Microblogs – Disadvantages
References provided in Literature Section
- Can be extremely time consuming and possibly addictive (Dunlap & Lowenthal, 2009)
- Possibly encourages bad grammar because posts have a character limitation (Dunlap & Lowenthal, 2009)
- Can sometimes be distracting to students when used during a class lecture (Ebner, 2009)
- Individuals who are involved in large networks can easily be overloaded with a large amount of information (Jay, 2007)
- Teachers who make themselves available using microblogs are “on-call” 24-7, which can lead to intrusion into his/her private life (Grosseck & Holotescu, 2009)
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