摘要:Youngsters use social networking sites (SNSs), especially Facebook, to stay in touch
with their friends as well as for entertainment. In this quantitative research, a cross-sectional
survey design and purposeful sampling method were utilized. The data were gathered from 53
faculty members and 373 undergraduate students. According to the results of the study, the most
common SNS was Facebook. Both faculty members and students were conscious about friendship
requests, and that both were able to send and/or accept friend requests from each other without
hesitation. On the other hand, faculty members preferred that students did not communicate with
them via SNSs. Only one-third of the faculty members created groups on SNSs in order to
communicate and share with their students. Institutional SNS accounts and groups were seen as a
requirement by both students and faculty members for announcements and sharing on an
institutional level.
关键词:Facebook; college students; faculty members; educational use of Facebook; SNSs