’ has raised a new generation of lazy youths‚ who spend hours on the internet perfecting their game and literally killing their prey (Nkanga‚ 2008); cyber crime is becoming one of the fastest growing-internet (fraudulent?)businesses in Nigeria (Aghatise‚ 2006). Numerous crimes
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