Is academic social networking the new wave of student-teacher communication?

During June, IGI Global is offering open access to the article, "A Case of Academic Social Networking Sites Usage in Malaysia: Drivers, Benefits, and Barriers." Social networking tools have become an integral part of our daily lives. Recently, Academic Social Networking Sites (ASNS) have attracted global users, proving a useful tool for academic research activities. But there still seems to be some resistance among users as some researchers do not use ASNSs at all.

The IGI Global article explores ASNS usage among Malaysian academic researchers and investigates the benefits, purpose, drivers and barriers of using ASNSs. A total of 210 completed cases were collected through paper-based and online-based questionnaires. In order to show the outcome of the research, descriptive interpretation of data is performed.

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