Twitter in the classroom: Modeling online communication attitudes and student motivations to connect

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Highlights:

• A model of twitter participation, communication attitudes, and motivation.

• Ease of social media use was positively related to student motivations to use Twitter.

• Willingness to self-disclose online was negatively linked with classroom Twitter use.

• Students' communication attitudes impact motivation and use of class social media.

摘要

•A model of twitter participation, communication attitudes, and motivation.•Ease of social media use was positively related to student motivations to use Twitter.•Willingness to self-disclose online was negatively linked with classroom Twitter use.•Students' communication attitudes impact motivation and use of class social media.

论文关键词:Communication studies,Computer-mediated communication,Education,Social media,Twitter

论文评审过程:Received 30 July 2015, Revised 28 September 2017, Accepted 30 September 2017, Available online 3 October 2017, Version of Record 17 October 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.09.037