International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue VII, July 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186

Impact of Using Social Media on Social and Academic Life: A Study on University Students

Umme Kulsum, Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam
Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh

Abstract: This study is conducted to investigate the impacts of social media on social and academic performance of graduate and undergraduate students in public universities. Because of widespread adoption of social media among university students, there is a growing interest on how social media is affected their social and academic performance. The impact of social networking sites on academic performance may extend to the major concern related health, economic and other crises. Therefore the study was undertaken among 180 respondents selected by simple random sampling from different universities. The study found that respondents faces some problems using SM such as-spending money(68.9%),eye problem(57.2%),but they got some facilities also from it-knowing exam schedule (95.5%)),collecting academic document (84.4%),attending virtual classes(83.9%). Exploratory factor analysis about the impact of social media on academic life and The KMO measure of the indicators has been found as .708 and significance level of 0.000, Initial Eigenvalues are 69.281% and Cronbach’s alpha was equal to .789, p<.0001.

Key Words: Student Social media, Academic life, health threat, privacy and security threats.

I.INTRODUCTION

In recent years, technology has attempted to fulfill its function in assisting humanity, resulting in a significant means of social interaction as well as teaching and learning. In this modern era, social media and social networks drastically influence the student community, and such technology is progressively becoming an everyday part of every individual’s life in modern society. Innovations in the field of information technology are happening at a breakneck pace, and they’re being broadcast through a slew of social media and networking sites. For example, Facebook, messenger, LinkedIn, Twitter, Zoom, Google meet and WhatsApp provide new-fangled social interaction patterns of communication and some of these methods of communication are neither directed nor reciprocated. There is limited discussion about the potential influence social media has on encouraging university students to engage offline in their university community. This study examines how social media can be used to persuade university students to engage in offline face-to-face encounters with their peers. The popularity of social media among university students appears to be growing by the day, and many of them rely on it for interactions and communication. University students, it seems, are constantly using social media. It promotes virtual communities and virtual learning environments (VLEs) to facilitate distributed learning among users (Hussain, 2005). The students interact in their virtual communities freely with members of the community. They will be able to exchange knowledge, study experiences, research projects, and job opportunities. The use of social media for educational