Original scientific paper
ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS: HABITS OF FACEBOOK GENERATION
Siniša Kosić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9395-4588
; Filozofski fakulet, Odsjek za pedagogiju, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Abstract
Social networks and social networking aren’t new concepts, that is, new social phenomenon; however, they take up a different form today. Due to an ever increasing use of computers and of Internet and with the aid of social software and Internet service-sites, these concepts are transferred into a new online environment where children and youth are able to form their online networks of friends and/or acquaintances. Online social networks and social networking are becoming widely popular among children and youth. Among many social networks, Facebook has become one of the most popular of online social networks in Croatia. It is becoming a
new way of communicating and a new form of sociability, implementing, thus, new patterns of behaviour and of social interconnecting. This paper presents the results of a research which aimed to discover the way elementary school pupils of higher grades
use Facebook, as well as to identify their Facebook behaviour. Research shows that most pupils have their Facebook accounts and that they are spending large amount of time participating in Facebook activities. Checking on their friends and news about them several times every day, viewing their photographs, listening to their favourite songs or adding new friends, that is, updating their accounts, has become routine pupil behaviour.
Keywords
online social networks; social networking; Facebook; habits and behaviour of pupils
Hrčak ID:
63281
URI
Publication date:
6.12.2010.
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