A Using information Technology Tools and Social Media Model to Support Life in Crisis
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A using information technology tools and social media model to support life in crisis aimed to 1) study the behavior of using tools and social media in crisis; 2) study the need for tools and social media to support life in crisis; and 3) propose a using information technology tools and social media model in crisis. The population and sample consisted of 400 people with purposive selection. The research instruments were behavior questionnaires and needs questionnaires, and analyzed the data by average, standard deviation, Pearson Correlation Analysis, and assessing needs by Modified Priority Need Index. The results showed that: 1) most of the observed variables were mean at a high level; 2) the level of need for tool behavior and social media was found to be at a high level; and 3) the correlation between a total of 66 pairs of variables, all observed variables was correlated, and the correlation of all variables was in the same direction. The test results of the need for tools and social media to support life in crisis overall and individual items, paired-samples t test, it was found that the calculated t ratio was statistically significant at the .05 level that Thai people had changed their behavior in using tools and social media in 3 areas: 1) education, 2) entertainment, and 3) socializing.
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