Abstract
Social media has a profound influence on every aspect of human beings nowadays. This study investigated the impact of social networking sites on study habits and interpersonal relationships at the tertiary level. A total of 125 college students from different universities in Hanoi were chosen through a convenience sampling technique. Quantitative methodology was employed for the research instrument and a descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. The researchers designed questionnaires with Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients of at least 0.84 to collect data for the study. Analysis of the data was carried out using frequencies, percentages, means, t-tests, and Pearson correlation statistics at the 0.05 alpha level. The findings revealed that students’ level of using social networking sites had a negative influence on their study habits and their interpersonal relationships. Based on the findings, it was recommended that regular orientations should be given to students on how and when to use social media to enhance their study habits or to spend time improving their interpersonal relationships with their families, friends, and teachers.
Highlights
Technological innovation has led to the development of many social networking sites (SNSs), which have drawn much attention from netizens. Thomas (2005) writes that “Never before in the history of the planet have so many people - on their own - had the ability to find so much information about so many things and about so many other people” (p. 159)
The influence of digital, mobile, personal, and virtual gadgets might impove connectivity, which serves as a basis for the development of the fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0 for short, on which Schwab (2016) presented at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, saying that Industry 4.0 strengthens the continuous breakthroughs in fields ranging from gene sequencing to nanotechnology and from renewables to quantum computing
When asked about the frequency that the participants visited a social networking site, the results showed that 64 respondents visited at least one time each day, which accounted for 51.2%, the highest rate
Summary
Technological innovation has led to the development of many social networking sites (SNSs), which have drawn much attention from netizens. Thomas (2005) writes that “Never before in the history of the planet have so many people - on their own - had the ability to find so much information about so many things and about so many other people” (p. 159). Thomas (2005) states that “personal digital devices can be digitized and shaped, manipulated and transmitted; virtual – these processes can be done at high speed with total ease; mobile – can be done anywhere, anytime by anyone; and personal – can be done by you” The influence of digital, mobile, personal, and virtual gadgets might impove connectivity, which serves as a basis for the development of the fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0 for short, on which Schwab (2016) presented at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, saying that Industry 4.0 strengthens the continuous breakthroughs in fields ranging from gene sequencing to nanotechnology and from renewables to quantum computing. Industry 4.0 cooperates tightly these technologies and their interaction across the physical, digital, and biological domains
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