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标题：Information Retrieval and Academic Performance among Facebook Users
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作者：Noorriati Din ; Noorriati Din ; Saadiah Yahya 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2012
卷号：68
页码：258-268
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.12.225
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractOnline social networking refers to social network sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Meetup, Tribe and MySpace. Since the inception, the number of online social networking is being created rapidly with many sophisticated features being developed ever since. The Facebook has gained much popularity among the public mainly for interactions as well as for exchanging information. This study intends to investigate the information retrieval that occurs in the Facebook platform and if the process of retrieving information on the Facebook support academic performance. Fifty nine adult learners participated in this research.
关键词：Information retrieval;academic performance;self-directed learning;Facebook