期刊名称:International Journal of Computer Science & Information Technology (IJCSIT)
印刷版ISSN:0975-4660
电子版ISSN:0975-3826
出版年度:2016
卷号:8
期号:4
页码:23
出版社:Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC)
摘要:Social media and social networking web sites have continued to gain supremacy in determining thestudent’s success in education. It captures the attention of students and their tutors over the years. A socialmedia network is only an electronic links amongst its users which turned out to be a habit for students,youngsters,and even the grown person. The influence of social media on students is alarming and doing more harmthan good. The aim of the paper is to analyze the vices of social media on the academic success of studentsof Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola. The survey method of research was adopted to achieve the objectivesof the study. Some research questions were presented to the respondents where the results revealed that somany (96 percent of them) usually spent much time on the social networking sites than to their academics.As such, the academic success of the students suffers setbacks which lead to poor performance in thestudent’s academics. It is therefore recommended that the networking sites should be built in such a way tosupport student’s educational activities in a positive way, as this will help in attracting the students to getacquitted in their quest for good academic success.
关键词:Chatting; Mobile Social Media; Social Media; Social Networking; Networking Site