The effect of teacher face-to-face and Facebook misbehavior on student motivation and affective learning

Thesis (M.A., Communication Studies)--California State University, Sacramento, 2013.This study examined the effect of face to face and Facebook teacher misbehavior (incompetence, indolence, and offensiveness). Prior research supports that face to face teacher misbehavior negatively impact student perceptions. However, research has not examined the effect of teacher misbehavior on Facebook.\ud A 2x2 factorial experimental design was used to test the extent to which the interaction between teacher incompetence and teacher competence, teacher indolence and teacher non indolence, and teacher offensiveness and teacher inoffensiveness impact motivation and affective learning. Participants in the main experiment (N = 458) were exposed to one of 12 written scenarios that manipulated medium (face to face or Facebook) and teacher misbehavior (incompetence, indolence, and offensiveness).\ud These data indicated that an interaction does occur when teacher misbehavior contradicts in different mediums. Each element of misbehavior was found to influence student motivation and affective learning. There was no difference between mixed conditions (for example teacher incompetence face to face/teacher competence Facebook). However, the presence of misbehavior (regardless of medium) negatively impacted motivation and affective learning.Communication Studie