Are you a team player or a personal pinner? situating pinterest as part of teachers’ online and offline professional learning networks

Table 1 MUT and descriptions (from Brandtzæg’s (2010, 2012)

Typology	Frequency of social media use	Statement that describes social media use
No Show/NonUser	Almost never	‘I don’t use social media’
Newcomer/Sporadics	Once a week	‘I don’t check social media because I don’t find it worthwhile’
Onlookers/Lurkers	Every few days	‘I check social media, but I don’t post a lot of things’
Cliquers/Debaters & Entertainment Users	Daily	‘I use social media to read news and stories’
Mix & Minglers/Socialisers	Multiple times daily	‘I use social media to exchange information and check in with people.’ / ‘I use social media to post about my day. I check in with others. I’m always keeping up.’
Sparks/Instrumental & Advanced Users	Always online	‘I don’t want to miss anything, so I’m always checking my social media.’

The statements that describe social media use were included as part of the survey given to participants. Participants were allowed to select all descriptions that applied to their use

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