Nadarajan, Sheela
(2019)
The Role Of Facebook In Enhancing
Meaning-Making Among
Pre-University Students.
PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
The success or failure of pupils in school in all subjects depends on
their ability to read and understand. In order to understand, the readers
should be able to make meaning out of what they read. Within the Malaysian
context, reading is an activity that is fast losing its appeal as other forms of
media gain popularity especially the Web 2.0 technologies. Bearing this in
mind the researcher experimented on the use of Facebook as a platform to read
and make meaning . The main objective of this study was to investigate
students‟ ability in reading and make meaning via Facebook. A total of 22
students from pre-university class were chosen to take part in this study. The task
was to read and understand articles via online . This study created a reason
for students to read. At the same time, they make meaning of what they read,
review the content of the article chosen and relate what they had learned to
what they already know. Using a qualitative approach, data was obtained from
the thematic analysis showed that the students exhibited positive reading habits
and engaged in learner centered activities. The main findings from this study
showed that the use of Facebook could help students in making meaning of
what they have read. Next, this activity also helped to inculcate collaboration
and share of ideas among participants where the students shared various types of
information from the internet. They also discussed choice of words to use
especially when replying to their friends.
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