| Description |
1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Series |
Internationalization in Higher Education Ser |
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Internationalization in Higher Education Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- About the editors -- About the authors -- Foreword to the series, Internationalization in Higher Education -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section 1: The international student experience -- Chapter 1: The digital information ecology of international students: Understanding the complexity of communication -- Introduction -- Information and international students -- Provision of information to international students |
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Components of the digital information ecology of international students -- Detailing the digital ecologies of international students -- Motivations driving information needs: what is driving international students to seek out information? -- State of information needs: do international students always recognize their information needs? -- Information topics of interest to international students: what topics are international students seeking? -- Information channels and formats that international students use: what channels and formats do international students prefer? |
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International students' information behaviours: how do international students seek out, encounter, or use information? -- Information sources (online): where and who do international students get their information from? -- Temporal aspects of the digital environment: when do international students need information? -- When preparing for particular contexts -- Just in time -- Incident response timeliness -- Recurring temporal rhythm -- Implications and conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Digital environments and the aspirations of international students -- Introduction |
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Aspirations for a better life and a better self -- Digital media and aspirations in educational contexts -- Digital media as a tool for familial education strategies -- Digital media as a tool for developing global networks and experiences -- Digital media and aspirations in migration contexts -- Digital media and sports as an aspirational migration narrative -- Digital media and the envisioning of a different life -- Digital media and aspirations in maturation contexts -- Digital communities as a hindrance to self-maturation -- Digital media as a tool to build capabilities for independent living |
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Discussion and conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Social media and social adjustment: An international student perspective -- Introduction -- Social support and adjustment for international students -- Social media for social support and adjustment -- Effects of social psychology on social media use and social adjustment -- Empirical study on international students in the United States -- Study design -- Key findings -- Future research -- Conclusion and implications -- References |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Chapter 4: Information behaviours of returned international students: Case study of Saudi Arabian female students |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gomes, Catherine
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| ISBN |
9781000210163 |
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1000210162 |
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