Redes Sociales: La Nueva Forma de Comunicación de los Jóvenes Universitarios

Published in: Innovation and Development for the Americas: Engineering, Education, Research and Development: Proceedings of the 8th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
Date of Conference: June 1-4, 2010
Location of Conference: Arequipa, Peru
Authors: Sergio Mujica
Lilian San Martín
Refereed Paper: #146

Abstract

We prove that undergraduate students at our university, use Internet tools, such as Facebook, extensively for building social networks. For that purpose we used a survey, whose results back our hypothesis. Further analisys suggest that age and gender are not significant factors in the use of Internet tools for building social networks. Our recommendations include using these Internet tools and foster creation of social networks, with the goal of improving communication between the university and the students, as well as increasing their capabilities for collaborative work and providing them greater motivation for study.