Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 University of Qom
2 Department of Knowledge and Information Science; Qom University of Medical Sciences; Qom. Iran
3 Department of Knowledge and Information Science, University of Qom
Abstract
Purpose: The article investigated the role of social media in the information-seeking behavior of Lorestan University faculty members.
Methodology: The article is a survey type. The statistical population was determined based on the Cochran formula and the Krejcie and Morgan table and includes 171 faculty members of Lorestan University.
Findings: among the types of scientific social media, the highest rate of use by the statistical population is LinkedIn, among web-mobile integrated tools, the highest rate of use by the statistical population is WhatsApp, among multimedia tools, the highest rate is Skype, among Microblogging tools, the highest The usage rate was given to Twitter and among wiki tools, the highest usage rate was given to wikipedia. The test of research hypotheses showed that there is a direct and significant relationship between the role of social media and the goals and motivations of Lorestan University faculty members to seek information at the rate of 0.469. There is a direct and significant relationship between the role of social media and the information seeking skills of members at the rate of 0.571, and there is a direct and significant relationship at the rate of 0.646 between the role of social media and the ways of information seeking of Lorestan University faculty members.
Conclusion: The results showed that social media play a role in the information-seeking behavior of faculty members of Lorestan University. Therefore, it is suggested to the university officials to create appropriate mechanisms to increase the productivity of the university in this field.
Keywords
- social media, social networks"
- information motives"
- information seeking behavior"
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- faculty members Lorestan University
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