The use of social networking sites among Malaysian university students

International Education Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 56-66

  Hamat, Afendi ^a   Embi, Mohamed Amin ^a   Hassan, Haslinda Abu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Formal learning; Informal learning; Internet use; Online social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864563237     PISSN: 19139020     EISSN: 19139039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ies.v5n3p56     Document Type: Article

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