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Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jul
Pages: 8
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An Analysis of Exchanges in Chinese Social Media. Are Social Networking Sites Contributing to Cheating?
Madden, Arndew D.; Luo, Ting Yu; Nunes, Miguel Baptista
International Association for Development of the Information Society, Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on e-Learning (Madrid, Spain, July 17-19, 2018)
This study investigates the possibility that social networking sites in China are used to exchange information about the use of unfair means in university assignments. It presents a thematic analysis of 303 messages posted between September 2016 and September 2017, on a group set up on Douban for Sheffield University students. It also draws on information provided by members of WeChat group who had formerly been students at Sheffield University. The study was prompted by an apparent increase in the practice of faking references. None of the posts on Douban referred to this practice. Students on the WeChat group suggested it was commonplace. Both Douban and WeChat were used to provide information about essay-writing services. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590269.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Cheating, Ethics, College Students, Foreign Students, Student Behavior, Help Seeking, Information Dissemination, Interpersonal Relationship, Helping Relationship
International Association for the Development of the Information Society. e-mail: secretariat@iadis.org; Web site: http://www.iadisportal.org
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; United Kingdom (England)
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