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Top-Performing Students’ Use of Social Networking Sites
Afendi Hamat, Mohamed Amin Embi, Haslinda Abu Hassan
Corresponding Author: Afendi Hamat
Submitted: April 17, 2012
Accepted: May 06, 2012
Published: January 11, 2013 |
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This study aims to identify patterns in Internet and Social Networking Site (SNS) usage among topperforming
students at Malaysian universities. Data were gathered from 6358 public and private university students
through an online survey. The top performers (reported CGPA of 3.6 and above) were found to be the most likely to
have an SNS account and they spent more time using the Internet than other students. The findings also show that in
terms of SNS usage, top-performing students display patterns similar to other students. However, among their
various Internet activities, they rank social networking as the fourth most preferred activity, whereas other groups
rank it as first. The preferred Internet activity for the top performers is emailing, which literature suggests may be
linked to their academic performance.
Key words: Academic performance, social networking sites, , , , ,
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Afendi Hamat, Mohamed Amin Embi, Haslinda Abu Hassan, . Top-Performing Students’ Use of Social Networking Sites. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, (02): 361-369.
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ISSN (Online): 2040-7467
ISSN (Print): 2040-7459 |
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