Discussions
1.What is your most favourite social network? Based on Figure 1, out of 10 choices available, Facebook is the one that caught the interest of most of KMK’s student. 43 out of 50 respondent choose Facebook as their most favourite social network. It is huge gap between Facebook and another 9 social network. This probably because every Facebook users can add people as friends and send them message, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. (Please refers to Appendix 5)
2.What is the main reason in participating with any of the social networking? Based on Figure 2, according to the survey, the main reason uses participating with the social networking is to know the latest news. The reason why
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Besides that, about ten percent of the students prefer to get new knowledge by social networking. In their opinion, with the knowledge from social networking they can made it as a reference and thought it may be useful to apply in our daily life.
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7. What is the effect of social networking towards your life?
Based on Figure 7, 52% of the students remark that social networking will cause their study or work to be neglected. Most of them are addicted to social networking and disrupted their daily time management causing them cannot focus their full attention on studies. There are twenty percent of the students comment social networking was wasting their time and money. They said that social networking does not benefit them moreover they often use their time surfing unbeneficial web page and some it may cost you some money if you want to become a member of social network page.With the entertainment service provided by the social network, almost twenty percent of the students misuse the service of social network. They spent most of the time chit-chat with friends and playing social network games during social networking causing them lack of time in their studies. On the other hand, 4 out of 50 students (8%) answered that they can get the best inference from social networking. By collecting experience shared from friend to friend, they can make reasonable inference
Sixty-seven percent of social media users say that the major reason they use social media is to stay in touch with friends and family members, suggests Pew Research Center. In addition, 76 percent of all teens use social media, according to Pew, to connect with and learn more about new friends.
Social networking helps students find a place in online communities. These communities can help them with self esteem and also show them right from wrong.
There are however many students who do not use social media or who do significantly well in other areas of their studies despite of social media. The authors arguments do not account for those students. Some students who use social media use it briefly
The first reason for me maybe because, more and more people nowadays are attach with the innovation of technology especially in using the internet. Second, I think because of social networking you can meet a lot of people but sometimes other
Ellison, Steinfield and Lampe identify that social networking sites are among the main use of internet today. According to the authors, social networking sites are among the social media platforms that facilitate interaction in the computer environment. The writers identify the main motives for using social networking sites, for example, Facebook. One of the benefits is that Facebook improves the quality of life both social and at workplaces. According to the writers, social media has become common in the society that a majority cannot remember previous life without them. Social networking sites have become popular among college students who find it as a major platform for social interaction.
Social media was created to bring people close and contact them wherever they are located in the world on the other hand it isolated people from the human contraction and many students spend many hours on the many websites instead of having normal face to face interaction with other as Austen McCann mentioned in one of his article on the social media, “Social media has allowed them to take their life online and instead of saying goodbye to friends at school and waiting to see them the next day...”. According to Pew Research Center, in Social Media Update 2016 “77% of school students along with 82% of college students spend most of their time on social media websites such as Instagram, Facebook, twitter, etc. These number show how much
Also social networking sites allow people to improve their relationships and make new friends.therefore 70% of adults social networking users visit the sites to connect with friends and family and
In this modern era, social media has become an inseparable part of our daily life. It has become a modem of communication. People from distance places get connected with each other which has made has the world smaller virtually. Today it has been possible for me to know about family and friends being abroad. With over 1 billion user, Facebook has become the most popular sites among all the social media sites. Facebook is a site where people get to share their feelings. People of different age group and use Facebook for different purpose reflecting different personalities.
Communication technology has taken society by storm, social media sites have become the most popular place to share ideas and communicate with others. “Today, social networking sites are the preferred platforms for all
The activity of social networking in connection to academic performance is indecisive. This discussion section will interpret the results and compare this study with previous studies. The general overall results in this study indicated substantial correlations of social networking and it’s negative affects on the student’s GPA. The importance of social networking in the lives of post secondary and it’s affects was a major part of this study, the survey questions were created to measure these factors. A majority of students (79.2%) reported to have Facebook as a social networking site. According to the literature Facebook was mainly used to expand student’s social networking circle, in this study 98.2% of student’s reported to have
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 social network has become a controversial topic as well as the special influence on teenagers in 21th century. Somehow, the social platform has become an integral part of modern life because of conveniency . A social network can be defined as a network of social connections and personal relationships. It also refers to dedicated websites or other applications that enable users to communicate with one another by posting images, information, messages, and comments. Examples of social networks include social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Google+ among others. Social networks have taken the internet world by storm. Now that, individuals in the contemporary world having the strong dependency on social networks for various purposes including education, socialization, communication, and entertainment among others. According to statistics that many youth people will frequently spend most of the time to interacting with their friends and families on social networks. On the other hands, others use the same to access new updates as well as entertainment materials. Indeed, social networks such a Facebook have changed the way young people interact with one another and the society at large. The increased popularity of social networks has raised concerns among scholars and individuals. Fundamentally, most of the majorities are more concerned with the effects social media have on the younger generation and the society. Some are of the view that social
Social networking has more benefits than you think. Some don’t like social networking while others are all for it. There are many people who have debated the benefits and detriments to society, students, and family. Example of social networking would be Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube. Although social networking has some issues, many are easily taken care of, making it a benefit and improvement to society.
Knowing the advantages and disadvantages of social media can help a person be good in business, school or personal living. The benefits of social media can help build relationships with people that share the same interest. For some reason, the social web has made people put
The invention of social media has pulled people together, building strong social connections, making the world smaller, and enabling people to share their happiness with others. Social networking is also a good way to meet friends of diverse backgrounds. Take Instagram as an example. It recommends posts or users based on your interests, likes and other factors, allowing people to