ABSTRACT
This study investigated Impact of Social Media on Students Academic Performance among Senior Secondary School Students, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The aim of the study was to analyze the concept or effect of social media and academic performance. The study emphasized on the various forms of social media sites mostly patronized by Senior Secondary School Students, the positive effects, negative effects and the significant relationship between social media and academic performance. The study adopted a description survey design and the study comprises one hundred and fifty students (150). The random sample technique is used in selecting three Senior Secondary Schools in Abeokuta, on the basis of 50 per school. The instrument used for gathering data is questionnaire, while mean and standard deviation were adopted to analyze the data gathered. It was discovered that social media had significant effects on student’ academic performance in Senior Secondary School Abeokuta. The effects are both positive and negative. The findings also revealed that students use up to 3 social media sites and averagely append 9 hours in a week. Lastly, it recommended a collaborative approach between students, parents, educational institutions, social media sites managers, teachers, mass media and the government towards proper utilization of social media site.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Purpose of the Study
1.4 Research Question
1.5 Delimitation of Study
1.6 Significance of the Study
1.7 Operation Definition of Terms
CHAPTER TWO
2.1 Review of Related Literature
2.2 Concept of Social media
2.2.1Meaning of Social media
2.2.2What make Social media Site Unique
2.3 Concept of Academic performance
2.4 Types of Social media
2.4.1Blogs
2.4.2Social Connections
2.4.3Social Media Sharing Services
2.4.4Social News Services or Bookmarking
2.4.5Mobile Social media Applications
2.4.6Community Services
2.4.7Location Based Networks
2.5 Positive Effect of Social media Sites on Students
Academic performance
2.6 Negative Effects of Social media on Students;
Academic performance
2.7 Relationship between Social media and Academic Performance
CHAPTER THREE
Research Methodology
3.0 Introduction
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Area of Study
3.3 Population of the Study
3.4 Sample and Sampling Techniques
3.5 Research Instruments
3.6 Validity of the Instrument
3.7 Method of Data Collection
3.8 Method of Data Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
Presentation and Analysis of Data
4.1 Presentation of Demographic Data
4.2 Analysis of Data
4.3 Discussion of Findings
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations
5.1 Summary of Findings
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendations
References
Appendix
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
For many around the globe communications have turned the entire world into a global village through the internet, electronic media and portals. The social media sites have become one of the most popular ways for people to be better informed, enlightened, exchange messages and keep abreast with almost all of the electronic educated student or youth.
In the ancient days, teens spent hairs alone in their rooms or with close friends playing outside their houses, trying different outfits and modeling around the corner. Now, social media could be seen as a way of describing the display of everyday practices of social interaction that have played a crucial role in enabling people to communicate on a platform.
Furthermore, social media sites has becomes a global phenomenon in the past few years. What started out as a hobby for some computer literate people has become a social norms and way of life for people around the globe (Boyd 2007).
Social media is the social relation among people who share interest, activities and background connections for users to interact over the internet. Living stone and Brake (2010). In their opinion said ‘social media site like much else on the internet representing a moving target for researchers and policy makers’.
Presently around the world, the use of social media has enabled networking around the world very simple, students in particular have made browsing social media sites a daily practices and has reduced the way most student stay connected to their academic activities as many prefer to chat online while many think that social media has no effects on their academic performance. These made the researchers to study the habits of students and carefully look into the effect of social media and how they affect the academic performance of senior secondary school student in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
In Nigeria, people tend to do what are trending activities especially the student, they are the first who adopt was things particularly in social media sites.
Since the advent of social media sites in the 1990s. it is assumed in some quarters that the academic performance of student is facing a lot of neglect and challenges. There is a deviations distraction and divided attention between social media activities and their academic work.
The sites have led to the biggest problems in our academic environment in which average student spend 9 (nine) house a week on social media sites (Willard 2009). Also, it is observed that student devote more attention to social media than they do their studies. Therefore, the question this study is out to answer is; what are the effect of social media and how do they affect the academic performance of senior secondary students in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of the study was determine the effect of social media on the academic performance of senior secondary school student specifically the study sought to find out.
i. The most patronized social media by Senior secondary school students
ii. The positive effects of social media on the academic performance of senior secondary school student
iii. The negative Impact of Social Media on Students Academic Performance among Senior Secondary School Students.
iv. If there is any significant relationship between the academic performance of student and social media
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION
i. Which social media sites is mostly patronized by senior secondary school students?
ii. What are the positive Impact of Social Media on Students Academic Performance among Senior Secondary School Students?
iii. What are the networking Impact of Social Media on Students Academic Performance among Senior Secondary School Students?
iv. Is there any significant relationship between student’s academic performance and social media?
1.5 DELIMITATION OF STUDY
The essence of this research work is to primarily study the Impact of Social Media on Students Academic Performance among Senior Secondary School Students in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The research highlighted the concept, history and forms of social media sites and their effects in academic performance which intends to focus on senior secondary school students.
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
For senior secondary school student, the study will reveal to them with more information on the positive and negative effects of social media on their academic performance.
In addition, senior secondary school teachers will fond the study useful as the research will help them with more information on the influence of social media on the academic performance of student.
Moreover, parent and guardians will find the study useful as the findings will reveal to them some factors influence on the academic performance and their activities on the social media sites and why they need to properly monitor their children.
Lastly, the study will provide relevance materials for the benefit of other researchers undertaking similar research.
1.7 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS
Academic performance: This is the outcome of education on how student deal with studies and how they have achieved different tasks given to them by their teachers.
Social media: The use of internet to make information about yourself available to otherpeople especially among people who share interests.
Education: This is a social process in which individual achieves social competence and individual growth, carried on in selected controlled setting which can be instructionalize as a school or college.
Students: Someone engaged in studying something or someone who is very interested in a particular subject.
Effects: The aim, purpose produced by an action or state of being operative.