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

Table 2 Typology frequency of study participants (n = 88)

Typology	Number of participants (%)
No Show/NonUser	0 (0)
Newcomer/Sporadics	0 (0)
Onlookers/Lurkers	16 (18.1)
Cliquers/Debaters & Entertainment Users	4 (4.6)
Mix & Minglers/Socialisers	28 (31.8)
Sparks/Instrumental & Advanced Users*	29 (32.9)
Mixed Typology^a	11 (12.5)

As the social media typology was tiered, Sparks/Instrumental/Advanced Users encompassed those who only selected the phrase ‘I don’t want to miss anything, so I’m always checking my social media.’ (n = 9) as well as those who selected all phrases associated with both Cliquers/Debaters & Entertainment Users and Mix & Minglers/Socialisers (n = 20)
^aAs participants were allowed to select multiple descriptions of their social media use, this led to the creation of the mixed typology category (e.g. participants who selected phrases affiliated with the typology Onlookers/Lurkers AND phrases associated with Mix & Minglers/Socialisers)

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