What Online Networks Offer: "Online Network Compositions and Online Learning Experiences of Three Ethnic Groups"

Autor/inn/en	Lecluijze, Suzanne Elisabeth; de Haan, Mariëtte; Ünlüsoy, Asli
Titel	What Online Networks Offer: "Online Network Compositions and Online Learning Experiences of Three Ethnic Groups"
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 4 (2015) 3, S.68-81 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	Ethnic Groups; Online Systems; Information Networks; Electronic Learning; Comparative Analysis; Social Networks; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Culture; Indo European Languages; Ethnicity; Information Literacy; Adolescents; Group Dynamics; Native Speakers; Turkish; Morocco; Netherlands; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnie; Online; Informationsnetz; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kultur; Indoeuropäisch; Ethnizität; Informationskompetenz; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Gruppendynamik; Muttersprachler; Türkisch; Marokko; Niederlande; Türkei
Abstract	This exploratory study examines ethno-cultural diversity in youth's narratives regarding their "online" learning experiences while also investigating how these narratives can be understood from the analysis of their online network structure and composition. Based on ego-network data of 79 respondents this study compared the characteristics of the online social networks of native Dutch, Moroccan-Dutch, and Turkish-Dutch youth. Subsequently, thirty interviews were analyzed to compare youth's narratives regarding two aspects typically associated with 21st century online learning: "individual online exploration", and "participation, collaboration and exchange of information in online communities". The results show that the three ethnic groups significantly differ regarding their online network composition. Youth's narratives also reveal that their online learning experiences are ethno-specific. Youth differ regarding the nature of online communities in which they search for information, make new contacts and distribute their own media creations. For example, Turkish-Dutch youth primarily engage in their own ethnic transnational networks to find information and to share media content, whereas Moroccan-Dutch youth seem more open to develop new contacts and to search for information outside of their familiar network. It is suggested that these ethno-specific narratives can be understood as resonating specific network configurations. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01