The current study aimed to find out the relationship between use of different e-learning tools and cooperative learning in developing social intelligence among students. sample consisted 84 female students from Qassim University - College Education are volunteered answer tools, a questionnaire pre post tests. results this showed positive effect using collaborative tool on levels at Education. s...

The development and improvement of electronic communication instruments and means in postmodern societies with fast intention has caused further multiplication in meanings and content of the communication itself. On the other hand the involvement of cyber space in our privacy has caused massive personality changes in people particularly the youth, In a way that individuals are separated from re...

Social Network Analysis is employed widely as a means to compute the probability that a given message flows through a social network. This approach is mainly grounded upon the correct usage of three basic graph-theoretic measures: degree centrality, closeness centrality and betweeness centrality. We developed a model, using Semantic Social Network Analysis, that overcomes the drawbacks of gener...

Online social networks, such as Facebook, have gained immense popularity and potentially affect the way people build and maintain interpersonal relationships. The present study sought to examine time spent on online social networks, as it relates to intimacy and relationship satisfaction experienced in romantic relationships. Results did not find relationships between an individual's usage of o...

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Social network sites count millions of members these days. For a growing number of Internet users, maintaining a profile on a social network site is part of their everyday life today. The debate of the social use of the Internet has focused on the one hand, on whether persons establish new relationships online and, on the other hand, on how persons use the Internet to maintain relationships. So...

This study presents and evaluates the educational potentials and benefits that Social Network Services (SNSs) offer to students in the higher education context. Based on Social Learning Theory, we explored students’ perception and learning activities in Facebook Groups (i.e. Facebook Learning Groups), and the learning and affective benefits that SNSs offer to students. We further explored the i...

The use of social networking websites has become a current international phenomenon. Popular websites include MySpace, Facebook, and Friendster. Their rapid widespread use warrants a better understanding. However, there has been little empirical research studying the factors that determine the use of this hedonic computer-mediated communication technology This study contributes to our understan...