...12/2/2015 College students’ academic motivation, media engagement and fear of missing out Journals Books Download PDF Sign in Export Article outline is loading... Search ScienceDirect Help Advanced search Computers in Human Behavior Volume 49, August 2015, Pages 111–119 107578|| College students’ academic motivation, media engagement and fear of missing out Dorit Alt Show more doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.057 Highlights • Possible links between FoMO, social media engagement, and three motivational constructs were examined. • A new scale was designed to measure the extent to which students used social media tools in the classroom. • The links between social media engagement and motivational factors were mediated by FoMO. Abstract The concerns about the consequences of mental problems related to use of social media among university students have recently raised consciousness about a relatively new phenomenon termed Fear of Missing Out (FoMO). Drawing on the selfdetermination theory and on the assumption that low levels of basic need satisfaction may relate to FoMO and social media engagement, the aim of the present research was to examine for the first time possible links between FoMO, social media engagement, and three motivational constructs: Intrinsic, extrinsic and amotivation for learning. Data were gathered from 296 undergraduate students by using the following scales: Social Media Engagement (SME), Fear of Missing Out (FoMOs) and Academic Motivation...
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...Sport and Social Issues: Researchers vs Journalists Social science researchers and media journalists use different approaches to sport and social issues. An example of this can be seen in the “publication journalism” practice by O’Neill and Mulready (2014) and the media article by Lopiano (2004). In the social science research publication more relevant subject knowledge, statistics and logic is included along with a high level of subject specific language and academic writing. This is in contrast to the media article where the journalist may find it difficult to apply academic writing as the target audience may not be as well educated. In conclusion to this, research journals are aimed at people with an interest in a specific area and who have adequate knowledge of the subject whereas media coverage is aimed at the general public who may be reading about an issue for the first time, thus meaning the author may have to include suggestive or sympathetic language styles. Another difference between the two approaches is the use of references, media publications do not always include previous research and cite specific work. Media articles, for example in appendix 1’s “Low Female Sports Coverage In Media Due to Gender Bias” are simpler written by using more emotive language to engage the reader whilst using a modest range of vocabulary so the general population can understand the point being made. This is a divergence to scientific publications which are more scientifically targeted...
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...others. The compilation of these cited works provide insights as to how social media and entertainment outlets continue to formulate perspectives and influence culture within western society as well as emerging global markets. The selected writings provide information specific to the societal impacts of watching TV, playing video games, and communication through social media networks. Bissell, Tom. "Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter” They Say I Say, The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing With Readings. 2nd ed. Ed. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, and Russel Durst. New York: Norton, 2012. 349-362. Tom Bissell describes his personal experience playing the newly released video game Fallout 3 on November 4, 2008. Bissell expresses how he played the game for seven hours straight and missed watching the CNN International broadcast of the United Sates Presidential election results that occurred this same date. The remainder of the article Bissell describes the related game content and characteristics for which he expended his time. Bissell evaluates and provides specifics regarding the games atmospheric graphic elements, overall style, and in-game play intelligence. Bissell expresses that he is more interested in video games that tell stories. Bissell evaluates the differences between films and video games by which the player creates the game experience and storyline. While Bissell’s article provides a review of the video game Fallout 3, he also informs readers of...
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...Multitasking Influences Academics In her article ‘ Multitasking influences Academics’, Nizia Alam describes how multitasking affects student’s ability to focus and why multitasking has a negative impact on student’s grade. The author starts giving the example of a student who cannot concentrate even when he knows that he has a test the next day. This example helps to explain Fred Green’s hypothesis; students are aware that they are wasting time on social media, but they cannot stop doing that. Another point mentioned in the article is that not all the student admit they are multitasking; to make this point more clear, Nizia refers to a recent study, that study argue that this student generation think that most of the things they do are correct; also they do not agree with the idea that social media can not be managed by them. They think everything is controlled. Nzia then introduces multitasking as the action to do more than one thing simultaneously. She makes reference to Moktharii’s comparison: it is not a problem when a person does two simple things, the problem is when both actions require the brain’s concentration to process the information. Finally, the author stresses the consequences of multitasking in student’s grades. I think this article reflects a reality. On my point of view, multitasking can be positive and negative depending on the context. It is positive when the objective is to produce quantity and it is negative when the purpose is to get a quality. As...
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...employment opportunities, entertainment and academics. There is no doubt that technology has set its foundation and is here to stay. One area in which the effects of technology can be clearly noted is in the lifestyle of children. The addiction to technology by children today has increased over the years. This is clearly seen in the developmental progress of children today. This dependence has greatly influenced how children interact with their peers, how they learn and how they spend their free time. It is important as educators and parents to find a balance between learning and using technological devices for recreation. Children today have developed a total reliance on technology for communication and entertainment. Steve Carell, the actor/comedian, in his commencement speech at Princeton University in 2012 said, “When I was in college, I wouldn’t ‘text’ a girl to ask her out on a date. I would ask her, in person. One human being to another. And when she said ‘no,’ which she always did, I would suffer the humiliation and self-loathing that a young man needs for his, or her personal growth” (Farber et. al, 2012). In his speech, Steve Carell illustrates how communication and interaction with peers used to be. It was mostly face to face interactions. However, the countless changes in communication have redefined the process of how people reveal information about themselves to others. Today, young people use different forms of social media like Facebook or Twitter, to communicate...
