A Study on Impact of Social Networking Sites on Students’ Academic Performance with special reference to Facebook
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
The use of social Networking sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, Likendin, Orkut etc are growing day by day in India. Facebook is one of the popular social networking sites among young adults and college students. Further, very few researches have focused on influence of Facebook on students' Academic performance in India. Through this research, we have tried to throw a light on the relationship between use of Facebook, a popular online social Networking site students' academic performance. The study will be undertaken to know the frequency of usage of face book. Also, the study will try to find out the relation between time spent for use of facebook and time for study. The study will focus to know the most preferred social networking site among students and also to know the impact by the ownership of Smart phones and use of Facebook. For this research, descriptive research design will be used. The sample size will be 500 Students of Shimoga District. Structure questionnaire developed to measure impact of Facebook on college students’ academic performance with respect to Shimoga District.
Authors and Affiliations
Sukeerthi And Dr. Krupalini H. S.
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