This paper investigates the social networks usage by students in Abidjan city, Côte d’Ivoire. We focus on a descriptive or quantitative analysis to understand the motivations and how students make use of in...This paper investigates the social networks usage by students in Abidjan city, Côte d’Ivoire. We focus on a descriptive or quantitative analysis to understand the motivations and how students make use of internet and social networks. More than six hundred forms were distributed to persons we have deemed as students. In return, we received more than 93% of the forms that have been processed. The study highlights the materials and the digital platforms that students used the most. The majority of the respondents reported to have access to the social networks in their mobile phones, with WhatsApp leading this application ranking, followed by Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Tik Tok. The survey shows that two third of our respondents are aged from 19 to 25 years old and almost half of the respondents spend daily 2 to 5 hours on digital platforms. The investigation also reveals that the main online activities are the e-commerce, chatting, information, and entertainment. The paper addresses also the online harassment of the students and it shows that more than one tenth of them have been victims of cyber-bullying. This study might be useful for governments, institutions, academia, individuals and professionals in order to communicate efficiently with a given population for a better use of social networks and to prevent students from harassment.展开更多
In the 1940s,there were two major concepts about digital communications.One was by Claude Shannon,i.e.,the well-known Shannon communication theory published in the 1948 Bell System Technical Journal,which has become t...In the 1940s,there were two major concepts about digital communications.One was by Claude Shannon,i.e.,the well-known Shannon communication theory published in the 1948 Bell System Technical Journal,which has become the foundation in modern digital communications.This is very well known these days and I will not elaborate any more about it here.The other was by Gabor[1]who published“Theory of communication.Part 1:The analysis of information”in 1946.In comparison,Shannon's theory is more from statistical point of view and more mathematical,while Gabor's theory is more from structural or deterministic point of view and more physical,and also from more system view point.I will try to elaborate Gabor's communication theory a little more below.展开更多
文摘This paper investigates the social networks usage by students in Abidjan city, Côte d’Ivoire. We focus on a descriptive or quantitative analysis to understand the motivations and how students make use of internet and social networks. More than six hundred forms were distributed to persons we have deemed as students. In return, we received more than 93% of the forms that have been processed. The study highlights the materials and the digital platforms that students used the most. The majority of the respondents reported to have access to the social networks in their mobile phones, with WhatsApp leading this application ranking, followed by Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Tik Tok. The survey shows that two third of our respondents are aged from 19 to 25 years old and almost half of the respondents spend daily 2 to 5 hours on digital platforms. The investigation also reveals that the main online activities are the e-commerce, chatting, information, and entertainment. The paper addresses also the online harassment of the students and it shows that more than one tenth of them have been victims of cyber-bullying. This study might be useful for governments, institutions, academia, individuals and professionals in order to communicate efficiently with a given population for a better use of social networks and to prevent students from harassment.
文摘In the 1940s,there were two major concepts about digital communications.One was by Claude Shannon,i.e.,the well-known Shannon communication theory published in the 1948 Bell System Technical Journal,which has become the foundation in modern digital communications.This is very well known these days and I will not elaborate any more about it here.The other was by Gabor[1]who published“Theory of communication.Part 1:The analysis of information”in 1946.In comparison,Shannon's theory is more from statistical point of view and more mathematical,while Gabor's theory is more from structural or deterministic point of view and more physical,and also from more system view point.I will try to elaborate Gabor's communication theory a little more below.