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...(1) Rethinking the boundaries of social marketing: activism or advertising? By Walter Wymer Journal of Business Research - J BUS RES , vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 99-103, 2010 Article Review: Walter Wymer is currently a faculty member in the Management department of University of Lethbridge, Canada. He has done extensive research in areas of nonprofit organizations’ marketing strategies and their effectiveness. His areas of expertise are nonprofit studies, volunteerism, business ethics and social activism. In the above mentioned article, Wymer aims to highlight the ineffectiveness of tactics of social marketers in trying to promote healthy food consumption by the public. The main focus of the article is to imply that conservative approach of social marketing in no longer helpful in yielding positive response from the people and a more rigorous approach is needed to negate the unhealthy consumer behavior. Marketing strategies around the world are enhancing, more and more is being invested in trying to influence peoples’ decisions and behaviors through marketing and advertisements. Social marketing agencies are highly lacking the right skills needed to direct the behavior of consumers whereas commercial marketing industries are vigilantly taking advantage of the wide array of mediums like television, radio, internet, social media websites, blogs, vlogs, etc to promote their products. Wymer emphasizes about the extent of influence on people created by commercial...
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...Topics : Social media plays a crucial role in a teenager’s life. II. Thesis Statement : Social media reveals the true character or identity of a teenagers either be popular or full of negative feedbacks, these highly affect how teen’s look and value their lives. III. Research Proposal : A. Research Purpose 1) To observe if teens get distracted with schooling (grades/academics) 2) To determine if teens struggle with friends in school and outside (social events & extra-curricular) 3) To identify how teen’s look at life (affected, positive or negative) due to social media. B. Research Questions 1) Do online social networks corrupt values and morals of a teen or every social media user in general? 2) Do teenagers be cautions in posting or sharing information about themselves in social networks? 3) Do teenagers spend more time browsing & surfing social media networks rather than studying academics for school? 4) Does social media affect relationships between children / teenagers and their parents? 5) Can cyberbullying be present to teens in social media networks? IV. Annotated Bibliography Subject guides. (2015, February 3). Retrieved February 17, 2015, from http://subjectguides.fortlewis.edu/content_mobile.php?pid=435944&Sid=3604900 Niemer, E. (2012, February 1). Teenagers and social media. Retrieved February 17, 2015, from http://www.alive.com/articles/view/23615/teenagers_and_social_media Social media general...
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...The purpose of this essay is to review Kimberle Crenshaw’s 1991 article about the marginalisation of women of colour. The article focuses on how feminism ignores black women’s ethnicity and how antiracist campaigns ignore black women’s gender. This is where the term ‘intersectionality’ arose from. Intersectionality is used to give people experiencing more than one form of oppression the opportunity to identify as both minorities at once instead of each one separately. For example instead of identifying as black and gay and a woman a person is able to identify as a black gay woman. This is intersectionality. As previously mentioned, the main topic of Crenshaw’s article is society’s ignorance of women of colour; both campaigns that could be aimed...
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...Background of the Study: The research investigates the impacts of social networking websites on undergraduate students’ performance at Technology College Sarawak. The variables identified are age, gender, education, social influence and academic performance. Questionnaire will be design based on the requirement to determine the reasons and factors that affect the students’ performance and will be distributed to 30 correspondents, which consist of students in Technology College Sarawak. Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivision, if one’s will. Although social networking is possible in person, especially in the workplace, universities, and high schools, it is most popular online. An online social networking is a place where people build social relations by sharing information’s, interests, activities, or their real lives connections too. It allows users to communicate with each other without limits and boundaries. When it comes to online social networking, websites are commonly used. These websites are known as social sites. Social networking websites function like an online community of internet users. Depending on the website in question, many of these online community members share common interests in hobbies, religion, politics and alternative lifestyles. Once the user is granted access to a social networking website they can begin to socialize. This socialization may...
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...Personal development planning (PDP) helps ascertain goals in an educational context, it also highlights strategies to achieve those goals. In Gsm the PDP process can be crucial in developing skills that are needed in pursuit of a student’s educational and career endeavours such as presentation skills, academic writing and so on, there will be an explanation on some of the skills below. An example of one of these skills is self-reflection, it is a process that helps students review how they are developing and where there is room for improvement. PDP in Gsm enables students to be better learners, it also teaches them how to reach their full potential. Paraphrasing can be defined as “Expressing the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity” (Oxford dictionary, 2015), It is a literary tool that helps a student use their own words to convey or incorporate another person’s idea or message into their work without plagiarism. Some other uses of paraphrasing are. Paraphrasing is necessary for academic writing, Universities students need paraphrasing to produce work in that level(Lebedev, 2014).Paraphrasing is a very useful for academic purposes as it shows an understanding of the material and it also shows the student is able to integrate others ideas into their writing. Paraphrasing enhances a learners understanding of English syntax’s, as it requires playing around with the original passage (Lebedev, 2014).Paraphrasing increases...
