Impact Of Social Media On Academic Performance

Outline

The Impact of Social Media on Academic Performance

Introduction:

A. Social media has become a global industry in the last decade because of the internet.

B. Most people who count on the internet are students sharing their thoughts and ideas through social media like Facebook and Twitter. There are about 73% of young people are using social networks since the year 2009 (Couldry, 2012).

1. Statement of the Problem:

Since social media is new, there are many affirmatives and negatives. However, the most users of social media are students, and because of this, they are the largest victim group of social media. Also, students will be affected in their academic performance by using social media.

Purpose of Study

A. To look deeply to examine the

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: These refer to popular, free social networking sites that allow users to create profiles, upload videos and photos, send messages and keep in touch with family, colleagues and friends (Paul, Baker & Cochran, 2012).

3. Affirmative Impacts of social media

A. Accessibility, Efficiency, and Information Sharing:

• From social media, students can easily access information they want with efficiency. Also, they can share any information they want with their colleague.

B. Academic engagement and access to knowledge bases:

• From social media, Students can engage themselves or work together with other students by sharing and doing homework. Also, students can access and learn about global issues.

4. Negative impacts of social media

• Increased aggression and anti-social behaviors:

In social media, students can see violence, such as gun battles, physical abuse, and how others use drugs and drink alcohol. All these make them becoming more aggressive in their everyday life (Fischer, & Reuber, 2011).

• Emotional distress and problematic social development:

• Students who are addicted to social media distress their emotional and lose their ability to communicate face-to-face (Albury & Crawford,