TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Media Centrality in Identity (Re)construction in Higher Education
AU - Sá, Maria José
AU - Serpa, Sandro
AU - Ferreira, Carlos Miguel
AU - Santos, Ana Isabel
N1 - UIDB/04647/2020
UIDP/04647/2020
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Social media, including digital social networks, runs through a large part of society. This position paper analyses the social media centrality in identity (re)construction in higher education, seeking to add to the understanding of the social media's role in the identity, both in the individual dimension - of several higher education actors (academics and students) - and in the identity of higher education institutions. In methodological terms, a selection and review of publications addressing this topic were conducted. Results allow concluding that it is critical to consider the growing relevance of digital social networks in shaping these actors' identity, without disregarding the individual situations of great limitation or even rejection by the presence of digital social networks in identity (re)construction. Regarding the implications, at the theoretical level and according to the existing corpus of knowledge, there is a need for further studies to deepen the understanding of this topic. As a practical implication, while the presence of digital social media in human relationships is unavoidable in many instances, the intentional and relevant mobilization of these digital social media is crucial, both for higher effectiveness and efficacy of the academic-student interaction and for the dissemination and positive image of higher education institutions and academics.
AB - Social media, including digital social networks, runs through a large part of society. This position paper analyses the social media centrality in identity (re)construction in higher education, seeking to add to the understanding of the social media's role in the identity, both in the individual dimension - of several higher education actors (academics and students) - and in the identity of higher education institutions. In methodological terms, a selection and review of publications addressing this topic were conducted. Results allow concluding that it is critical to consider the growing relevance of digital social networks in shaping these actors' identity, without disregarding the individual situations of great limitation or even rejection by the presence of digital social networks in identity (re)construction. Regarding the implications, at the theoretical level and according to the existing corpus of knowledge, there is a need for further studies to deepen the understanding of this topic. As a practical implication, while the presence of digital social media in human relationships is unavoidable in many instances, the intentional and relevant mobilization of these digital social media is crucial, both for higher effectiveness and efficacy of the academic-student interaction and for the dissemination and positive image of higher education institutions and academics.
KW - Digital culture
KW - Digital social network
KW - Higher education
KW - Identity (re)construction
KW - Social media
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081611556&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.36941/jesr-2020-0002
DO - 10.36941/jesr-2020-0002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85081611556
SN - 2281-3993
VL - 10
SP - 11
EP - 22
JO - Journal of Educational and Social Research
JF - Journal of Educational and Social Research
IS - 1
ER -