JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND INNOVATION http://seminar.utmspace.edu.my/jisri/ The Impact of Social Media use on Academic Performance among university students: A Pilot Study Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi1 Mohd Shahizan Othman2 e-mail: abumunir82@yahoo.com e-mail: shahizan@utm.my Author(s) Contact Details: 1,2 Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia Abstract — There is no doubt that Social media has gained wider acceptability and usability
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International Journal of Arts and Commerce Vol. 2 No. 1 January 2013 The Effects of Social Networking Sites on the Academic Performance of Students in College of Applied Sciences, Nizwa, Oman. Saba Mehmood Faculty, Department of Communication Studies, Nizwa College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, P.O.Box: 699 --Nizwa PC: 611, Sultanate of Oman. Tarang Taswir Faculty, Depsartment of Communication Studies, Nizwa College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education
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(SNS) are of the most popular topics being talked by all the people. Examples of Social Networking Sites are Facebook, Twitter, Friendster, Yahoo Messenger, Plurk, Tumblr. Social Networking Sites help us to communicate with our friends, classmates, and relatives but they also allow us to communicate with other people who share common interests with us. Through these SNS, how it will affect the reading interest of fourth year high school students in Mabini Colleges. Social network theory differs
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sites encourage negative behaviors for teen students such as procrastination (catching up with friends), and they are more likely to drink and drug. However, every day, many students are spending countless hours immersed in social media, such as Facebook, MySpace, World of Warcraft, or Sim City. At first glance this may seem like a waste of time; however it also helps students to develop important knowledge and social skills, and be active citizens who create and share content. At present, whether
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EAST-CALOOCAN ON THEIR 1ST SEMESTER ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015 In partial fulfillment Of the requirements for Technical Research and Report Writing By Evangelista, Paulene P. Fajardo, Lyra F. Munoz, Elizabeth P. Paguirigan, Jann-Erika A. Reyes, Jaien Denise CHAPTER 1 Profile of Social Media Users I. Introduction Social media is a popular trend today, especially among college students. Businesses are always looking for new ways to reach customers, especially ones readying to enter the work force
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supervisor of our teacher FARZANA PERVIN CHOWDHARY started to work on the negative effects of facebook . Facebook is a widely used social networking system throughout the world. Facebook was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. Besides various positive sides, facebook has some negative effects which go beside our eyes. But sometimes they may be harmful or threatful for the users. Sometimes facebook can cause wastages of our valuable time ,create psychological problem, violate the security
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction Social Networking sites, one of the most commonly used and popular to teenagers, specifically students. The Social Networking is helpful through being the fastest way of communicating to others. Thus you can connect toy your friends and relatives and keep updating with them. SNSs are inexpensive medium socializing; you can connect and reunite with your old friends and keep in touch. You can also ease of setting up events such as
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HOW DOES THE ALLOWANCE OF THE STUDENT AFFECT HIS/HER ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE A RESEARCH PAPER Presented to DR. THERESITA POBLETE Department of Community Development College of Public Affairs Mindanao State University In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course CD 160 (Techniques and Methods of Social Investigation) Second Semester, 2013- 2014 By COSARY B. PANGILAMUN March 2014 I. INTRODUCTION A. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE The students’ intellectual capacity
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millions of people. The use of social networking sites has been widespread that they have not only caught the attention of academic and industry researchers worldwide but also us, in particular. Social networking sites are now being investigated by numerous social science researchers and an increasing number of academic commentators are becoming more and more interested in studying Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking services, because of their probable impact on society. While the social networking
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USING INTERNET IN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE SECOND YEAR EDUCATION STUDENT OF USANT A TERM PAPERPresented to Ms. Catherine Nazarrea Professor in English 2, of the College of Teacher Education University of Saint Anthony San Miguel, Iriga City FRANCIA MAE N. NO BEED-2A OCTOBER 2014 APPROVAL SHEET In partial fulfillment of the requirements for English 2; this term paper entitled BENEFITS AND PROBLEMS OF USING INTERNET IN THE ACADEMIC PERFOMANCE OF THE SECOND
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