Role of Social Media in Higher Education Engagement and Activism
Author : Akhilesh Ramesh Bramhe
Abstract :
The purpose of this paper is to determine how higher education students are influenced by social media use in terms of their level of student engagement and activism. Student engagement has three aspects, which include academic engagement, social engagement and institutional engagement, whereas activism consists of students’ involvement in a variety of social causes including environmental, social justice and political causes. Theories that will be used to support the findings of this study include: motivation; collective efficacy; diffusion of information; and digital literacy. At the end of this paper, there will be recommendations for teachers, institutions, government policies and future research.
Keywords :
Social Media, digital literacy, higher education engagements, activism.
