Social networks use patterns among university youth: The validity and reliability of an updated measurement instrument

This article addresses the design and validation of an updatedquestionnaire that makes it possible to understand the use patterns and attitudes of university youth on social networks. The authors utilized a panel of 20 judges who were social media experts and a sample of 640 university students. The...

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Autores: Gómez García, Melchor, Matosas-López, Luis, Ruiz-Palmero, Julio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/694279
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12093503
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Palabra clave:social networks
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn
structural equation modeling
validity
reliability
university
Educación
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spelling Social networks use patterns among university youth: The validity and reliability of an updated measurement instrumentGómez García, MelchorMatosas-López, LuisRuiz-Palmero, Juliosocial networksFacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedInstructural equation modelingvalidityreliabilityuniversityEducaciónThis article addresses the design and validation of an updatedquestionnaire that makes it possible to understand the use patterns and attitudes of university youth on social networks. The authors utilized a panel of 20 judges who were social media experts and a sample of 640 university students. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) explained 66.523% of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), carried out to verify the dimensional structure of the instrument, reflected the appropriate parameters. The reliability study showed a Cronbach's alpha of 0.864. These data corroborated the development of a robust and reliable questionnaire. The resulting instrument did not contain items alluding to specific social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn), but rather students' usage patterns of them. The exclusion of items that referred to particular social networks during the research demonstrated a convergence in behavior on social media regardless of the nuances of each platform. This fact suggested that the platform was of secondary importance in the context of a new paradigm in which the type of use (viewing, posting, participating, or interacting) took precedence over the name of the network itself.This research was funded by the ERASMUS + program financed by the European Union, Grant Number 2019-1-ES01-KA201-065104MDPI, Basel, SMwitzerlandDepartamento de PedagogíaFacultad de Formación de Profesorado y Educación20202020-04-25research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/694279https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12093503reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/6942792026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Social networks use patterns among university youth: The validity and reliability of an updated measurement instrument
title Social networks use patterns among university youth: The validity and reliability of an updated measurement instrument
spellingShingle Social networks use patterns among university youth: The validity and reliability of an updated measurement instrument
Gómez García, Melchor
social networks
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn
structural equation modeling
validity
reliability
university
Educación
title_short Social networks use patterns among university youth: The validity and reliability of an updated measurement instrument
title_full Social networks use patterns among university youth: The validity and reliability of an updated measurement instrument
title_fullStr Social networks use patterns among university youth: The validity and reliability of an updated measurement instrument
title_full_unstemmed Social networks use patterns among university youth: The validity and reliability of an updated measurement instrument
title_sort Social networks use patterns among university youth: The validity and reliability of an updated measurement instrument
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gómez García, Melchor
Matosas-López, Luis
Ruiz-Palmero, Julio
author Gómez García, Melchor
author_facet Gómez García, Melchor
Matosas-López, Luis
Ruiz-Palmero, Julio
author_role author
author2 Matosas-López, Luis
Ruiz-Palmero, Julio
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Pedagogía
Facultad de Formación de Profesorado y Educación
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv social networks
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn
structural equation modeling
validity
reliability
university
Educación
topic social networks
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn
structural equation modeling
validity
reliability
university
Educación
description This article addresses the design and validation of an updatedquestionnaire that makes it possible to understand the use patterns and attitudes of university youth on social networks. The authors utilized a panel of 20 judges who were social media experts and a sample of 640 university students. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) explained 66.523% of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), carried out to verify the dimensional structure of the instrument, reflected the appropriate parameters. The reliability study showed a Cronbach's alpha of 0.864. These data corroborated the development of a robust and reliable questionnaire. The resulting instrument did not contain items alluding to specific social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn), but rather students' usage patterns of them. The exclusion of items that referred to particular social networks during the research demonstrated a convergence in behavior on social media regardless of the nuances of each platform. This fact suggested that the platform was of secondary importance in the context of a new paradigm in which the type of use (viewing, posting, participating, or interacting) took precedence over the name of the network itself.
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