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 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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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Invited Papers)
Additional Information:	2899/59913
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Motives for social media use; Educational-information sharing; Academic performance; Malaysia; Social Information Processing Theory (SIP).
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) > H61.8 Communication of information
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Communication
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. Saodah Wok
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2017 16:06
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2018 17:06
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/59913

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