Social Network and the users
The issue of whether social networking helps or hurts a student’s academic performance is often depend on the larger issues identified with the overall use of SNS (e.g., its psychological effects; individual self-discipline and self-regulation concerns; human adaptability concerns). The benefit of using SNS includes: It create room for creativity among individuals, encouraging greater social interaction via electronic mediums; it provides greater access to information and information sources; it give individuals a sense of belonging among users of the same SNS; reduces barriers to group interaction and communications such as distance and social/economic status; and increasing the technological competency levels of frequent users of social media (Zwart, Lindsay, Henderson, & Phillips, 2011).
Internet usage has grown rapidly over the last few years. Users are able to build a network of connections that they can display as a list of friends. These friends may be people they have never met before in their life or people they only know or have met in real life. Most people have more friends on social network than they do in real life. It is important to note that the term ‘friend’, as used on a social networking site, is different from the way we approach it in the real life. In this project we will use the term as it is used on a social networking site.
The use of SNS is very common today. Facebook alone has over 750 million members, Twitter having over 177 million tweet per day, and about 3 billion people view Youtube each passing day. (Chen, & Bryer, 2012). The use of social networking sites has been repeatedly found to be the highest among those between the ages of 18-29 (Rainie, 2011); while the fastest growing segment utilizing SNSs since 2008 has been among those age 35 and older (Hampton, Sessions-Goulet, Rainie, & Purcell, 2011, p. 8). Approximately 61% of teens age 12-17 utilize SNSs to send messages to their friends on a regular basis (Lenhart, 2009). Overall, it has been found that women use SNS more than men to communicate and exchange information (Hampton, Sessions-Goulet, Rainie, & Purcell, 2011). The research carried out for this project female responded more than male.
So what this study will look at is the effect or impact of social network on student, does it affect their studies negatively or it help in increasing their performance academically.
The issue of whether social networking helps or hurts a student’s academic performance is often depend on the larger issues identified with the overall use of SNS (e.g., its psychological effects; individual self-discipline and self-regulation concerns; human adaptability concerns). The benefit of using SNS includes: It create room for creativity among individuals, encouraging greater social interaction via electronic mediums; it provides greater access to information and information sources; it give individuals a sense of belonging among users of the same SNS; reduces barriers to group interaction and communications such as distance and social/economic status; and increasing the technological competency levels of frequent users of social media (Zwart, Lindsay, Henderson, & Phillips, 2011).
Internet usage has grown rapidly over the last few years. Users are able to build a network of connections that they can display as a list of friends. These friends may be people they have never met before in their life or people they only know or have met in real life. Most people have more friends on social network than they do in real life. It is important to note that the term ‘friend’, as used on a social networking site, is different from the way we approach it in the real life. In this project we will use the term as it is used on a social networking site.
The use of SNS is very common today. Facebook alone has over 750 million members, Twitter having over 177 million tweet per day, and about 3 billion people view Youtube each passing day. (Chen, & Bryer, 2012). The use of social networking sites has been repeatedly found to be the highest among those between the ages of 18-29 (Rainie, 2011); while the fastest growing segment utilizing SNSs since 2008 has been among those age 35 and older (Hampton, Sessions-Goulet, Rainie, & Purcell, 2011, p. 8). Approximately 61% of teens age 12-17 utilize SNSs to send messages to their friends on a regular basis (Lenhart, 2009). Overall, it has been found that women use SNS more than men to communicate and exchange information (Hampton, Sessions-Goulet, Rainie, & Purcell, 2011). The research carried out for this project female responded more than male.
So what this study will look at is the effect or impact of social network on student, does it affect their studies negatively or it help in increasing their performance academically.