Social networking sites and educational adaptation in higher education: a case study of Chinese international students in New Zealand.
This study aims to find out the relationship between the use of SNSs and educational adaptation process of Chinese international students (from China) in New Zealand. Based on interview data, this paper addressed how Chinese international students use SNSs (RenRen, Facebook, etc.) to expand and manage their online social networks to help their adaptation to new educational environment. As a case study of Chinese international students in New Zealand and from the narrative of students, we examined the relationship among educational difficulties, life satisfaction, and the use of SNSs. This study would help in further understanding how and why SNSs can be adopted in higher education to support effective overseas learning experiences.
School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, 210044 Nanjing, China. caoling1013@163.com
Ling
L
Cao
Tingting
T
Zhang
D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D004493:Education; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D009520:New Zealand; D060756:Social Networking; D013334:Students