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Factors Affecting the Adoption of Social Media in Higher Education: A Systematic Review of the Technology Acceptance Model

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Numerous review studies were conducted in the past to examine the technology acceptance model (TAM) on the one hand, and the social media adoption on the other hand. However, understanding the factors affecting the adoption of social media in higher education through the lenses of TAM is still not yet examined. Therefore, this study aims to systematically review the TAM-based social media studies for identifying the most dominant factors. This study also attempts to determine the most dominant publication venues through which the analyzed studies were published. Out of 539 articles collected, a total of 57 studies were found to meet the inclusion criteria, and hence, were included in the analysis phase. The results indicated that “perceived enjoyment”, “subjective norm”, “self-efficacy”, “perceived playfulness”, “perceived critical mass”, and “openness” were the most frequent factors affecting the adoption of social media in higher educational institutions. The identification of these factors would assist the decision-makers of these institutions in making informed decisions regarding the employment of social media platforms. Limitations and future work were also discussed.

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  1. Faculty of Art, Computing & Creative Industry, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malim, Malaysia

    Noor Al-Qaysi & Norhisham Mohamad-Nordin

  2. College of Economics, Management and Information Systems, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman

    Norhisham Mohamad-Nordin

  3. Department of Information Technology, Al Buraimi University College, Al Buraimi, Oman

    Mostafa Al-Emran

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Al-Qaysi, N., Mohamad-Nordin, N., Al-Emran, M. (2021). Factors Affecting the Adoption of Social Media in Higher Education: A Systematic Review of the Technology Acceptance Model. In: Al-Emran, M., Shaalan, K., Hassanien, A. (eds) Recent Advances in Intelligent Systems and Smart Applications. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 295. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47411-9_31

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