Chapter II
Review of Related Literature
The impact of social media usage in academic
performance is a crucial issue that has significant attention in
educational background. Understanding the relationship between
social media and academic performance of students is crucial
for developing effective interventions and support systems to
address the challenges faced by students.
II. Lived experience of students using Social media
Social media helps student in their studies and improve
their mind set. Being a student we must be care of what we type
in our social media accounts, because if you are not aware of
what you are typing online it has negative impact to you as a
user. As we all social is platform that we can communicate with
other like for example of social media sites is Facebook,
Messenger, and etc. As a students we must prioritized our
studies to improve their skills as a students. Social media
competes with traditional media like print (newspaper and
magazines) and broadcast (radio and television). In the
Philippines , internet have changed the lifestyle of the
Filipino people because they rely primarily on the internet as
the medium of communication and information. For millennials ,
social media is the lifetime of information(Buenaobra , 2016).
The greatest percentage of the students has only one social
media accounts. Only few have no account. As social media sites
continue to grow popularity , most college students use
mechanism as their key window to get the information they need
and spend many hours checking social media sites(Wang et
al.,2011).Social media sites have become increasingly popular
means for self-Expression ,communication ,and influence,
particularly in relation to political activity
(Pablo et al.,2014).
III Impact of Social on the Students academic performance
Social media can impact student motivation to learn it can
affect their studies, because they have distracted. Social
media has negative impact on academic performance in school.
One of the main reason, because they mostly focus on their
cellphone and scrolling in social platforms like facebook,
Instagram, tiktok, and etc. And it has negative impact on their
studies , because they have not of what their teacher teaching
in the front. As a student we must focus on our study , because
studying is one of key for success. The advanced and improved
usage of social media platforms such as Facebook has become a
worldwide phenomenon quite some time. Though it all started has
been a hobby for several computer literates individual has
changed to become a social norm and existence-style for
students around the world (Nicole,2007).Facebook users often
experience poor academic performance. Also stated that social
media has a negative association with students academic
performance which is much greater than the advantages derived
through the use of social media platforms . People around the
globe have been addicted to the internet which has given rise
to more students using social media more often than before.
Investigation on impact of social media was done here in
Malaysia which focused on student’s academic performance in
tertiary institution.(Khan,2009)
IV. Summary and Conclusion
The researchers review of related literature and studies from
different bodies of source of information and a wide range of
materials. This review of related literature examine the impact
of social media on students academic performance and what are
the effects of Social media on their academic performance.
Social media can affect students lives and it has impact on
their motivation to learn.