This document summarizes a longitudinal study on the perceived risks university students experience with social media use. A survey was conducted annually from 2014-2016 with 206 total respondents. The study found privacy-related risks were perceived more in recent years than previously. Results showed these risks were classified from most to least frequent: privacy concerns, negative impacts on studies, inappropriate content, addiction, cyberbullying, and false profiles. The conclusion recommends social media training for educators to help lower sociological barrier risks through discussing ethics, rules, and online culture with students.
Perceived risks in social media use – a longitudinal study among university students
1. Perceived Risks in Social Media
Use – A Longitudinal Study
Among University Students
TEEM 2016 ACM Conference
2-5.11.2016 in Salamanca Spain
2. Perceived Risks in Social
Media Use – A Longitudinal
Study Among University
Students
Dr Heli Aramo-Immonen
Dr Jari J. Jussila
Dr Ilona Ilvonen
Dr Nina Helander
Tampere University of Technology
FINLAND
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RQ : What risks students experience in social media use?
4. Method and Sample
• The study was conducted among graduate
students attending “Knowledge Management”
course between the years 2014-2016
• A web-based survey was executed annually,
with a total of 206 respondents.
• Tampere University of Technology
• Triangulation among 4 researchers
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8. To Conclude
• We found that the privacy related risks were
perceived more than in previous years
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To conclude, these experienced risks give us some
indication that in order to utilize social media in
higher education practicing teachers should focus on
training the social media skills but above all to lower
the sociological barrier based risks. This could be for
example by discussing with students ethics, rules
and web culture. Also further research questions
could rise from these subjects.