Social Networks: Perceived Impact on Student’s Academic and Personal Life

Abstract

The present study attempts to explore usage of social networking sites among the students andtheir perception toward the impact of these sites on their academic and personal life. For conducting the study, a sample of 500 students from different colleges and universities of Gopalganj districtin Bangladesh was constructed through convenience sampling technique. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey, following direct interview method. Different published articles, books, websites, and conference papers also helped the researchers to take insight into this study. Frequency distribution and Pearsoncorrelation analysis were conductedusing SPSS15 version software. The results of the study indicated that majority of the students, using social networks, are in the age group of 18-20 years and use these sites up to 5 hours a day for studying, chatting,and watching videos. Social networks affect the students’ academic and personal life positively when they use these sites for studying and learning purposes and negatively when they use at late night, ignoring personal, family, and social activities. Thus, excessive and imbalanced use of these sites is making students disobedient, frustrated, aggressive, and isolating them from family tie and real life.Results of Pearson correlation analysis showed that age and level of education are positively correlated with the usage of social networks, whereas gender is negatively correlated. The findings of this study are tentative and may be used as inputs for future research on social networks. As such, the study will be significant for the students, ICT policy makers, educational policy makers, and the other researchers.

Keywords

• Student
• social network
• positive influence
• and negative influence

How to cite

Ruhul Amin, Al-Amin Khan, Taslim Ahammad, Khadizatul Ferdous, Md. Al-Amin Molla (2017). Social Networks: Perceived Impact on Student’s Academic and Personal Life. Sonargaon University Journal, 2(2), 65–79.

@article{amin20176,
  title   = {Social Networks: Perceived Impact on Student’s Academic and Personal Life},
  author  = {Ruhul Amin and Al-Amin Khan and Taslim Ahammad and Khadizatul Ferdous and Md. Al-Amin Molla},
  journal = {Sonargaon University Journal},
  volume  = {2},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {65--79},
  year    = {2017},
  issn    = {2518-3125},
  url     = {https://su.edu.bd/journal/volume-2-number-2/social-networks-perceived-impact-on-students-academic-and-personal-life}
}