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Research trends in social network sites’ educational use: a review of publications in all SSCI journals to 2015
Author(s) -
Akçayır Gökçe,
Akçayır Murat
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
review of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2049-6613
DOI - 10.1002/rev3.3075
Subject(s) - demographics , citation , social network analysis , social sciences citation index , educational research , psychology , social network (sociolinguistics) , bibliometrics , index (typography) , social science , mathematics education , library science , sociology , social media , computer science , science citation index , world wide web , demography , social capital
In the current study, 247 articles dealing with the use of SNS s (social network sites) in education and published in Social Sciences Citation Index ( SSCI ) journals up to 2015 were analysed. The articles’ demographic (year, learner type, used SNS , major contributing countries, and academic discipline) and topic trends were determined. As a result of the analyses that were conducted, the research topics were classified into nine groups (learner outcomes, instructional approaches, contributions to education, dispositions, demographics, interaction, comparison, support and others). These nine topics were subsequently divided into relevant sub‐topics. The findings demonstrate that the number of studies dealing with the educational use of SNS s is increasing each year. Significant numbers of research studies have investigated higher education. The topic of learner outcomes has also become a trend topic. Other findings obtained are discussed in detail, the existing gaps in the literature are determined and several suggestions are made regarding future research.