THE PRELIMINARY STUDY: THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

AHMAD NIZAM, NUR NADIA ROSLYNNA and MOHAMAD AZMAN, NUR FAIZA and IBRAHIM, MUHAMAD SHAMSUL THE PRELIMINARY STUDY: THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. Jurnal EVOLUSI, 2 (1). ISSN 2735-2234

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Abstract

Social media usage such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube has increased since it was introduced in early 2000. There are many pros and cons to social media. It makes social media study are fascinating. Many studies has been conducted to measure the impact of social media usage in society. One of the essential related studies is social media impact on education. It is a popular study among researchers because of the negative impact caused by social media. The previous study reported that many students got distracted in learning activities because of social media. Educators also complained that many students failed to complete their tasks because of excessively using social media. For the preliminary study, the study conducted an online survey of 100 respondents to determine the instrument validity and reliability before the actual data collection. The reliability test indicated that the reliability value for each construct is between 0.7 to 0.86. The study also conducted a preliminary analysis to determine the possible outcome in the actual data collection. The finding indicated that all the tested hypotheses are supported with low relationship strength. Thus, for the actual data collection, the study expects a similar result will be obtained as shown during the preliminary study and as suggested by the scholars from the literature.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Social Media,Students’ Academic Performance,Time Appropriateness,Health Addiction,Distraction
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LC Special aspects of education L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Accountancy and Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs Shariffah Shuhaiza Syed Mohd Nor
Date Deposited:	17 Aug 2021 06:46
Last Modified:	17 Aug 2021 06:46
URI:	http://eprints.kuptm.edu.my/id/eprint/1936

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