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<p>Usage pattern of Facebook among the students of Dhaka University: a study</p>

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Title Statement <p>Usage pattern of Facebook among the students of Dhaka University: a study</p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Islam, Md. Maidul; Department of Information Science and Library Management, Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
Mostofa, Sk. Mamun; Department of Information Science and Library Management, Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Library Science; Information Science, Information Science and Library Management.
Facebook; Dhaka University; Bangladesh
 
Summary, etc. <p>The usage pattern of Facebook by the students of information science and library management (ISLM) department at Dhaka University was studied. Questionnaires were distributed to 160 B.A. (Honours) students of all four years of ISLM Department out of which 139 questionnaires were found usable. The study found that a large number of students create Facebook account after they enter the university. The present study also revealed that personality characteristics, gender, educational level, geographical area and age influence ISLM students’ patterns of Facebook use and their perceptions about Facebook. The findings of this study also indicate that use of Facebook would be a supplementary tool in university education.</p>
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS)
2015-09-05 10:06:42
 
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Data Source Entry Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS); ##issue.vol## 62, ##issue.no## 3 (2015): Annals of Library and Information Studies
 
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