Investigating the Role of virtual social network in knowledge sharing Behaviors in cyberspace (Case Study: Social Telegram Network among Graduate Students at Mohaghegh Ardebil University)

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Authors
Ebrahim Aryani ghizghapan
reyhaneh abbaspoor
soad shahabizadeh
salim kazemi
universit of mohaghegh ardabili
10.22034/jcsc.2020.72919.1446
Abstract
Purpose of this study was investigate the role of telegram social networking in knowledge sharing in cyberspace. Research method was post-event descriptive. The statistical population was postgraduate students at Mohaghegh Ardabili University in 2016-2017academic year. The sampling method was random. The sample size according to the Kregci-Morgan model was 210 persons. To collect data, virtual social networking and Knowledge Sharing Questionnaire was used. Validity of tools was confirmed by professors of education and psychology and with the statistical software Spss vs. 22 and multivariate analysis of variance was analyzed. The results showed that the Separate effect of the use of telegram network on the knowledge sharing, control beliefs, willingness to share knowledge and knowledge sharing behavior is significant and its effect on the Attitude to sharing of knowledge and normative beliefs is not significant. Separate gender effects on knowledge sharing behavior is significant and not significant on other components. Also, the effect of interaction of gender and social telegram usage on control beliefs and the willingness to share knowledge is significant, and is not meaningful on other components. The Telegram's network, in the relationships it has shaped, has promoted the sharing of knowledge sharing practices by graduate students in cyberspace.
Keywords
Virtual Social Network
Telegram Social Network
Knowledge Sharing
Postgraduate Students
University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
Cultural Studies & Communication

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