EFFECTS OF

SOCIAL MEDIA ON
STUDENTS
PREFACE Different social networking sites are
now our part of life.

Most of the modern people use any of those social sites like facebook, Twitter etc and
most of the users of those are young.
Most of our youngs now prefer social sites to pass leisure time than other.
So this report is about the “Effects of social media on students”.
INTRODUCTION

The definition of social media is “the relationships that exist between network of
people”.
In the last ten years, the online world has changed dramatically.
However, many students are spending countless hours immersed in social media,
such as Facebook, You tube etc.
As social media sites continue to grow in popularity it is our belief that technology is
a vital part of today’s student success equation
USES OF SOCIAL NETWORKS

The social networking sites that students used for academic purposes included You
tube, Whatsapp and Facebook. Whatsapp was the most used social media. You tube
was the least used of all websites.
TIME SPENT ON SOCIAL
NETWORKING SITES

The respondents reported the number of hours they spend on social networks per day.
3.5% spent hours per day, 37.9% spent less than 1 hour per day, 58.6% spend l-12
hours per day. They were no respondents who spent zero hours on the social
networks. The consumption levels for 1-12 hours are the highest.
USES OF SOCIAL NETWORK SITES

The highest score of 44.3% revealed that the students used it for chatting. Less score
1.5% used submitting articles to website.
Downloading music and videos were not only educational but considered for several
genres.
Downloading music/videos, posting photos and chatting can be categorized as
entertainment use.
Educational uses like submitting articles, communicating
with teachers/class fellows comprised of a lesser score
SOCIAL NETWORKS AND E-LEARNING

86.4% students agreed that social networks were an effective e-learning tool.
13.6% students not agreed that social networks were an effective e-learning tool.
86.4% who were in favor felt that e-learning saved time.
CONCLUSION

Social media is attractive, it not only provides college students another world to make
friends, also provides a good way to release pressure.
To some degree, it absolutely affects the lives of college students including the
grades.
This research also indicates that an approach is needed to better balance the
relationship between social media and academics only.
Therefore, college students should think more about the balancing equation of social
media and academics.
RECOMMENDATION

 Social networking is definitely affecting students efficiencies as well as their

grades.
 Hence, educators need to be concerned about these problems and try to find better
ways to solve these problems.
 Although, framed within an academic context, the concepts outlined here can be
utilized to investigate the use of communication technology not only at school,
however also at home, workplace and various other settings, and for a variety of
different audiences such as teenagers, young adults, the elderly or families.
THANK YOU
SMIR RATHNAYAKE
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