期刊名称：International Journal of Computer and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：2279-0764
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：5
页码：911
出版社：International Journal of Computer and Information Technology
摘要：As the technology continues to grow, social network sites has been made available and become common today. Using social n etwo rks , peo pl e co nvey and exchange information with people, normally with others who share same interest. This is how the process of sharing could happen. Thus, this study has conducted to examine the success factors that could encourage to the process of sharing information on knowledge through social networks. The factors mainly consist of individual or community factor, content factor, and technological factor. Individual and community factor is factor which embedded within individual or community which could encourage people to share. Content factor is factor which provided by social network sites, including what information can be shared, how depth people could share, etc. Technological factor conce rns with features of the social network sites, including the tools, links, navigation, etc. Result from this study could assist organizations, especially educational institutions (as the respondents are students) to evaluate their usage of social networks sites and utilize it for knowledge sharing, as well as to support teaching and learning process. This study could also help to build awareness among people of what extent they have already shared, and what information should they improve to share in future.
关键词：individual and community factors; content ; factors; technological factors; social network; knowledge ; sharing
