Undergraduates' use of social media as information sources

• Main Authors: Kim, Kyung-Sun, Sin, Sei-Ching Joanna, Yoo-Lee, Eun Young
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Audience research
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79680; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20380
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Social media have become increasingly popular among different user groups. Although used for social purposes, some social media platforms (such as Wikipedia) have been emerging as important information sources. Focusing on undergraduate students, a survey was conducted to investigate the following:...