The impact of student’s motives for social media use and educational-information sharing on their academic performance: A pilot study among students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

The focus of this study is to investigate the impact of students’ motives for using the social media and their academic related information sharing activities on their academic performance. Guided by the theory of Social Information Processing (SIP), a pilot study using a self-administered survey...

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Main Authors:	Jamalludin, Nur Hafifah, Wok, Saodah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	UKM Press 2017
Subjects:	H61.8 Communication of information
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/59913/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/59913/13/59913-The%20Impact%20of%20Student%E2%80%99s%20Motives%20for%20Social%20Media%20Use%20and%20Educational-Information.pdf

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spelling	iium-599132018-07-10T09:06:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/59913/ The impact of student’s motives for social media use and educational-information sharing on their academic performance: A pilot study among students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Jamalludin, Nur Hafifah Wok, Saodah H61.8 Communication of information The focus of this study is to investigate the impact of students’ motives for using the social media and their academic related information sharing activities on their academic performance. Guided by the theory of Social Information Processing (SIP), a pilot study using a self-administered survey questionnaire was conducted among 60 students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Gombak Campus. With the assumption that online relationship able to pose the same influence as face-to-face relationship; once it is fully established, SIP helps to explain the impact of online relationship among the users. The objectives of the study are (1) to identify the status of the students’ motives for social media use, educational-information sharing and their academic performance among IIUM students; (2) to analyze the relationships between motives for social media use, educational-information sharing and students’ academic performance; (3) to test the mediating effect of educational-information sharing on the relationship between motives for social media use and students’ academic performance. The study finds that students’ academic performance is significantly correlated with their motives for using the social media and their educational-information sharing activities. Also, educational-information sharing fully mediates the relationship between the students’ motives for social media use and their academic performance. Thus, this study contributes to the understanding of social media use for academic related-tasks upon improving the students’ academic performance. UKM Press 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59913/13/59913-The%20Impact%20of%20Student%E2%80%99s%20Motives%20for%20Social%20Media%20Use%20and%20Educational-Information.pdf Jamalludin, Nur Hafifah and Wok, Saodah (2017) The impact of student’s motives for social media use and educational-information sharing on their academic performance: A pilot study among students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). In: International Conference on Media and Communication (MENTION2017), 20-22 November 2017, Putrajaya.
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spellingShingle	H61.8 Communication of information Jamalludin, Nur Hafifah Wok, Saodah The impact of student’s motives for social media use and educational-information sharing on their academic performance: A pilot study among students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
description	The focus of this study is to investigate the impact of students’ motives for using the social media and their academic related information sharing activities on their academic performance. Guided by the theory of Social Information Processing (SIP), a pilot study using a self-administered survey questionnaire was conducted among 60 students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Gombak Campus. With the assumption that online relationship able to pose the same influence as face-to-face relationship; once it is fully established, SIP helps to explain the impact of online relationship among the users. The objectives of the study are (1) to identify the status of the students’ motives for social media use, educational-information sharing and their academic performance among IIUM students; (2) to analyze the relationships between motives for social media use, educational-information sharing and students’ academic performance; (3) to test the mediating effect of educational-information sharing on the relationship between motives for social media use and students’ academic performance. The study finds that students’ academic performance is significantly correlated with their motives for using the social media and their educational-information sharing activities. Also, educational-information sharing fully mediates the relationship between the students’ motives for social media use and their academic performance. Thus, this study contributes to the understanding of social media use for academic related-tasks upon improving the students’ academic performance.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Jamalludin, Nur Hafifah Wok, Saodah
author_facet	Jamalludin, Nur Hafifah Wok, Saodah
author_sort	Jamalludin, Nur Hafifah
title	The impact of student’s motives for social media use and educational-information sharing on their academic performance: A pilot study among students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
title_short	The impact of student’s motives for social media use and educational-information sharing on their academic performance: A pilot study among students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
title_full	The impact of student’s motives for social media use and educational-information sharing on their academic performance: A pilot study among students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
title_fullStr	The impact of student’s motives for social media use and educational-information sharing on their academic performance: A pilot study among students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
title_full_unstemmed	The impact of student’s motives for social media use and educational-information sharing on their academic performance: A pilot study among students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
title_sort	impact of student’s motives for social media use and educational-information sharing on their academic performance: a pilot study among students in international islamic university malaysia (iium)
publisher	UKM Press
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/59913/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/59913/13/59913-The%20Impact%20of%20Student%E2%80%99s%20Motives%20for%20Social%20Media%20Use%20and%20Educational-Information.pdf
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The impact of student’s motives for social media use and educational-information sharing on their academic performance: A pilot study among students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

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