A Study on the Influence of Social Media on Students

CERTIFICATE

          This is to certify that the project report titled as “A Study on the Influence of Social Media on Students” is a bonafide work done by Roshbin Joseph in practicl fulfillness of the B.Ed Degree.

Adimali                    Anupa Susan Cherian

                                                              Assistant Professor

                                S.N.D.P B.Ed College

DECLARATION

          I Roshbin Joseph hereby declare that the project report titled as “A Study on the Influence of Social Media on Students” is a bonafide report of work done by me under the guidance of Ms. Anupa Susan Cherian, English option teacher of S.N.D.P Yogam Training College Adimali.

Adimali                                                                                    Roshbin Joseph

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

          In the course of this work, I have befitted greatly from the support and help offered by number of persons whom I wish to acknowledge with regard.

          Before the providence of God Almighty, I express my heartful gratitude. I express deep sense of gratitude to Ms. Anupa Susan Cheriyan, Assistant Professor in English Education, for her valuable guidance and suggestions at enemy step of this study.

I also express my sincere gratitude to all the authorities, teachers and staffs of the college.

I am also grateful to the students of S.N.D.P.H.S. Adimaly and their teachers.

I great fully remember my friends who were beside me till the end of the work.

                                                                                           Roshbin Joseph

CONTENT

·     INTRODUCTION

·     BACKGROUND AND CONTENT OF THE STUDY

·     NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE

·     STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

·     OBJECTIVE

·     METHODOLOGY

·     ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS OF DATA

·     MAJOR FINDINGS

·     IMPLICATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

·     CONCLUSION

·     REFERENCE

·     QUESTIONNAIRE

·     REPORT

INTRODUCTION

Social media are computer mediated technologies that allows the creating and sharing of information, ideas, career, interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks. Social media are interactive. It facilitate the development of networks by connecting a users profile with those of other individuals and or groups. Social networks are one of the most useful communication methods of today’s world. Social networks have become an integral part of student social life. These networks have become important as they serve as platforms for users to interact and communicate with their peers. Social networks are now been seen as learning platforms or communities that could be utilized to enhance student engagement and performance.

An interesting aspect of social media is that it is not limited to desktop or laptop computers, but be accessed through mobile applications and smart phones making it very accessible and easy to use. Popular social network platforms on mobile and wed applications include facebook, twitter, YouTube, whatsapp etc.. these platforms have specific functions and modes of communication although their functions are mostly related.

In order to study the effects of social media on students in our community, we the students of S.N.D.P B.Ed College Adimaly, decided to conduct a survey based on the topic “A Study on the Influence of Social Media on Students”. This survey mainly focused on the opinion and experiences of students in our community.

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT OF THE STUDY

To Analise the general information the investigation select the different students of S.N.D.P.H.S Adimali. I distribute the questionnaire to 35 students and most of them are male students.

We all know that the Internet revolution changed the information world with regard to sharing and retrieved at information in whatever form regardless of the person’s location. Through the Internet, a number of technologies emerged, and one technology that is making waves with regard to information sharing and communication are the social media networks. The evolution of social media has cut across all facts of society with its positive and negative impacts. Social media has transformed and impactful on communication, learning, research and education in general among the variety of online tools which are available for communication. Social networking sites have become the most modern and attractive tools for connecting people throughout the world. Through this platform, individuals and organizations create profiles, share and exchange information on various activities.

A number of studies have been conducted to find out the impact of social media on academic performance of students. There are positive and also negative impacts of social media on academic performance of students. There are positive and negative impacts of social media on academic performance of students. Social network sites provide a platform for the youth to participate in communities that help them to learn, and practice skills within a particular knowledge area. On the other hand the process use at social networks will make the students addict to it.

NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE

Social networking websites are currently being used regularly by millions of people. The use of social networking sites has been so wide spread that they have caught the attention of academic industries of the world. Today the use of social networks among students are increased rapidly. They are more interested in using facebook. Twitter and other networking services, because of their probable impact on society. Most sites help strangers connect with other through sharing personal interests political and economical views or simply recreational activities. Some sites accommodate distinct views, while others attracts people based on similarities such as common language or shared racial, sexual, religious or nationality based identities.

Most people who are members of these sites, such as facebook and my space participate in them on a daily basis. Each person who becomes a members of social networking sites has the opportunity to create his/her own web page or profile which is supposed to be the reflection of that person’s personality.

Adimali is a place located in Idukki district in the state of Kerala. Through conducting a study on social networking enables us to understand the character, behaviour, patterns of different users and their positive band negative attitude towards networking.

The people who are surveyed are students and they have a clear knowledge about social networking. Most of the students are engaged i these sites more than their academic hours. It is necessary to conduct a study about the influence of social media and different methods of collecting data.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

There have been a lot of debates on various problems and media use to the impact that social media has on society and specifically its effect on education. Some of these studies found a drop in students grades and academic performance, and lack of time for studies as a consequences of social media network participation. Preliminary investigation and interviews with some teachers and students revealed a number of challenges in relation to student participation on social media networks. These included a high addiction rate among students which affects their time of study, the wrong usage of grammar and spelling in social media discourse as well as distracting students from their studies. The emergence of social media had lead to the falling standard at students artificialities in English language, which has affected their studies, since English is the universal language teachers use to teach in schools.

