The impact of social media on international students: cultural and academic adaptation

• Main Authors: Ali, Abdulkarim Saleh Masoud, Ahmad, Rahayu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Medwell Publishing 2018
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/26398/1/JEAS%2013%203%202018%20546%20551.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/26398/; http://medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=jeasci.2018.546.551

Newly admitted international students always experience a certain period of discomfort as a result of the strangeness of the culture of their new environment. This discomfort is often traced to their cultural differences with the host country where they will have to spend a certain number of years a...