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Starting from elementary school up until university graduation, social media has the role to empower parents, students and teachers to use new ways of sharing information and build a community. Statistics show that 96% of the students that have internet access are using at least one social network.
The integration of social media aims to create a more dynamic and engaging learning environment that aligns with the digital native mindset of today’s students. However, the effective use of social media in educational settings requires careful planning, implementation, and monitoring.
Sep 1, 2023 · At the extreme, social media use can interfere with sleep, physical activity, schoolwork, and in-person social interactions. “The risk of technologies that pull us in is that they can get in the way of all the things we know are important for a teen’s development,” Nesi said.
Apr 10, 2023 · From willfully hiding the negative effects of social media use for vulnerable populations to creating tools that reinforce racial bias, today’s platforms are causing harm and sowing disinformation for young people and adults alike.
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Articles were coded by region, reflecting the locale of the study’s participants or context. The majority of the relevant articles (276; 48%) were situated in North America, followed by Europe (125; 22%), and Asia (87; 15%). As can be seen in Table 3, there was limited representation of South American and Africa. A subset of articles spanned across...
To examine the research conducted on social media in the school context, we reviewed the 224 articles identified as relevant, education-related, and empirical. The articles that fit within this group did not all focus narrowly on teenagers as users of social media, but encompass a broader range of educational uses and users. In this section, we pro...
We examined the articles that were focused on some element of social media use among the teenage population but situated outside of school contexts for prominent topics. Across these 320 non-educational articles, which were published in journals associated with academic disciplines such as communication and health-related fields, five topical theme...
- Vanessa P. Dennen, Hajeen Choi, Kari Word
- 2020
Mar 1, 2023 · The use of social media in higher education has been demonstrated in a number of studies to be an attractive and contemporary method of teaching and learning. However, further research and investigation are required in order to align social media's pedagogical benefits with the theoretical perspectives that inform educational practices.
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Oct 2, 2019 · This review of the published research on social media in education focuses on the affordances for student learning, teacher professional development, educational research practices, and communication of scholarship.
