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Politeness Strategies In Whatsapp Messages Between Undergraduate Students And Their Professors, Mouad Al-Natour, Shafiq Banat

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This study investigates the politeness strategies that are used by undergraduate students with their professor using WhatsApp messages. Using technology and social media applications facilitates communication among societies in general and students with their professors in particular. Moreover, it shows the disparity of using politeness strategies among the students while they were contacting their professors by WhatsApp application. A Qualitative approach is used to analyze WhatsApp messages sent by the students to their professors from 30/07/2022 to 30/08/2022. The data was collected from four WhatsApp groups for specific courses they study at Jerash university. Brown and Levinson’s (1987) politeness theory …

The Role Of Interactive Social Media In Forming Academic Public Opinion During The "Covid 19" Crisis Among Students Of The University Of Nizwa, Sultanate Of Oman دور وسائل التواصل التفاعلية في تكوين الرأي العام الدراسي خلال أزمة كورونا "19‎Covid " لدى طلبة جامعة نزوى بسلطنة عُمان, Rabee Bin Al-Mur Al-Thuhli, Khalifa Ahmed Humaid Alqassbi, Worod Maarouf Al-Taani

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract:

The study aimed to identify the role of interactive social media in forming academic public opinion during the crisis of Coronavirus (COVID-19) among students of the University of Nizwa in the Sultanate of Oman. The researchers used a relational descriptive methodology. The study’s population comprised of all the students of the University of Nizwa, whose number is (5505). The study sample consisted of (320) male and female students. The questionnaire was used to achieve the objectives of the study. The results of the study revealed that students' hours of using social media are high, whereas (22%) of students use …