Social networking sites and educational adaptation in higher education: A case study of Chinese international students in New Zealand

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cao, Ling ^a   Zhang, Tingting ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING STYLE; LIFE SATISFACTION; NEW ZEALAND; ONLINE SYSTEM; SOCIAL NETWORK; STUDENT; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

CHINA; EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 84861042243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/289356     Document Type: Article

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