Generation Y Students: Using Facebook for Communicating with University Staff and Professors
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: : As the ICT develops, universities have to learn how to reshape their communi-cation practices and views on learning environments. Today’s students, members of the Y Generation, are digitally natives who wish to, desire and might bene"t from the use of Social Network Sites (SNS) communication with their teachers and College administrative sta#. $e main objective of this paper is to present a manner of using Facebook for faculties in or-der to better communicate with students. $us our research is based upon previous examples from academic literature and upon a pilot study conducted online, using a self-administrated questionnaire applied on students from the College of Communication and Public Relations at the National School of Political Science and Public Administration in Bucharest. Based on their answers, this article proposes some recommendations for using Facebook for university sta # and professors.
Authors: Florina Pînzaru, Andreea Mitan
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2102877280