Students' perceptions of academic use of social networking sites: A survey of university students in Bangladesh

Information Development

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-247

  Jahan, Israt ^a   Ahmed, S M Zabed ^b  

^a UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; social networking sites; University of Dhaka; university students; user surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865149988     PISSN: 02666669     EISSN: 17416469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266666911433191     Document Type: Review

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