LUNAR INTERNATIONAL COLLAGE

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
DEPARTMENT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Research Methods for Project Managers
Group assignment: - Disadvantage of social media especially Facebook in the
case of St.joseph Secondary School students (Addis Ababa).

PRIPARED BY: -
1. Workie Fenta Alem
2. TsehayWorkneh Tsega
3. Dawit Getahun Derebe
4. Suriat Jemal Grumu
5. Dawit Desy Adane
6. Biniyam Girma Gebeyehu

SUBMITED TO: - Zerihun Berhane (PhD) Asst.

Prof. at CAfOS, AAU
Feb, 2020
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Formulating research problem

Disadvantage of social media especially Facebook in the case of St. joseph Secondary School
students (Addis Ababa).

Problem statement

Facebook is used by many people to connect their friends and relatives around the globe
(Brydolf , 2007). According to Ellison, Steinfield and Lampe (2011), for example, a significant
number (approximately 73%) of internet -usage teenagers have joined social networking sites by
the end of 2009, with almost half of them (38%) visiting social networking sites daily.

The use of Facebook platforms has grown so fast that is has even attracted the attention of
Secondary School students. Negative effect on their academic performances by interrupting them
from the learning process. Therefore, it is becoming difficult to ignore the fact that there might
be direct correlation between Facebook usage and the student academic performances show at
school. Since the problem relatively new, the researcher believes several attempts to be made for
an idea answering this question. As well as, there is no research conducted yet on this topic in St.
joseph Secondary School students.

General objective

 The overall objective of this study to assess the impact of Facebook usage on St. joseph
Secondary School student’s academic performance.

Specific objectives

 To identify the special motives that drive students to use Facebook.

 To find out average time students spend on this site collectively per day.
 To assess distractions of academy performance by using Facebook.
 To find out the factors that affect face to face communication skill.
 To ascertain the extent of student’s addiction to Facebook usage.
Research question/hypothesis

On the premises of the stated objectives six research questions were formed to guide this study:

 Dose Facebook usage have impact on student academic performance?

 What are the special motives that drive students to use Facebook?
 On average how much time do students spend on this site collectively per day?
 What are the distractions academy performance by using Facebook?
 What are the factors that affect face to face communication skill?
 To what extent students are addicted to Facebook usage?

Reference

Ellison NB, Steinfield C and Lampe C (2007) The benefits of Facebook ‘friends’: Exploring the
relationship between college students’ use of online social networks and social capital. Journal of
Computer-mediated Communication 12: 1143–1168