Abstract
Social Networks Sites (SNSs) are dominating all internet users’ generations, especially the students’ communities. Consequently, academic institutions are increasingly using SNSs which leads to emerge a crucial question regarding the impact of SNSs on students’ academic performance. This research investigates how and to what degree the use of SNSs affects the students’ academic performance. The current research’s data was conducted by using drop and collect surveys on a large population from the University of Jordan. 366 undergraduate students answered the survey from different faculties at the university. In order to study the impact of SNSs on student’s academic performance, the research hypotheses was tested by using descriptive analysis, T-test and ANOVA. Research results showed that there was a significant impact of SNS on the student’s academic performance. Also, there was a significant impact of SNS use per week on the student’s academic performance, whereas no differences found in the impact of use of SNSs on academic performance due to age, academic achievement, and use per day to most used sites. The findings of this research can be used to suggest future strategies in enhancing student’s awareness in efficient time management and better multitasking that can lead to improving study activities and academic achievements.
Highlights
Social Network Sites (SNSs) have attracted millions of Internet users, who have integrated these sites in their daily lives routines
Independent Samples T-test was employed in order to investigate if there any significant differences in the impact of the use of social networks websites on academic achievements that can be attributed to gender
Results of T-test, shown in Table 10, indicated that there is no significant difference in the impact of the use of social networks websites on academic achievements that can be attributed to gender
Summary
Social Network Sites (SNSs) have attracted millions of Internet users, who have integrated these sites in their daily lives routines. Twitter and Facebook are among the most popular social networks where the students spend most of their times [1]-[3]. LinkedIn is an example of Social Network site that is used by many students, instructors and scholars for academic purposes. Social Media Network sites can have a positive or negative impact on students’ academic performance. Time management is the factor that contributed towards negative academic performance besides excessive social media use [1]. Given the popularity of SNSs, many professors are beginning to use SNSs for enhancing communication with and among students in their classes, class discussions, and teamwork on projects to improve learning outcomes. Many recent researches pointed out that students’ addiction on SNSs can negatively affect student academic performance [1] [5] [6]
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