Facebook is one of the most famous social networking websites which has become a part of the daily routine for most college students. This has led to a question amongst researchers whether students’ use of this networking site influences their academic outcomes.
This study is based mainly on the student's perspective - the impact on students of using social networking tools and what effect it has on the traditional style of learning and teaching.
In the paper “Effects of social network on students’ performance: A web-based forum study in Taiwan” the researcher investigated the effects of social networks on the performance of students’ online education. They found that students who are more active on facebook have positive effect on their academic performance.Regarding effect of social media, one third of the students (30.2%) thought that SM sites decrease friendship level, (73.0%) limit sport time, and has a negative effect on the learning process (62.View Effects of Facebook on the Academic Performance of Freshmen Students Research Papers on Academia.edu for free.
Facebook has so many side effects that our students, as they may don’t know. Using Facebook means you are allowing other users to search you easily and your friends tag and bag you like an objects. Though it has some privacy measures but those are not enough and those users who exactly don’t know how to control their privacy.Read More
Abstract: This research intends to examine how spending time on Facebook affect students' academic performance. It explores behavioural factors affecting students utilising Facebook. Questionnaires were personally distributed to 667 undergraduate and postgraduate students from the University of Malaya to determine their intentions for using Facebook, which will allow us to discern the symptoms.Read More
Mangiatordi, 2011). Facebook use is nearly ubiquitous among U. S. college students with over 90% active participation among undergraduates (N. Ellison, C. Steinfeld, and C. Lampe, 2011). Even in the developed countries Facebook is widely access by students. This paper reviews the influence of Facebook in university students’ academic.Read More
Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are the example famous social network that becomes the best choice among the students, especially university students. Social network can defines as site of grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighbourhood subdivision.Read More
The effects of Facebook on academic performance have attracted both public and scholarly attention. Prior research found that Facebook use is linked to poor academic performance, suggesting that Facebook distracts students from studying. These studies, which are primarily based on.Read More
Social media have had profound impacts on the modern world. Facebook, which remains by far the largest social media company, has 2.3 billion monthly active users worldwide (Facebook 2018). As of 2016, the average user was spending 50 minutes per day on Facebook and its sister platforms Instagram and Messenger (Facebook 2016).Read More
This research study examines the effect of social media, particularly Facebook and Twitter, on the purchasing habits of college students by testing for correlations between recommendations on social media and consumption patterns. Moreover, the research also examines the role of gender and social media usage frequency on consumption patterns.Read More
Also it is a latest trend of the youth, particularly high level students and the university students as well. This paper examines the usage of Facebook among university students and the influence it has on their academic performance. The impact of Facebook can either be good or bad on university students and their academic activities.Read More
As long as students don’t become fanatics when it comes to gadgets, we don’t think that they could have a bad influence or a bad effect on students. The gadgets make our life better in many ways. Let’s take for example the cell phone, many of you are “lost” without it and when it comes to students this device is more than just a cell phone, is a chat opportunity, an Internet.Read More
Positive effects of social media on students’ academic life Students’ academic life has moved to a different dimension since the introduction of these social media networks and several studies have affirmed that social media plays an important role on students in higher education including the study conducted by Wheeler, Yeomans and.Read More