Abstract
Social media tools for communication, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube, have become important with the development of information and communication technology. In the field of higher education, university students are increasingly using social media to study and live. Consequently, university students and social media use have become a research topic of practical significance. Scholars in Malaysia have investigated this issue, and the results abound. However, few scholars have reviewed the research results of social media use among university students in Malaysia. By using the literature research method, this study reviews the latest research findings on social media use among students, especially during the COVID-19 outbreak. This study summarizes the collected literature into three themes: first, the relationship between social media use and academic performance of university students; second, the social media addiction of university students; and third, the relationship between social media use and mental health of university students. Simultaneously, this study presents the ways of thinking and contributions of scholars to address the aforementioned issues. Finally, this study critically examines the research limitations and blind spots, as they need further exploration by scholars and can serve as innovative points of this topic.
Highlights
The development of information and communication technology has led to the global popularization of social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and other social networking services) as tools for communication
The first theme discusses the use of social media and the academic performance of university students and the relationship of these variables
Their study results were similar to the general social media usage studies in which the higher use of social media was significantly associated with higher depressive symptoms (Nuramanina, Lukman, Azlini, Normal, & Kamal, 2018)
Summary
The development of information and communication technology has led to the global popularization of social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and other social networking services) as tools for communication. In the field of higher education, social media has revolutionized the ways of teaching and learning. Social media-based content has been increasingly employed and utilized by learning institutions, especially for technology-based bidirectional communication. Social media use among students from higher education institutions, especially universities, helps them to improve their learning via collaborative activities in virtual learning environments. Social media for educational use seems to have converted the traditional ways of teaching and learning. People face them in different phases of their lives These include social, psychological, physiological, educational, and financial aspects. The first theme discusses the use of social media and the academic performance of university students and the relationship of these variables. The third theme pertains to the observable relationship between the use of social media and the mental health of university students
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