The Impact of Social Media on Students’ Academic Performance: A Case Study at the University of Jordan

Alkhateeb, Maan Ali

doi:10.37575/h/edu/2058

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“…Every student's time management needs to be good so that it does not affect their academic performance or their social lives. The study of Ndaku (2013) highlighted that, students spent more time on social networking sites than on their academic exercises, as this phenomenon negatively affected their educational performance.…”

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The Impact of Social Media Use on the Academic Performance of Students of Private Tertiary Institutions in Ghana: The Valley View University Perspective

Ameyaw

2023

IJTMR

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This paper examines the impact of social media use on the academic performance of students in private tertiary institutions in Ghana. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The Valley View University, Oyibi Campus, Accra, was used as a case study. The population for the study was 2,172. The simple random sampling technique was used to sample 388 students. The questionnaire was used to solicit data for the study. 388 copies of the questionnaire were administered to the students. However, 362 copies were filled correctly and used for the analysis. The data were analysed using the IBM Statistical Product and Service Solutions (IBM-SPSS) version 22.0. The findings revealed that entertainment and relaxation, posting pictures and chatting with friends were students' motivators for social media use. The study found out that the frequent use of social media had negatively affected the academic performance of some students. The study recommended that the Management of the University should motivate students to use the various social media platforms for educational activities rather than non-academic ones. The study also suggested that students should be advised to reduce the number of hours spent on social media platforms.

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Section: Time Spent On Social Media Platforms By Studentsmentioning

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The Impact of Social Media Use on the Academic Performance of Students of Private Tertiary Institutions in Ghana: The Valley View University Perspective

Ameyaw

2023

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“…However, students' academic achievement has a significantly negative correlation with SMU (Ndaku, 2013) and smartphone usage (Lepp et al, 2015;Samaha and Hawi, 2016). Millennials are considered to possess low CTA because they are more inclined to passively accepting information from social media (Menichelli and Braccini, 2020).…”

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“…However, students' academic achievement has a significantly negative correlation with SMU (Ndaku, 2013) and smartphone usage (Lepp et al. , 2015; Samaha and Hawi, 2016).…”

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Impact of social media use on critical thinking ability of university students

Cheng

Fang²,

Zhang³

et al. 2022

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PurposeThis research aims to discover the relationship between social media usage (SMU) and the critical thinking ability (CTA) of university students, and to answer the question that whether social media dependence (SMD) affects the development of CTA, and thus providing a reference for the social media access strategy of academic libraries from the perspective of media information literacy.Design/methodology/approachThe research data were collected via 300 valid questionnaires whose respondents are students from three universities in China. Multistage stratified cluster sampling method was used to select the respondents, which guarantees statistical representativeness. A pre-test was conducted to ensure the validity of the questionnaire.FindingsIt is shown that the total score of CTA and the six sub-dimensions are significantly positively correlated with SMU, but strongly negatively correlated with SMD. Based on the mediating effect testing, it is discovered that the degree of SMD can affect the promoting relations between the usage intensity of social media (UISM) and CTA. Clearly, SMU is a double-edged sword. While it narrows the digital gap in terms of accessibility, it widens the digital gap in terms of usage.Originality/valueThe differences in SMU have a significant impact on the development of CTA of university students. This inspires us to consider the ability of “using social media in a balanced way” as an important evaluation and training direction when inquiring media literacy. As social media is becoming a critical channel in cultivating individual's thinking skills, it is highly suggested that the amount of time spent on reading fragmented information on the internet should be controlled.

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“…These phenomena raise concern about the effects of social networks on scholars. Among the impacts that gain high attention are mental health (Cunningham et al, 2021;Smith, 2020;Valkenburg et al, 2022) and academic performance (Al-Menayes, 2015;Alomari, 2019;Lim et al, 2021). Most researchers conclude that there are significant or at least minor effects of social media usage on academic performance and mental health of scholars.…”

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Assessing the identity of digital technology in education in the age of digital communication

Ting,

Lee,

Lim

et al. 2023

ONLINE J COMMUN MEDIA TECHNOL

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Digital technology has become a part of undergraduate daily life as digital assistant in the age of digital communication (social media and smartphones), purchasing necessities (online shopping), releasing stress (online game) and education resources supply (social media) during or after COVID-19 pandemics especially those involved in online education. However, excessive participation in these technologies raises concerns among the society. The most visible impact will be academic performance, physical and mental health. This research aims to analyze the addiction level and impacts of digital culture in undergraduates who involved in digital education, using empirical study. 320 scholars from a private university are invited to participate in the study. Pearson correlation and descriptive analysis are performed using SPSS in data analysis. The result shows that 62.05% of the respondents fall under a moderate level of addictive digital. Social media addiction, smartphone addiction, online game addiction, and online shopping addiction do not significantly affect undergraduate academic performance, but they have a significant impact on physical and mental health. This research brings new perceptions of different digital technologies to undergraduates in a comprehensive view in terms of digital technology empowerment or endangerment in education in this age of digital communication. This is useful as guidance to policy makers in the future design of online education.

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The Impact of Social Media on Students’ Academic Performance: A Case Study at the University of Jordan

Cited by 6 publications

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The Impact of Social Media Use on the Academic Performance of Students of Private Tertiary Institutions in Ghana: The Valley View University Perspective

The Impact of Social Media Use on the Academic Performance of Students of Private Tertiary Institutions in Ghana: The Valley View University Perspective

Impact of social media use on critical thinking ability of university students

Assessing the identity of digital technology in education in the age of digital communication

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