The Effects of Using Social Media on Students’ Academic Performance: A Case Study of Cruise Secondary and Preparatory Private School Students’, Nefas Silk Lafto Sub City, Addis Ababa
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2022-07-01
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Addis Ababa University
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This thesis sought to examine the effects of using social media on the academic performance of Cruise secondary and preparatory private school students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian. This study tries to reveal the effects of using social media on students’ academic performance based on to what extents psycho-social outcome of social media usage; what extents students spend time using social media for academic success and which social media is frequently used by Cruise school students research questions. The researcher employed explanatory research design under mixed methodological approach. Simple random sampling technique used to draw 205 study sample students and purposive sampling form principals for questionnaire and interview respectively in the study. According to the study, the most widely visited and used social networking site was telegram. Most of the students were using social media from three to six hours which showed psychosocial symptoms anxiety, isolation and depression The study suggested that social networking sites affects students’ academic performance negatively and the involvement of students’ family, teachers and others is better to enhance the utilization of SNSs towards positive improvement in education in schools and to boost its positive effects and to tackle its negative outcomes by stakeholders
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