Zones of use: A multimodal analysis of student views of tcehnology in their academic and communication network

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2011-09

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This paper considers the relationship between social and academic spheres in students’ communication networks, with reference to computer and cell phone use. The context for the study is a resource-constrained South African higher education environment where personal computer ownership is not the norm and many students rely on campus-based infrastructure for computer access and use. The analysis examines participants’ location in their networks, the structure of the networks, and the relationship between the physical and the virtual.

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HIGHER EDUCATION, SOUTH AFRICA, STUDENTS, INFORMATION SOCIETY, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT), SOCIAL MEDIA, SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS), COMPUTERS, CELL PHONES, MOBILE PHONES, ACCESS TO ICT, SOUTH OF SAHARA, UNIVERSITIES

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/50170

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
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