EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
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ABSTRACT
The study investigated the effect of social networking on academic achievement of senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The study had three research objectives, three research questions and three null hypotheses. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population was 989 and the sample was 492, which was obtained using random sampling technique. Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The researcher, with the help of nine trained research assistants, administered the instrument in Secondary schools in Ogun. The research questions were answered using, mean and standard deviation, while 2.5 was considered as the baseline for answering the research questions. Simple regression was employed to test the three null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed, among others, that social networking had significant effect on students ‘class attendance, their personal studies and participation in group work. It was concluded that overindulgence of students with social networking on purposeless endeavours had negative effect on their academic achievement. Based on the findings of the study, three recommendations were made, some of which were that senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State should devote less time to social networking as the study revealed it negatively affected their class attendance, senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State should devote less time to social networking, as the study revealed that it negatively affected their personal studies, students in secondary schools in Nigeria should devote less time to social networking as the study revealed that it negatively affected their participation in group projectwork.
TABLE OF CONTENT
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
1.2 Statement of Problem
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 ResearchQuestions
1.5 NullHypotheses
1.6 Significance of the Study
1.7 Scope of the study
1.8 Organization of the Study
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
TheoreticalFramework
Concept of Academic achievement
Social Network Sites and the StudentUsers
Effect of Social Network on Academic achievement
Review of EmpiricalStudies
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Population of theStudy
3.3 Sample size and SamplingProcedure
3.4 Instrument for Data Collection
3.5 Validity of theInstrument
3.6 PilotStudy
3.7 Reliability of theInstrument
3.8 Procedure for DataAnalysis
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA
Results of Academic achievement ofRespondents
Answers to ResearchQuestions
Test of NullHypotheses
4.3 Summary of Major Findings
4.4. Discussion of Major Findings
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 Summary
Contribution toKnowledge
5.3Conclusion
5.4 Recommendation
REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
For many around the globe communications have turned the entire world into a global village through the internet, electronic media and portals. The social networking sites have become one of the most popular ways for people to be better informed, enlightened, exchange messages and keep abreast with almost all of the electronic educated student or youth.
In the ancient days, teens spent hairs alone in their rooms or with close friends playing outside their houses, trying different outfits and modeling around the corner. Now, social networking could be seen as a way of describing the display of everyday practices of social interaction that have played a crucial role in enabling people to communicate on a platform.
Furthermore, social networking sites has becomes a global phenomenon in the past few years. What started out as a hobby for some computer literate people has become a social norms and way of life for people around the globe (Boyd 2007).
Social networking is the social relation among people who share interest, activities and background connections for users to interact over the internet. Living stone and Brake (2010). In their opinion said ‘social networking site like much else on the internet representing a moving target for researchers and policy makers’.
Presently around the world, the use of social networking has enabled networking around the world very simple, students in particular have made browsing social networking sites a daily practices and has reduced the way most student stay connected to their academic activities as many prefer to chat online while many think that social networking has no effects on their academic achievement. These made the researchers to study the habits of students and carefully look into the effect of social networking and how they affect the academic achievement of senior secondary school student in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
In Nigeria, people tend to do what are trending activities especially the student, they are the first who adopt was things particularly in social networking sites.
Since the advent of social media sites in the 1990s. it is assumed in some quarters that the academic achievement of student is facing a lot of neglect and challenges. There is a deviations distraction and divided attention between social networking activities and their academic work.
The sites have led to the biggest problems in our academic environment in which average student spend 9 (nine) house a week on social networking sites (Willard 2009). Also, it is observed that student devote more attention to social media than they do their studies. Therefore, the question this study is out to answer is; what are the effect of social networking and how do they affect the academic achievement of senior secondary students in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
1.3 Research Objectives
The main objective of the study is to investigate the effect of social networking sites usage on academic achievement of senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The specific objectives were to:
- determine the effect of social networking on class attendance of senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
- investigate the effect of social networking on personal studies of senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
- Determine the effect of time spent on social networking on academic achievement of senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
1.4 ResearchQuestions
The study sought answers to the following research questions:
- What effect does social networking have on class attendance of senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State?
- What is the effect of social networking on personal studies of senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State?
- What is the effect of time spent on social networking on academic achievement of senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State?
1.5 NullHypotheses
- Social networking has no significant effect on class attendance of senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
- Social networking has no significant effect on personal studies of senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
- Time spent on social networking senior secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State has no significant effect on their academic achievement.
1.5 DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The essence of this research work is to primarily study the effects of social networking on the academic achievement of senior secondary school student in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The research highlighted the concept, history and forms of social networking sites and their effects in academic achievement which intends to focus on senior secondary school students.
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
For senior secondary school student, the study will reveal to them with more information on the positive and negative effects of social networking on their academic achievement.
In addition, senior secondary school teachers will find the study useful as the research will help them with more information on the effect of social media on the academic achievement of student.
Moreover, parent and guardians will find the study useful as the findings will reveal to them some factors effect on the academic achievement and their activities on the social networking sites and why they need to properly monitor their children.
Lastly, the study will provide relevance materials for the benefit of other researchers undertaking similar research.
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Academic achievement: This is the outcome of education on how student deal with studies and how they have achieved different tasks given to them by their teachers.
Social Networking: The use of internet to make information about yourself available to other people especially among people who share interests.
Education: This is a social process in which individual achieves social competence and individual growth, carried on in selected controlled setting which can be instructionalize as a school or college.
Students: Someone engaged in studying something or someone who is very interested in a particular subject.
Effects: The aim, purpose produced by an action or state of being operative
- Organization of the Study
The study comprises of five chapters. Chapter one consists of the background to the study, statement of the problem, purpose of the study, objectives, research questions, significance, limitation of the study, delimitation of the study, basic assumptions, definitions of key terms and organization of the study. Chapter two comprises of literature review theoretical and conceptual frameworks. Chapter three deals with research methodology, covering research sampling, procedures, research instruments and their validity and reliability, procedures for data collection and data analysis. Chapter four comprises of findings and discussions which were generated by the study. Chapter five presents summary, conclusions and recommendations.
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