1. Facebook usage, socialization and academic performance.
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Ainin, Sulaiman, Naqshbandi, M. Muzamil, Moghavvemi, Sedigheh, and Jaafar, Noor Ismawati
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ACADEMIC achievement , *SOCIALIZATION , *COLLEGE students' social networks , *ONLINE social networks , *COLLEGE students , *HIGHER education - Abstract
This paper examines the impact of Facebook usage on students' academic performance. In addition, it also analyse whether Socialization influences Facebook usage. Empirical data was collected from 1165 Malaysian university students using a questionnaire survey. It was found that the construct Socially Accepted influences Facebook usage while Acculturation does not have any significant relationship with usage. The results also illustrated that there is a positive relationship between students' Academic Performance and Facebook usage i.e. the higher the usage the better they perceived they perform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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