Abstract
Social media has transformed and impacted on communication, learning, research and education in general. The study aimed to examine the impact of social media on scholastic achievement among higher secondary students The investigator adopted survey method to study the impact of social media on scholastic achievement among higher secondary students. For this study a sample of 300 higher secondary students from five Govt and Private schools which are situated in and around Udumalpet town of Tirupur district in Tamil Nadu were selected by the investigator using simple random sampling technique. The findings reveal that there is no significant impact of social media on scholastic achievement among selected higher secondary students.
Highlights
The Internet revolution changed the information world with regard to sharing, speed, storage and retrieval of information in whatever form regardless of the person’s location
According to the table totally 26.33% of higher secondary student belong to low social media usage, 56.66% of higher secondary students belong to moderate level of usage of social media, and 21% of higher secondary students belong to high level of usage of social media
According to the table totally 25% of higher secondary students belong to low level in scholastic achievement, 50.33% of higher secondary students belong to moderate level in the scholastic achievement, and 24.66% of higher secondary students belong to high level in the scholastic achievement
Summary
The Internet revolution changed the information world with regard to sharing, speed, storage and retrieval of information in whatever form regardless of the person’s location. According to Boyd & Ellison (2007), “Social networking sites are web-based services that allow individuals to construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system”. These sites are used to interact with friends, peers and others that are found in groups on these sites. A study by Fishman et al (2005), indicated that college students produce tremendous volume of writing through various social media tools such as blogs, emails and other social media environments
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