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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it was estimated to be more than 2.3 trillion.” Angster, Frank, & Lester(2010). “47% of online adults use social networking sites, and 73% of teens and young adults are a member of at least one social network.” Angster, Frank, & Lester (2010). Electronic means of communication, such as emails, text messaging, and social networking websites, have become a worldwide social phenomenon. Do the stressors in our complicated lives or busy schedules leave us with little time to make a phone
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Journal of Social Networking and Virtual Communities (Int J SocNet & Vircom) Vol. 1, No. 1, July 2012, pp. 7~15 ISSN: 2252-8784 7 Students’ Perceptions on Social Networking Sites Influence on Academic Performance Adam Mahamat Helou1, Zor Zairah Ab.Rahim2, and Oye,N. D3. Department of Information Systems Faculty of Computer Science and Information Systems Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Article Info Article history: Received May 12 , 2012 Accepted Jun 10th, 2012 Keyword: Social Network Sites Academic
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Social networking sites are a part of everyday life and they have brought revolutionary changes in communication between people. These sites provide different resources such as email and instant messages in one place. Availability of these resources makes the communication easy and faster. When we look at the social impact of social networking sites, we find that these sites have both positive and negative effects. Because of this fact, it is necessary to analyze both advantage and drawbacks of social
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5022) One of the most popular and recognized forms used in the Internet are social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Google+, and etc. People of all ages are flocking to the Internet and are signing up for social networking sites by the millions. The quick rise in popularity of SNS began in the second half of the last decade partly because of their extensive usage by school and university students (Kirschner and Kaspinski, 2010, p. 1239) Facebook, for example, has now over
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Running hade: Using language (English) in social networking Using language in different types of social networking site Rasel Ahmed North south university Abstract In the current world, population of this atmosphere is increasing day by day. Every day we discover new communication system and involved in it.100 year before, we were using slow communication device. But now 100 years after, we are entering totally new era. Our communication system has been totally changed. Now we are using
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on Academic Performance of Filipino Students Mart Anthony D. dela Peña Comm2 – C2 Mrs. Noemi Agner March 15, 2012 The Impact of Facebook Addiction on Academic Performance of Filipino Students Thesis Statement: Although Facebook has offered various benefits to the Philippine society, its addiction has become a major problem on the academic performance of Filipino students. Outline: I. The History of Facebook II. Facebook as a Social Network A. Facebook Profile
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leads to destruction to the academic performance of a person. In result, that person fails to comply the requirements given with him. This kind of access on the internet that we have makes our life easier. It makes our life easier (especially to students who needs information) and saves a lot of time. It also enables us to know and be updated on what is the current happening of the world. Internet is more efficient and quick. It is also a way of communicating another people. The internet has brought
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STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AS INFLUENCED BY THE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AND OTHER ONLINE ACTIVITIES Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study In this age of globalization, the advent of internet is something that has shaken almost all spheres of personal, social and professional human life. Wikipedia.org, 2012 cited that with the rapid growth of people who use or have access to the Internet, millions of people can stay connected together using the web provision called Social
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THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING AND READING HABIT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES EKWERIKE ONYEDIKA 090651012 LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO (JULY, 2012) ABSTRACT This paper discusses in details the Research proposal on the influence of social networking and reading habits among university undergraduates. In particular the research will focus on the question “does social networking and reading habits affects the academic performance of university undergraduates? If it does
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