Do Social Networking Sites Such as Facebook and Twitter Cause More Harm Than Good

Nowadays, there are many people who are addictive to technology very much, especially some social networks, like Facebook. An article from World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology shows that, “Facebook has become an essential part of many people’s lives. Surveys have shown that 71.2% of Internet users in the U.S. are also Facebook users, and that almost adolescents check Facebook first thing in the morning. Facebook ranked first in a survey of the 100 most popular websites in Taiwan. Nearly 90% of the Facebook population is made up of students, particularly university students”. At the same time, we have to notice that technology brings us a lot of fun. For example, communication has been made easier and the Internet has brought email and chatting facilities. Instead of sending letters to respective destinations, it is very easy to send an e-mail, which will be received instantly. New technology makes people to contact each other easily. If you are very busy and have no time to see your parents, you can call them or text them anytime, even during the 10 minutes break of the meeting. If you go to other country to study or work, and get far from your friends, you can have Internet video with them, in this way you can see them easily. All of those I said are the benefits and convenience that new technology bring us. In this way, technology makes people get closer, but not be alone. Without new technology, people have to see each other face to face or

Saba Mehmood and Tarang Taswir (2013) states social networking sites have increased the ability of integrating learning with an online environment. Apart from using Social Networking Sites for chatting, blogging it is now being used in different ways like forming communities.

Facebook is one of the most used Social Media used by college students, and high school students. As stated in the article “The Reasons for Non-Use of Social Net-working Websites by University Students” , “Facebook’s statistics report that there are 901 million monthly active users who create

Many students agree that social networking is an essential tool in education today. Feedback has become a vital tool amongst students and teachers in networking whether it’s Facebook, Myspace, or Twitter (Carey, n.d.). In a recent study, it stated that 59% of students who belong to “social networking sites” admitted that when there on the Internet they explore topics to communicate about such as college preparation and occupations. Another study shows that 50% of students use social networking to improve on their studies and teachers have found that this has helped students become more successful in their reading and writing vocabulary (“Social,”

The World Wide Web, otherwise known as the internet, is vastly becoming and has become a cultural phenomenon for everyone around the world of all ages. It is a social environment and place for people to interact with one another and create close relationships with; in some way or form, the internet has connected us all together. With the internet comes social networking where in recent years, has sky-rocketed into an important component in young adults’ lives; this is where social media platforms, such as Instagram and Facebook, come into hand. With increasing advancements in the technological world, it encourages people to develop and surround their lives with those technology improvements. People feel that they have to follow the trend

The internet has grown world-wide in the past couple years. Since July 2011, there have been over 750 million profiles on Face book, more than 100 million users on LinkedIn, around 180 million posts on twitter and about 3 billion views on YouTube daily(Chen & Bryer, 2012). The most effective page on social media has been proven to be Facebook because it allows one account to share images, videos, and posts etc. to all of the friends on the page (Chen, 2010). Students use Facebook for personal reasons mainly, however now it is mostly being used for academic reasons. Research has shown that clubs, groups, and news are being created and sent out from students to other students. The surge of the internet definitely changes the amount of students participating in academic groups and the whole college learning experience (Prescott, 2014).

Many students who study at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) use social networking sites. However, little is known how much, why, and how they use these sites. Facebook, Instagram, and twitter are the most popular sites on social media, and they publish a lot of pictures, videos, and news. Although they have a very negative effect on students because of the large amount of misguided information on these sites that students unknowingly consume; these sites prevent students from talking face to face and spending real time with each other, the students can lose good verbal communication skills, and these sites distract the students in the classroom and when they are studying

According to Jovanovic, Chiong and Weise (2012), traditional teaching methods concentrate on passive content consumption and have to be replaced or supplemented with exceedingly interactive learning process. Therefore, social networking sites could be great substituted sources that improve teaching and learning since the

& Bonds-Raacke, 2008; Salaway et al., 2008). However, despite the popularity of Facebook due to the great increase in use, speed, interactivity, and free Internet access, an amount of the student user

Although facebook gives students academic freedom, it has a major impact on their performance. At this point, this generation tends to rely on the net and spend most of the time on Facebook (Abdulahi, Samadi, & Gharleghi, Sep, 2016). Today’s secondary school students are exposed to all types of social networking sites in many aspects of their lives, but when it comes to Facebook, they just do not know when to stop. They, however, would go on and on for hours without taking the time off to look at reality.

When Hartshorne, Ajjan, and Cao (2016) conducted their study, they observed that there has been a significant increase in the number of social networking websites today. Indeed, Jacobsen and Forste (2011) argue that social networking websites have become an international phenomenon in recent years, with many individuals, especially teens and young adults becoming obsessed and addicted to this

The students gave adequate responses concerning their use of online networks. Some students perceive that social media sites are a distraction and some of them were hesitant to share their feelings concerning the issue. Also, a high percentage of respondents found that these social networking sites are important avenues for searching information. Social networking sites also assist students in finding important educational networks and looking for

Purpose – This research paper examines the impact of the usage of social networking sites (SNS) on the academic performance of the students in universities. The impact has been studied in relation to three variables acting as moderators to the usage of social networking sites which in turn helps to enquire the variation of academic performance of the students regarding that usage. The Independent variable is the SNS usage, the mediator is the Technology.

Why it matters: In this day in age, many argue that social media is having a negative impact on the learning environment. It is true that being consumed in electronics takes away certain aspects of social engagement. Many people rely on a screen for their social interactions and lose the personal connections of face to face interactions. However, when used properly, these networking sites and devices can be used to connect both students and educators, as well as create an online platform for students to post questions or concerns to their teachers and peers.

The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of social networking to the academic performance of the students of Universidad de Manila.