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International Students’ Social Network: Network Mapping to Gage Friendship Formation and Student Engagement on Campus
Author(s) -
Susannah McFaul
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international students
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.47
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2166-3750
pISSN - 2162-3104
DOI - 10.32674/jis.v6i1.393
Subject(s) - friendship , student engagement , social network analysis , international education , sociology , social network (sociolinguistics) , pedagogy , host (biology) , qualitative research , psychology , public relations , higher education , social psychology , political science , computer science , social capital , world wide web , social media , social science , ecology , biology , law
Addressing the importance of international student engagement on campus and creating friendships with host-country nationals during their time abroad, this small-scale study explores the question of, “Are there trends in how or through what means international students are making connections with co-national, multi-national, or host-national students?” Semistructured, qualitative interviews, data collection, social network analysis and a data-representative social network diagram were used to explore this question. Understanding these trends can help with developing student programming that encourages friendship making, cross-cultural workshops, or even provide the foundation and reasoning to strengthen support systems for international students.

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