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Title
Social media and student performance: the moderating role of ICT knowledge
Creator
Robert Kwame Dzogbenuku, George Kofi Amoako, Desmond K Kumi
Description
Purpose
This study aims to determine the impact of social media usage on university student’s academic performance in Ghana.
Design/methodology/approach
A quantitative research method was used for the study. With the aid of a simple random sampling technique, quantitative data were obtained from 373 out of 400 respondents representing 93 per cent of volunteered participants. Data collected was analysed using structural equation modelling to establish the relationship among social media information, social media entertainment, social media innovation, social media knowledge generation and student performance.
Findings
The findings of this study indicate that social media information, social media innovation and social media entertainment all had a significant positive influence on social media knowledge generation, which has wide learning and knowledge management implications. Also, the study …
This study aims to determine the impact of social media usage on university student’s academic performance in Ghana.
Design/methodology/approach
A quantitative research method was used for the study. With the aid of a simple random sampling technique, quantitative data were obtained from 373 out of 400 respondents representing 93 per cent of volunteered participants. Data collected was analysed using structural equation modelling to establish the relationship among social media information, social media entertainment, social media innovation, social media knowledge generation and student performance.
Findings
The findings of this study indicate that social media information, social media innovation and social media entertainment all had a significant positive influence on social media knowledge generation, which has wide learning and knowledge management implications. Also, the study …
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Date
2020
Source
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hXmr_bYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=hXmr_bYAAAAJ:_9Xh93LWpsYC
Language
English