Students’ Perceived Intensity of Lecturers’ Self-Disclosure on Facebook Account

Jusang Bolong,Padma Pillai

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v10-i15/8231

Abstract

Students’ Perceived Intensity of Lecturers’ Self-Disclosure on Facebook Account

Highlights

The continued growth and success of Facebook have brought social networking to a new era
Results shown in table 4 below indicates that the score for students’ perceived intensity of lecturers’ self-disclosure in lecturers’ impersonal Facebook account Pre-Test is 61.73 and Post-Test is 72.97 with (t = -2.953, ρ < 0.05)
The students’ perceived intensity of lecturers’ self-disclosure in lecturers’ impersonal Facebook account (Post-Test) gives higher values on self-rated questions, indicating that the lecturers’ impersonal Facebook page, which was created by the lecturer in this course to communicate is acknowledged by the students

Summary

Introduction

The continued growth and success of Facebook have brought social networking to a new era. Research is underway to explore the lecturers’ use of computer-mediated communication (CMCs) like Facebook and the impact CMCs on their lecturers’ impressions on students (e.g., DiVerniero & Hosek, 2011; Mazer Murphy, & Simonds, 2007, 2009). This new communication medium must be studied for its prevalent usage, including communications between student and lecturer. Students judged the lecturer’s classroom environment more favourably than students who saw the lecturer’s

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