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Vol.1: 2001. - XXVI,385 S. : Tab., Lit.Hinw. - ISBN 1-930608-62-4

The state of play in standards and standards reform / Martin Dowson, Dennis M. McInerney, and Shawn Van Etten -- Teacher risk taking changes in the context of school reform : a sociocultural and cognitive motivational perspective / Thomas G. Reio, Jr. and Sue Lasky -- Bridging across the mile-wide and mile-deep chasm : living and coping with standards-based reform in science education / Junlei Li -- Educational effectiveness : the importance of evidence-based teaching practices for the provision of quality teaching and learning standards / Kenneth J. Rowe -- Towards a theory of practice : critical transdisciplinary multiliteracies / James Albright, Christopher S. Walsh, and Kiran D. Purohit -- Identification with academics, stereotype threat, and motivation to achieve in school / Jason W. Osborne, J. Thomas Kellow, and Brett D. Jones -- The effects of ICT standards on educational motivation and learning : the Australian experience / Juhani E. Tuovinen -- National education in Singapore schools : challenges of engagement and motivation / Giok Ling Ooi -- Motivation in the context of project work : the self-determination perspective / Woon Chia Liu ... [et al.] -- Professional preparation standards for the practicum / Catherine Sinclair -- Standards in higher education distance learning environments : a sociocultural perspective / Martin Dowson, Stuart Devenish, and Julie Passmore -- Designing educational web pages : the standards for activist online communications / Gulsun Kurubacak and Eyup Irgat -- Standards for quantitative research in diverse sociocultural contexts / Phillip Parker, Martin Dowson, and Dennis McInerney -- The contribution of home background to student inequality in secondary schools in Norway / Lihong Huang

The use of social media is rapidly increasing, and one of the major discussions of the 21st century revolves around how the use of these applications will impact on the social relationships of users. To contribute to this discussion, we present a brief narrative review highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of social media use on three key aspects of social connectedness: social capital, sense of community, and loneliness. The results indicate that using social media can increase social capital, lead to the formation of friendships and communities, and reduce loneliness. However, some social media site users may experience weakening friendships, online ostracism, and heightened loneliness. Therefore, we argue that the use of social media has contradictory effects on social connectedness. Moreover, the direction of these outcomes is contingent upon who is using the site and how they are using it. Based on these arguments, possible directions for future research are discussed. It is recommended that discourse be continued relating to the association between online social behaviour and connectedness, as this will enable researchers to establish whether the positive outcomes of social media use outweigh the negative.