I am no longer alone - How do university students perceive the possibilities of social media?

An increasing number of people have become users of social media, mostly looking for social contacts and networking. But what kind of social capital do social networking services (SNSs) provide? University students' ( = 90) experiences of and opinions on social media were studied through a semi-structured questionnaire. The following research questions were set for this study: (1) What kinds of benefits do university students perceive in the usage of social media? and (2) What kind of social capital does social media produce according to university students' opinions? Their answers were analysed with the qualitative content analysis method.

The fourth level of health literacy.

The World Health Organization defines health literacy as cognitive and social skills determining individuals' motivation and ability to receive, understand, and use information in a health-promoting manner. This study discusses health literacy in the light of general upper secondary education students' test answers (N = 611) on the Finnish Matriculation Examination. The data were analyzed based on three levels of health literacy: the basic, communicative, and critical level.