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...easily. Now computer is one of the best machines made by man, which can solve any problem and process any information in a second. Due to the development in computers technology, Internet has also become a part of it. Therefore, Social media like Facebook and Twitter has become a big part of our modern life. It can run in computers and any other devices like mobile, tablets so everybody can easily access it. Social media like Facebook is commonly used media to communicate and share information in social life, although it makes our life much easier it can be detrimental to high school students due to the chances of addiction, waste of time and other bad influence. Ivala and Gachago (20112).Writes in the article Social media for student engagement which suggest for the implementation of Facebook and blogs in ways that is likely to have a positive impact on student. Somehow from social media like Facebook high school student can learn new things in new and interesting way. Dixon and Brain (august, 2012). Says that social media is the creation and exchange of user generated content, student and teachers can share original content, enhancing the education conversation occurring through the school community. (Barefoot et al., 2009) describe the use of media tools to communicate with friend, family and teachers anywhere any time and they can get required information. Due to the no geographical boundary high school student can make friends anywhere in world and learn new culture and...
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...Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Social, Ethical & Legal Issues regarding Social Media and Pharmacy Education For the longest time the use of the internet has elicited a wide array of scrutiny from all the areas of the society. Articles have been written regarding the use or more often the misuse of the internet especially the social network (Chadwick & Besley, 45). Most of the debate has been centered on the issues that are directly related to the use of social media in number of areas. The institutions of higher learning have also been significantly influenced by the social media such as Facebook, tweeter, YouTube and other technologies that allow for real time communication among people through the internet. An article by Jeff Cain and Joseph Fink looked at certain issues that have arisen in regards to the use of the social media in pharmacy education (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). The goal of the article was to identify the core ethical issues that are as a result of the use of social media in higher learning and it also offered recommendations for pharmacy lecturers and other educators on how to prepare for and address potential issues that pertain to the use of the social media. This article tries to address the struggles that the pharmacy educators are faced with in regards to their communications and relationship with and among students in the wake of the rampant use of the social media. It tries to clarify some of the legal issues that have been faced with in regards to...
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...communication and social media is a common word to all of us and it is really almost impossible to think a single day without these. From the personal use to corporate, social media has a vital role. Young generation highly attached with the mobile communication and social media and as a result they are looking the same service from the work place. However, the fact is there are many organizations who do not allow these types of social media within their organization. Infarct, organization should make such a work environment where employees get all the important social media facilities as if they can become more efficient and effective. The main motive of the organization is making profit whereas, by providing social media facilities, organization can reach to their main motive. Table of Contents Executive Summary2 1. Introduction4 2. Findings 5 3. First experience of mobile communication and social media6 4. Impact of mobile communication and social media…………………………………6-7 5. Expected Information System of the organization…………………………………..7-8 6. Conclusion …………………….........................................................................................8 Reference…………………………………………………………………………………............9 Introduction Social media is a common word for young generation as well as for the work place. Social media is such a platform where friends and family members stay connected through internet. Mostly, people use social media as a way of communication...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study "Language and Media" is a comprehensive introduction to how language interacts with media. It investigates the forms of language found in media discourse; how patterns in such language use contribute to recognizable media genres and styles; and, broader social themes and consequences that arise from media language. It uses a wide variety of real texts from the media specifically from Magazines. Boles (2012) believes that each magazine uses linguistic techniques these language features are creatively used in magazines by the writers to attract and entertain the target audience as they only have a small space and time to get the attention of the potential buyer of the product. Bell (2010) emphasizes the importance of the processes which produce media language, as stories are molded and modified by various hands. He stresses it is indeed stories that journalists and editors produce, not articles. These stories have viewpoint, values and structure that can be analyzed. He is concerned, too, with the role of the audience in influencing media language styles, and in understanding, forgetting or misconceiving the news presented to it. A feature story is a special human interest story article that is not closely tied to a recent news event. It focuses on particular people, places, and events, and it goes into great detail regarding concepts and ideas of specific market interest. The study primarily aims to provide...
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...International Communications Proposal Social Media Communication Behaviors in China In January 2011, Fast Company published an article that focused on the social media revolution in China. It depicts the Chinese social networks currently exploding in the country, which rival competitors like Facebook and Twitter, both illegal in China. The newer upstarts are causing a surge among the young generation, by facilitating communication and open expression previously thought to be extinct in the Communist country. But the most astonishing information is statistics found by Netpop Research in San Francisco pertaining to Chinese online behaviors. “Chinese Internet users are twice as conversational as American users; in other words, they’re twice as likely to post to online forums, chat in chat rooms, or publish blogs (Rabkin).” This research paper will attempt to share insight into China’s 420 million Internet users (Crampton) and their communication behaviors compared to Americans through the discussion of social media. This information is relevant on the international level as China, or the People’s Republic of China, is home to over 1.339 billion people. It is the world’s second-largest country by land area. They are the world’s largest exporter and second-largest exporter of goods. And as of 2011, it ranks second only to the United States by both nominal GDP and purchasing power parity (China). China is a true competitor in the world market and understanding the communication...
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