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Making social media work in Higher Education
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3.2 Your personal tipping points on WhatsApp

If you find yourself wondering if a WhatsApp group is working to help or hinder your studies, you can weigh up what you want out of your engagement with WhatsApp, or you can consider the things students said have worked well for them when using WhatsApp. For example, does the WhatsApp group, on balance provide:

  1. positive connection to student life
  2. useful, informative messages
  3. reliable information about tricky aspects of studying
  4. a motivational environment

Considering these can help you to develop some principles that can help you make your own decisions on whether your engagement in a WhatsApp group is helping you.

In the next section you will learn more the specific risks of WhatsApp and the ways in which privacy settings you might not be aware of can help you to manage these risks.