Liminal Spaces, Resources and Networks: Facebook as a Shaping Force for Students' Transitions into Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Baker, Sally; Stirling, Eve
Titel	Liminal Spaces, Resources and Networks: Facebook as a Shaping Force for Students' Transitions into Higher Education
Quelle	In: Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 9 (2016) 2, S.42-65 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1755-2273
DOI	10.3167/latiss.2016.090203
Schlagwörter	Social Media; Higher Education; Technological Advancement; Ethnography; Case Studies; Technology Uses in Education; Social Networks; Undergraduate Students; College Freshmen; Undergraduate Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Ethnografie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Studienanfänger; Grundstudium
Abstract	As technological developments accelerate, and neoliberal ideologies shift the ways that universities "do business," higher education is facing radical changes. Within this context, students' need to 'succeed' at university is more important than ever. Consequently, understanding students' transitions within this shifting higher education landscape has become a key focus for universities. It is now pertinent to explore how social-networking sites (SNS) influence students' experiences as they transition into university. In this article, we offer two ethnographic case studies of how students use one SNS (Facebook) as they travel through their first year of undergraduate study. We suggest that Facebook is used not only for dynamic participation in the social fabric of university life, Facebook is the go-to space to organise their academic and social lives, using it as a hybrid space to negotiate between home and university. As such, Facebook offers student-users a "liminal tool" for negotiating and facilitating resources and networks within the first year at university. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01