Social Media Integration in Educational Administration as Information and Smart Systems: Digital Literacy for Economic, Social, and Political Engagement in Namibia

Sadrag Panduleni Shihomeka, Helena N. Amadhila

Source Title: Research Anthology on Applying Social Networking Strategies to Classrooms and Libraries

ISBN13: 9781668471234|ISBN10: 166847123X|EISBN13: 9781668471241

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7123-4.ch100

MLA

Shihomeka, Sadrag Panduleni, and Helena N. Amadhila. "Social Media Integration in Educational Administration as Information and Smart Systems: Digital Literacy for Economic, Social, and Political Engagement in Namibia." Research Anthology on Applying Social Networking Strategies to Classrooms and Libraries, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 1849-1868. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-7123-4.ch100

APA

Shihomeka, S. P. & Amadhila, H. N. (2023). Social Media Integration in Educational Administration as Information and Smart Systems: Digital Literacy for Economic, Social, and Political Engagement in Namibia. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Applying Social Networking Strategies to Classrooms and Libraries (pp. 1849-1868). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-7123-4.ch100

Chicago

Shihomeka, Sadrag Panduleni, and Helena N. Amadhila. "Social Media Integration in Educational Administration as Information and Smart Systems: Digital Literacy for Economic, Social, and Political Engagement in Namibia." In Research Anthology on Applying Social Networking Strategies to Classrooms and Libraries, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1849-1868. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-7123-4.ch100

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Abstract

The proliferation and access to social media platforms that allow easy access to information systems and services, content creation, and sharing, in a convenient form, has taken education administration and management by storm. Facebook is one of the many online media that can let education administrators and managers interact with each other or their subordinates by sharing information about themselves or any topical community issue via personal profiles or institutional profiles. Furthermore, it is noted that social media applications by their nature have the capabilities of educating, informing, entertaining (leisure), and socializing the audience. The research revealed that there are various groups on Facebook where youthful education administrators can use to post educational information and discuss pertinent issues concerning their institutions. Indeed, social media are being used as channels to foster economic, social, and political development education among Namibian educational administrators.