%0 Journal Article %1 linek2018netiquette %A Linek, Stephanie B. %A Ostermaier-Grabow, Anika %D 2018 %J Social Media + Society %K facebook media netiquette researcher science2.0 social %N 3 %P 2056305118789629 %R 10.1177/2056305118789629 %T Netiquette Between Students and Their Lecturers on Facebook: Injunctive and Descriptive Social Norms %U /brokenurl#/https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118789629 %V 4 %X There is an ongoing discussion if and how students and lecturers should interact with each other on social networks. In this article, we present an empirical study on the so-called netiquette for Facebook contacts between students and their lecturers (hereinafter called SL-contacts). In addition, we investigated the subjective perception of the majority’s behavior. This enabled a comparison between two different kinds of social norms: the injunctive norms (netiquette) and the descriptive norms (majority). Database was an online survey with 2,849 participants (2,550 students and 299 lecturers). SL-contacts were quite rare in our sample and usually initiated by students. Our results showed that the appropriateness of SL-contacts depends on the individual case. In addition, we found that injunctive and descriptive norms are in line with each other. Overall, our results indicate that there is a common ground of understanding, and SL-contacts are less critical than they might appear.

@article{linek2018netiquette, abstract = { There is an ongoing discussion if and how students and lecturers should interact with each other on social networks. In this article, we present an empirical study on the so-called netiquette for Facebook contacts between students and their lecturers (hereinafter called SL-contacts). In addition, we investigated the subjective perception of the majority’s behavior. This enabled a comparison between two different kinds of social norms: the injunctive norms (netiquette) and the descriptive norms (majority). Database was an online survey with 2,849 participants (2,550 students and 299 lecturers). SL-contacts were quite rare in our sample and usually initiated by students. Our results showed that the appropriateness of SL-contacts depends on the individual case. In addition, we found that injunctive and descriptive norms are in line with each other. Overall, our results indicate that there is a common ground of understanding, and SL-contacts are less critical than they might appear. }, added-at = {2018-08-09T19:16:16.000+0200}, author = {Linek, Stephanie B. and Ostermaier-Grabow, Anika}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/228745d5ae52eedcd790797b7d379c5ff/jaeschke}, doi = {10.1177/2056305118789629}, eprint = {https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118789629}, interhash = {64a52c5c140120af768a317dd157fcb7}, intrahash = {28745d5ae52eedcd790797b7d379c5ff}, journal = {Social Media + Society}, keywords = {facebook media netiquette researcher science2.0 social}, number = 3, pages = 2056305118789629, timestamp = {2018-08-09T19:16:16.000+0200}, title = {Netiquette Between Students and Their Lecturers on Facebook: Injunctive and Descriptive Social Norms}, url = {/brokenurl#/https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118789629 }, volume = 4, year = 2018 }