WCES Conference 2017 Virtual Presentation Co-authored with Dr. Jeffrey Carpenter and Victoria I. Marín

1. Comparing US and Spanish student
teachers’ perceptions on Social
Media
World Conference on Educational Sciences
February 2017
Gemma Tur
Jeffrey Carpenter
Victoria I. Marín

2. COMPARATIVE STUDY
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3. SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE IN US & SPAIN
Source Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest
U.S.A. 2016
(Pew
Research
Center report,
2016)
79 24 32 31
Spain 2014
(International
Advertising
Bureau, 2015)
96 56 25 7

4. EDUCATIONAL USAGES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
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5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mkhmarketing/8540535352/in/photostream/
TWITTER LEARNING ACTIVITY

6. THE STUDY
153 participants:
• 100 education students
from Spain (65.4%)
• 53 from the U.S.
(34.6%).

7. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• Are there differences in
the way U.S. and Spanish
pre-service teachers use
Social Media?
• Are there differences in
the way U.S. and Spanish
pre-service teachers
perceive the educational
use of Twitter and other
social media?
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8. What social media services do you use?
%SPAIN % USA χ2(1) p value
Facebook 92 100
4.474 .034
Pinterest 10 67.9
55.278 <.001
Linkedin 5 30.2
18.56 <.001
Whatsapp 96 15.1
104.159 <.001
GroupMe 0 81.1
112.847 <.001
Instagram 63 73.6
2.072 .150
Twitter 51 60.4
1.503 .472

9. http://image4free.com/downloads/social-media-pinterest-facebook-twiter/

10. Which of the following social media services do you think have educational
uses? (Check all that apply).
%SPAIN % USA χ2(1) p value
Facebook 33% 41.5%
4.436 .035
Pinterest 15% 66%
41.015 <.001
Linkedin 8% 47.2%
31.418 <.001
Whatsapp 14% 5.7%
2.439 .118
GroupMe 5% 30.2%
18.56 <.001
Instagram 24% 24.5%
0.005 .942

11. https://flic.kr/p/e1HpQq

12. DISCUSSION &
CONCLUSIONS
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13. https://flic.kr/p/dUgcAc

14. THANKS!
• Dr. Gemma Tur
@gemturfer
gemma.tur@uib.es
University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
• Dr. Jeffrey Carpenter
@doccarpenter
jcarpenter13@elon.edu
Elon University, U.S
• Dr. Victoria I. Marín
@vmarinj
victoria.marin@uni-oldenburg.de
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany
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