OBJECTIVES

1.   To identify social network sites and their usage among students.

2.   To find out the amount of time invested by students on social media networks

3.    To ascertain the effect of social media on students grammar and spelling to academic performance.

4.   To find out the effects of social network participation on the students “academic performance”

5.   To make appropriate recommendations based on the findings of the study.

METHODOLOGY

1.   SAMPLE:

In order to conduct the survey on “A Study on the Influence of Social Media on Students” I choose S.N.D.P. School Adimaly for the study. In my study, the survey is conducted on thirty five students and each of them have individual differences in expressing their views

2.   THE TOOLS OF STUDY:

In the survey the tool used in questionnaire consisting of four sections.

a)   General information

b)   Personal opinions/views

c)   Related questions

d)   Declaration

PROCEDURE

It take two days to complete the survey on influence of social media on students. The investigator collects information by surveying 35 pupils in S.N.D.P. School Adimali, Idukki district, Kerala, on October 24 and 25.

ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS OF DATA

The important findings in the survey are tabulated below. The tabulations are done according to different categories.

They are,

·     To Analise the general information covered in the sample selected for the survey.

a)   Based on gender

b)   Based on gadget used

c)   Based on the number

d)   Based on the purpose

a)   Based on Gender

Sl. No.	GENDER	NO. OF RESPONDENTS	% OF RESPONDENTS
1	Male	23	65.7%
2	Female	12	34.3%
Total		35	10%

This analysis shows that male are using social media more than females. Females are less included in using social networking sites.

b)   Based on the gadget for accessing social media

GADGET	NO. OF SAMPLE	% OF SAMPLE
Desktop	5	14.2%
Laptop	8	22.99%
Smart Phone	22	62.9%
I - Pad	0	0%

Through analyzing the above table we can arrive at a conclusion that most of the respondents are depending on smart phones for using social medias.

c)   Based on the number of social networking sites which the students belong

NO. OF SITES	NO. OF SAMPLES	% OF SAMPLE
1	15	42.9%
2-5	7	20%
5-10	8	22.9%
More than 10	5	14.2%

By analyzing the above table we can say that most of the respondents are mainly concentrating on one of the social networking sites or media. There is only 5 respondents who are involving in more than 10 social medias.

d)   Based on the purpose of using social networks

PURPOSE	NO.OF SAMPLE	% OF SAMPLE
Find information	2	5.7%
Communication	7	20%
To make new friends	10	28.5%
Leisure activities	11	31.5%
Upload picture and videos	5	14.2%

Based on the analysis it is clear that most of the respondents are using social networking sites for leisure activities such as playing games, sharing their interests and their current activities, chatting etc..

MAJOR FINDINGS

1.   Most of the respondents have a positive attitude towards the use of social medias.

2.   Most of the respondents have enough knowledge and experience to handle social networking sites.

3.   Most of the respondents are depending on their smart phones for social networking.

4.   Most of the respondents were male.

IMPLICATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

·     Educators and students should have multiple, purposeful discussions about social medias pros and cons.

·     To become a good participant, they should know when and how to post a component on a blog considering what component will be appropriate and provide informative ideas.

·     Awareness should be created among the students regarding serviceability of interest and social medias as a source of information.

                   CONCLUSION

The survey has revealed that despite benefits that come with the participation of students on social media networks. It could impact negatively on their academic performance if not used properly.

A lot of benefits abound in the use of social media network participation has also developed a form of communication that is affecting linguistic habits of students. This survey shows that grammar and spelling have been affected negatively as a result of participation on social networks.

QUESTIONNAIRE

1.   Are you a member of a social networking site?

a)   Yes                          b) No

2.   Do you accepts strangers who try to friend you in social networking sites?

a)    Yes                          b) No

3.   Have you ever been a victim of online bullying?

a)   Yes                          b) No

4.   Are your parents aware your social networking activities?

a)   Yes                           b) No

5.   Are these social networking sites useful for your language improvement?

a)   Yes                            b) No

6.   How many social networking sites are you member of?

a)   None                      b) 1-10                      c) 21-50

7.   How do you access your social networking account?

a)   P C                                  b) Laptop       

b)   Smart phone                     d) I-Pad

8.   On average, how much time you spend on daily on a social networking site?

a)   1-2 hour                    b) 13-24 hour

9.   Do you think that privacy policies are defective in social networking sites?

a)   Agree                c) Strongly agree

b)   Disagree            d) Strongly disagree

REPORT

As a part of the B.Ed curriculum and trainee has to do a project as a practical of EDU 107.2: Pedagogy. For that I choose “ A study on the influence of social media on students”.

          Selection of the topic and preparation of the tool was actually consuming process and the rest was done easily. Conducted the test with prepared tool, analyzed them and observed the students. Interactive sessions also were conducted in order to drive a deeper understanding of the problem.