Abstract
The main purpose of this investigation is to decide the positive impact of social media apps on the
academic performance of students including Females and Males of Universities and Colleges. Based
on arbitrary sampling, a sample of 1500 students was chosen. A Survey-based Questionnaire was
utilized as amajor source for information collection. The 100% poll got back from the respondents on
which expressive statistics applied for information investigation. Results demonstrate that the impact
of social media apps can be positive as this examination decisively resolved the genuine impact of
social media apps. In the later time, it encourages the future career of students in Institutions. The
Social Media Apps(SMA) like Facebook, Whatsapp, YouTube, Twitter, and other social media apps
capture the consideration of students including females and males for study and influence decidedly
their scholarly grade considerations.
Keywords:Social media apps,Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, impact, students, Arithmetic
Mean. Academic performance
1 INTRODUCTION
Social media is a term which is used as the medium of communication between peoples.
Now a days, social media is the most wonderful invention of communication between
peoples in internet technology[1]. Despite the fact that, there is loss of protection and
wellbeing, web-based media furnishes openings for interfacing with friends, classmates
and individuals with shared interest[2].
Today, the internet has become the part of people’s lives. It is very hard to think that a
young man between 18 and 35 years age cannot leave without checking the updates in a
day regarding social networks. The modern digital era focuses on the current news, prac-
tices and tendencies. However, does this trend affect the student academic perfor-
mance?[3]
The Internet provided the platform for communication regarding government, businesses,
research companies, education institutions and other companies to connect with one an-
other. It provides a cheap medium for exchanging information among peoples and com-
puters regarding geographical limitation[4]
In this research, social media means social media websites such as Face-
book,Whatsapp,YouTube,Twitter etc., which are used to share data in the form of nu-
meric ,alphabetic ,alphanumeric ,image, video ,audio and other supporting files among
peoples.So,in this context, students are producers when students posted any message
and students are consumers when students read any message[5]
1.1 Problem Statement
In such manner that the examination researches the effect of online media sites on un-
derstudy scholarly execution somewhere in the range of 18 and 35 years in Colleges and
Universities.
1.2 Purpose of Study
The purpose of this study is to probe the impact of social media on student academic
performance in Colleges and Universities in connection with age limit between 18 and 35
years.
1.3 Research Method
First of all, the researchers collected the literature using relevant research papers. A sur-
vey is conducted on the basis of questionnaire. Responses of questionnaire are assessed
by SPSS tool and excel on the basis of statistical analysis. The researcher is to identify
the impact of social media on the students’ academic performances between 18 and 35
years age studied in Colleges and Universities.
1.4 Expected Outcome
Expected outcome indicate that the effect of social media web sites can be positive as in
this research closely determined the real effect of social media web sites.
Research Paper Credentials
Jilin Daxue Xuebao (Gongxueban)/Journal of Jilin University (Engineering and Technology Edition)
ISSN:1671-5497
E-Publication:Online Open Access
Vol: 41 Issue: 04-2022
DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/7KVF6
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