Effects of social media use on the reading habits of selected high school students in Nigeria

Akande, Samson Oyeniyi; Oyedapo, R O

doi:10.4314/iijikm.v9i1.5

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“…It is true that we read school textbooks, but it is not considered as reading but just as a duty (assignment)". Akande and Oyedapo (2018) recommend that schools should establish reading clubs in collaboration with English language teachers and school librarians.…”

Section: School Reading Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This explains why these girls go to libraries to buy books and not to sit and read there. With this line, Akande and Oyedapo (2018) recommended that countries' policymakers should consider building modern libraries equipped with 21 st -century technological facilities and stocked with a wide range of reading materials. Merga (2017) believed that making books accessible denotes the value of books and reading.…”

Section: Home Librarymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Shamsa expressed a similar idea when asked about whether her accounts on social media encouraged her to read, her reply was "I follow some writers...in Twitter…some accounts write briefs about some books, so I like to follow them" (Shamsa, interview). Globally, as asserted by Dike, Okpala, and Babarinde (2013), and Akande and Oyedapo (2018), students use social media extensively and this may adversely affect their reading habits.…”

Section: Internet and Mobile Applicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Qualitative Case Study on Reading Practices and Habits of High School Students

Al-Buraiki

2022

WJEL

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Reading has been identified as an indicator of successful academic achievement. The present qualitative study explored reading literacy practices of Omani adolescent students. Three high school students participated in semi-structured interviews. The findings revealed four main factors that determined their reading practices: motivation to read, home literacy practices, students' reading rituals, and digital literacy practices. These four factors were discussed in light of other related topics which included reading interest and school reading activities as they influenced students' motivation to read, and parental involvement and availability of home library as examples of home literacy practices. Furthermore, students' reading rituals were discussed considering their quest for meaning, pre-reading preparation tasks, and preferred time of day to read, whereas the digital literacy factor encompassed the sub-topics of internet and mobile applications and the role of other devices provoking reading interest. Understanding the reading literacy practices of adolescent learners offers insights into how to develop effective strategies to improve those practices. These insights can subsequently aid educators and parents in their reading instruction and ability to be productively involved in their children’s reading literacy development, respectively. Moreover, other students may learn from their peers’ successful reading practices.

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A Qualitative Case Study on Reading Practices and Habits of High School Students

Al-Buraiki

2022

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“…However, [9] found that the pupils are exposed to a wide range of ICT gadgets and used them for leisure or socialising than for academic purposes. Furthermore, studies shown that pupils spent more time on the use of social media, especially with the affordability of gadgets, thereby causing less time spent on reading and cultivating good reading habits [10]- [12]. In addition, Malaysian pupils often use social media for both positive and negative [13].…”

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Influence of Social Media on Reading Habits among Year 5 Pupils

Miin¹,

Suliman²,

Yunus³

2019

IJITEE

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Social media is an online platform which allows individuals and groups, as well as pupils to collaborate with each other. However, studies shown that pupils used them more for leisure than for academic purposes, including cultivating bad reading habits. This study aimed to explore the influence of social media towards reading habits and interest in reading among year 5 pupils in an urban school. The researchers see a need to carry out this study as it provides an insight for educators, especially for primary education teachers, who are longing for different pedagogical approach in language teaching, specifically the teaching of reading. A survey was carried out with 50 year 5 ESL pupils by using a questionnaire comprising 50 close-ended and 1 open-ended items to identify the influence of social media on their reading habits. Besides, unstructured interviews were conducted with 10 of the respondents to examine the influence of social media on interest of reading. The findings showed positive reading habits are able to construct by using social media as it successfully increased the interest of pupils in reading. In conclusion, the use of social media is effective in cultivating positive reading habits. The results of this study may be beneficial to educators in adapting the use of social media in teaching reading. It is suggested that further studies could be done to identify the social media platform that contributes towards pupils’ better reading habits

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“…Reading is essential for a good learning process (Cuadro et al, 2021). Language and word reading abilities affect reading comprehension (Akande & Oyedapo, 2018 Irvin, 2015;Kirschmann et al, 2021;Perfetti, 2007). Reading skills are essential in the era of information technology (Ningsih, 2016;Suwannee & Siripan, 2021).…”

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Peer Assessment-based Digital Literacy, EFL Students’ Reading Competency, and Engagement

Lailiyah

Ratminingsih

Utami

et al. 2022

JERE

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In the 21st century, students must master digital literacy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many students could still not use online learning support facilities. It has an impact on decreasing reading competence and student engagement. This study aims to determine the effect of peer assessment-based digital literacy on reading competency and engagement of EFL students during the post-COVID-19 pandemic. This research utilized a quasi-experimental design. A total of 10 groups of students participated in this study. Two groups of students were selected using cluster random sampling; 30 participants were assigned to the experiment, and 30 were assigned to the control group. The data instruments used two post-tests and a questionnaire. The dataset was statistically analyzed using One-way ANOVA and MANOVA, with assistance from SPSS version 26.0. The findings of this study implied that there was a significant effect of peer assessment-based digital literacy on the reading competency of EFL students; and there was a significant effect of peer assessment-based digital literacy on the EFL students' engagement. There is a simultaneous effect of peer assessment-based digital literacy on EFL students' reading competency and engagement. This study found that peer assessment-based digital literacy is one of the best ways to improve EFL students' reading competency and engagement. It is suggested that more research be done on this topic, not just on how well students read, but also on how motivated students are to learn, how students and parents see each other, how involved parents are, and what factors help and hinder students.

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Effects of social media use on the reading habits of selected high school students in Nigeria

Abstract: The study investigates the effect of social media use on the reading habits of high school students: a case study of

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A Qualitative Case Study on Reading Practices and Habits of High School Students

A Qualitative Case Study on Reading Practices and Habits of High School Students

Influence of Social Media on Reading Habits among Year 5 Pupils

Peer Assessment-based Digital Literacy, EFL Students’ Reading Competency, and Engagement

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