Exploring students’ purposes of usage and educational usage of Facebook

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Highlights：

• Purposes of usage and educational Facebook usage factor structures were determined.

• Purposes of Facebook usage include social relations, work activities and daily activities.

• Facebook educational usage includes communication, collaboration and material sharing.

• Collaboration through academic groups is the best form of Facebook educational usage.

摘要

•Purposes of usage and educational Facebook usage factor structures were determined.•Purposes of Facebook usage include social relations, work activities and daily activities.•Facebook educational usage includes communication, collaboration and material sharing.•Collaboration through academic groups is the best form of Facebook educational usage.

论文关键词：Facebook,Students,Purposes of Facebook usage,Facebook educational usage,Factor structure

论文评审过程：Received 4 November 2015, Revised 19 February 2016, Accepted 22 February 2016, Available online 1 March 2016, Version of Record 1 March 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.087