SOCIAL MEDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON STUDENTS PERFORMANCE

What is social media?
Social media are forms of electronic communication websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking is also a system for disseminating information over the Internet to a selected group of followers,

What are the impact of social media on students?
Past researchers found that students who spend more time on social media sites are likely to have poor academic performance.
This is because they spend time chatting online and making friends on social media sites instead of concentrating on their studies which will affect thier academic process.Social media has become such a great influence that today lots of people are present in various social media platforms. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp, Skype, etc There are both pros and cons(arguments for and against) when we talk about social media and its impact on students’ academic performance, so let’s take a look at both.

POSTIVE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENT

• Interaction as with new people and diverse Thinking:Social media enables students to meet new people and interact with one another whearby they share thoughts and opinion about educational issues.. It also allows students to connect with likeminded peers, breaking limitations of distance and time.
• learning :As a student you need to learn more There’s no limit to our knowledge with all the online courses, content, and complimentary webinars people offer today.Social media is a great place for students to find mentors and training programs to learn new skills and take steps toward future career goals. Again, you can connect with like-minded individuals who can encourage and guide you in a specific area. Learn from them and build bonds that can take you farther than you’d go alone.
  -offering personalize course material:social media has a great impact on student academic performance because it also enables student to create a personal course material through E_books and lot more which aid them in thier learning proces.

• _ Poor Concentratio: Today negative effects of social media on students can be seen easily. Different tasks, such as schoolwork, classwork, or homework, require more concentration to deal with something important, but now students have a habit of simultaneously using social media. Most of them consider it multitasking, but it is not. Researches show constant interruption has an adverse effect on attention and reduces learning and performance.
• _Cyberbullying: A cyberbully is the use of social media to communicate false, embarrassing, or hostile information to specific users. Among the major effects of social media, cyberbullying is an evil that has become such an atypical today. Students with Victims of prolonged cyber-bullying often end up with psychosocial problems like depression, isolation, loneliness, stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and some even become suicidal.
• POOR SLEEP:Another bad thing about social media is that students spend most of their time on it which can lead to poor sleep. Numerous studies have shown that increased use of social media has a negative effect onr sleeping quality.
• AXIETY :Students are more curious about knowing what other students are doing rather than spending time for ourselves. Those students who spend more time on social media become victims of depression and anxiety because it adversely affects the thought processes which might also have an effect on the student academic performance.

• Lower Self-esteem :Some students start comparing themselves with celebrities after spending time on social media and want to look slim, pretty, and rich like them. It is normal to copy those persons they admire or consider a role model in the teenage. This imitation can negatively affect their self-respect and dignity. Different studies’ outcomes are that students who spend more time on social media to portray themselves like celebrities are isolated from friend circles. Their friends do not accept them.
  
• _Social Isolation: There is a statistical relationship between the use of social media and social isolation. When a stusent see pictures or or videos of a party where they were not invited, it can bring anxiety. It is known as “fear of missing out” or FOMO. Most of the time, some stydents believe they are connecting to different persons using social media, but actually, they are out of the present moment and their lives. It can become a cause to feel more isolated and a reason for FOMO.
• Decreased Activity: Students who use social media heavily do not spend enough time on activities that definitely increase mental abilities, skills, and physical movement. Those who exercise daily, their body releases endorphins that signal our brain to stay positive and reduce depression. Thus decreased activities reduce the secretion of endorphins, and it is causing depression, a common problem to the student.