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Use of Social Media Technologies (SMTs) by Faculty Members, Research Scholars and Post-Graduate Students of Management Studies


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1 Central Library, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110095, India
2 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110007, India
     

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The Social Media Technologies (SMTs) offer facilities for information dissemination this paper aims to assess the awareness and use of SMTs by faculty members, research scholars and post-graduate students of management studies. A survey was carried out in ten management institutions located in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. The findings revealed that respondents in the field of management studies are quite aware of SMTs and prefer to use YouTube, Wikis and Blogs for their work related purposes. Podcast and Micro-blogging are less used tools.


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Blogs, Management Studies, Social Media Technologies (SMTs), Social Networking Sites, Web 2.0, RSS.
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Manpreet Kaur
Central Library, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110095
India

Paramjeet Kaur Walia
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110007
India


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Authors

Manpreet Kaur
Central Library, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110095, India
Paramjeet Kaur Walia
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110007, India

Abstract


The Social Media Technologies (SMTs) offer facilities for information dissemination this paper aims to assess the awareness and use of SMTs by faculty members, research scholars and post-graduate students of management studies. A survey was carried out in ten management institutions located in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. The findings revealed that respondents in the field of management studies are quite aware of SMTs and prefer to use YouTube, Wikis and Blogs for their work related purposes. Podcast and Micro-blogging are less used tools.


Keywords


Blogs, Management Studies, Social Media Technologies (SMTs), Social Networking Sites, Web 2.0, RSS.

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