Social Media Usage among Dental Undergraduate Students-A Comparative Study.

ABSTRACT: Social media use among students has infiltrated into dental education and offers benefits but may also cause problems. The aim of this study was to explore and compare current social media usage among dental undergraduate students from two countries-Malaysia and Finland. A self-administered structured online questionnaire was used. WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat were the services that were most familiar to the respondents from both countries. There were differences between the students from the two countries among the most preferred platforms. The most frequently used applications were WhatsApp (91.1% of students in Malaysia and 96.1% in Finland used it very frequently) and Instagram (74.3% of students in Malaysia and 70.0% in Finland used it very frequently). Students

SUBMITTER: Uma E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8625251 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature