Do social networking sites enhance the research traits of college students?

IF 2.1 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Information Discovery and Delivery Pub Date : 2022-03-14 DOI:10.1108/idd-09-2021-0096

Manzoor Hussain, Syed Uzma Kubravi, Fayaz Ahmad Loan

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Purpose Social networking sites (SNS) have become popular destinations for college students all over the world. The minds of the college students have been steadily taking over by the influence of social networking, and this can impact their ability for doing research. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to investigate the role of SNS in enhancing the research activities of the degree college students in the Srinagar district of Kashmir, J&K, India. Design/methodology/approach A survey method was used to conduct the study, and Cochran’s sampling formula was applied to select the sampling size. Data were collected with the aid of a well-designed and structured questionnaire using Google forms. Besides, the focus group discussions were conducted to get varied opinions. Findings The findings revealed that the majority of the students agree or strongly agree that SNS help them in interacting with researchers, reading research content, keeping them abreast of research articles, knowing research trends, developing research aptitude and facilitating logical thinking and reasoning. The study confirmed that SNS help in enhancing the research traits of college students. However, students have been cautioned to make proper and judicious use of SNS. Research limitations/implications The study is limited to the college students of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (India), and the results cannot be generalised across regions and countries. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the study, being a part of PhD programme, is the original work of great value. It investigates the role of SNS in enhancing the research traits of college students and brings into light various hidden facts.

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社交网站能增强大学生的研究特质吗？

目的社交网站（SNS）已经成为世界各地大学生的热门目的地。在社交网络的影响下，大学生的思想一直在稳步占据主导地位，这可能会影响他们的研究能力。在此背景下，本文旨在调查SNS在促进印度J&K克什米尔斯利那加地区学位大学生研究活动中的作用。设计/方法/方法采用调查方法进行研究，并采用Cochran抽样公式选择样本量。数据是在精心设计的结构化问卷的帮助下收集的，问卷使用谷歌表格。此外，还进行了焦点小组讨论，以获得不同的意见。调查结果显示，大多数学生同意或强烈同意SNS有助于他们与研究人员互动、阅读研究内容、了解研究文章、了解研究趋势、发展研究能力以及促进逻辑思维和推理。研究证实，社交网络有助于增强大学生的研究特质。然而，学生们被提醒要正确、明智地使用SNS。研究局限性/含义该研究仅限于斯利那加、查谟和克什米尔（印度）的大学生，其结果不能在不同地区和国家间推广。原创性/价值据作者所知，这项研究是博士课程的一部分，是极具价值的原创作品。它调查了社交网络在增强大学生研究特质方面的作用，并揭示了各种隐藏的事实。

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Information Discovery and Delivery INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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5.40

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4.80%

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期刊介绍： Information Discovery and Delivery covers information discovery and access for digital information researchers. This includes educators, knowledge professionals in education and cultural organisations, knowledge managers in media, health care and government, as well as librarians. The journal publishes research and practice which explores the digital information supply chain ie transport, flows, tracking, exchange and sharing, including within and between libraries. It is also interested in digital information capture, packaging and storage by ‘collectors’ of all kinds. Information is widely defined, including but not limited to: Records, Documents, Learning objects, Visual and sound files, Data and metadata and , User-generated content.