EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF NASARAWA STATE POLYTECHNIC, LAFIA
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The aim of this research is to examine The Effects
of Social Media on Students’ Performance. Social media is rapidly changing the
communication setting of today’s social world. Hence its emergence is
significantly having effect on the performance of students and as such has
become prone to frequent fluctuations on the mood and self-control of students.
Thus, this has affected the performance of the students in one way or the
other. However, questionnaire was used for the research method in this work for
the collection of data, using the survey and quantitative analysis. Out of one
hundred (100) copies of questionnaires distributed, eighty three (83) were
retrieved which represented the respondents. The study made use of social
information processing theory and social media equation theory in carrying out
the research work for a better understanding on the topic. However, findings
for the study showed that social media good results, improve academic performance,
therefore, it should be used for E-learning in schools/colleges. Also, findings
revealed that the social media has effect on some of the respondents positively
and negatively. To this end, it is recommended that students should use the
social media rightly and also the government should create policies on the
positivity of social media on student’s performance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1 Background
to the Study. 1
1.2 Statement
of Research Problem.. 3
1.3 Objectives
of the study. 4
1.5 Significance
of the Study. 5
1.6 Limitation
of the study. 6
2.1.1 Social
Media: An overview.. 9
2.1.3 Types
of Social Networking Sites. 13
2.1.4 Social
Media versus Social Network. 16
2.1.5 Relationship between Social Media and
Academic performance. 17
2.1.6 Impact
of Social Media on Students’ Academic Performance. 18
2.2 Review
of Related Literature. 20
2.3 Review
of Empirical Works. 22
3.3 Population
of the Study. 29
3.5 Data
Collection Instrument 30
3.6 Techniques
of Data Collection. 30
3.7 Method
of Data Analysis. 31
DATA
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
4.2 Presentation
and Analysis of Data. 32
4.3 Discussion
of Findings. 48
SUMMARY,
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
APPENDIX A: LETTER OF INTRODUCTION
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Xrace, D (2019). EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF NASARAWA STATE POLYTECHNIC, LAFIA. Afribary.com: Retrieved January 26, 2020, from https://afribary.com/works/effect-of-social-media-on-students-performance-a-case-study-of-nasarawa-state-polytechnic-lafia
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Da eggonboi, Xrace. "EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF NASARAWA STATE POLYTECHNIC, LAFIA" Afribary.com (2019). Accessed January 26, 2020. https://afribary.com/works/effect-of-social-media-on-students-performance-a-case-study-of-nasarawa-state-polytechnic-lafia