Awareness and Use of Social Media and Cloud Computing Technology among Faculty Members in Theological Institutions in South India

This paper assesses the level of awareness and use of social media and cloud computing technology among faculty members in theological institutions in south India. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from respondents from 60 theological institutions in South India. Of the 958 faculty members, 450 completed and returned. Collected responses were analysed using SPSS version 24. Statistical tests, ANOVA, correlation and GAP analysis tests were carried out to find out statistical significance on awareness and use of social media and cloud technology with regard to various demographic data of the respondents. The study noted that of various social media networks, 59.6% of respondents were fully aware of Facebook and 54.9% respondents were fully aware of YouTube. With regards to the use of social media for disseminating information, 46.5% of respondents always use Facebook and 40.5% always use YouTube. Among various cloud computing technologies, 51.8% of respondents were fully aware of Google Drive, 43.6% of respondents were fully aware of Dropbox and 37.3% were fully aware of One Drive. This study concluded with the recommendation to create adequate awareness among faculty members on usefulness of social media networks and cloud computing technologies for sharing their scholarly publications worldwide.