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The effect of social networks on intercultural communication and awareness: The Facebook case

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dc.contributor.author Saltaş, Doğan
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-17T08:45:21Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-17T08:45:21Z
dc.date.issued 2015-02
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.ktu.edu.tr/jspui/handle/123456789/2177
dc.description.abstract The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of social networking websites on intercultural communication and awareness among English majoring students, Facebook as the case. The study covered three main steps; the data collection process through 14 week Facebook Group page activity and interviews and Intercultural Awareness Test, the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data gathered. There were two groups of participants, one for experimental group with whom the Facebook Group page activities are held in accordance with the formal instruction process, and control group who took traditional instruction without any extra aid or application. In the study, both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used through questionnaires and focus group interviews. The qualitative data of focus group interviews were transcribed and analyzed according to content analysis techniques and quantitative data of Intercultural Awareness test were analyzed using SPSS software. The results of the data analysis showed that Facebook has a significant effect on developing intercultural awareness and communication among university students. The study also showed that the participants are both curious and fancy about using Facebook as an educational tool. It is concluded that Facebook, among the social networking websites, seems to be very feasible and effective tool to be used by both instructors and students to establish and develop intercultural awareness and communication tr_TR
dc.language.iso en tr_TR
dc.publisher Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi / Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü tr_TR
dc.subject Sosyal paylaşım siteleri, Facebook, Kültürlerarası Farkındalık, Kültürlerarası iletişim. tr_TR
dc.subject Social Networking Websites, Facebook, Intercultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, ELT tr_TR
dc.title The effect of social networks on intercultural communication and awareness: The Facebook case tr_TR
dc.title.alternative Sosyal medyanın kültürlerarası iletişim ve farkındalığa etkisi: Facebook örneği tr_TR
dc.type Thesis tr_TR


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