Implication of Social Media on the Students' Academic Performance in campus China

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10.2991/mmebc-16.2016.129How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Social Media, Accessibility, Attitude, Academic Performance

Abstract

The study examines social media: its implication on academic performance of students in campus, China. The researchers considered the influence of social media on students' attitudinal disposition, academic performance, accessibility and their social lives. The study utilized a survey method using the SPSS package to analyze the data. A simple percentage was used to interpret the results. The result shows that 51.7% of students agreed that social media influenced their academic performance positively in campus China. About 61.1% of Students agreed that social media has impacted positively on the social lives, hence, improving linkages with new friends, acquiring new skills, and learning good habits. While 73.8% of the campus students have access to internet which has enabled them have accounts with 2go, BBM, Facebook and Whatsapp. About 61.9% of campus Students agreed that social media affect their attitude positively. The researcher recommends among others that the government should include e-learning scheme of work compulsory and provide internet service to all the schools in China in order to tackle the hurdle at Computer Based Examination (CBE).

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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