Social Networking Sites and Educational Adaptation in Higher Education: A Case Study of Chinese International Students in New Zealand
This study aims to find out the relationship between the use of SNSs and educational adaptation process of Chinese international students (from China) in New Zealand. Based on interview data, this paper addressed how Chinese international students use SNSs (RenRen, Facebook, etc.) to expand and mana...
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| description | This study aims to find out the relationship between the use of SNSs and educational adaptation process of Chinese international students (from China) in New Zealand. Based on interview data, this paper addressed how Chinese international students use SNSs (RenRen, Facebook, etc.) to expand and manage their online social networks to help their adaptation to new educational environment. As a case study of Chinese international students in New Zealand and from the narrative of students, we examined the relationship among educational difficulties, life satisfaction, and the use of SNSs. This study would help in further understanding how and why SNSs can be adopted in higher education to support effective overseas learning experiences. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b3b07da01ae94681b35802da65c4a7ed2025-02-03T05:44:47ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2012-01-01201210.1100/2012/289356289356Social Networking Sites and Educational Adaptation in Higher Education: A Case Study of Chinese International Students in New ZealandLing Cao0Tingting Zhang1School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, 210044 Nanjing, ChinaInstitute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, 0745 Auckland, New ZealandThis study aims to find out the relationship between the use of SNSs and educational adaptation process of Chinese international students (from China) in New Zealand. Based on interview data, this paper addressed how Chinese international students use SNSs (RenRen, Facebook, etc.) to expand and manage their online social networks to help their adaptation to new educational environment. As a case study of Chinese international students in New Zealand and from the narrative of students, we examined the relationship among educational difficulties, life satisfaction, and the use of SNSs. This study would help in further understanding how and why SNSs can be adopted in higher education to support effective overseas learning experiences.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/289356 |
| spellingShingle | Ling Cao Tingting Zhang Social Networking Sites and Educational Adaptation in Higher Education: A Case Study of Chinese International Students in New Zealand The Scientific World Journal |
| title | Social Networking Sites and Educational Adaptation in Higher Education: A Case Study of Chinese International Students in New Zealand |
| title_full | Social Networking Sites and Educational Adaptation in Higher Education: A Case Study of Chinese International Students in New Zealand |
| title_fullStr | Social Networking Sites and Educational Adaptation in Higher Education: A Case Study of Chinese International Students in New Zealand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Networking Sites and Educational Adaptation in Higher Education: A Case Study of Chinese International Students in New Zealand |
| title_short | Social Networking Sites and Educational Adaptation in Higher Education: A Case Study of Chinese International Students in New Zealand |
| title_sort | social networking sites and educational adaptation in higher education a case study of chinese international students in new zealand |
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