Social Media Use

Abstract The purpose of this study is to actually construe at the use of the affectionate media (i. e Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp,) in RSUST and the drillman work of the students. In this research a qualitative research method is used. 3 researched questions were asked 1. How common is the use of loving media (i. e Facebook, BBMBlackBerry Messenger, Whatsapp, Twitter) among RSUST students. 2. How often do these students top using the affectionate media? 3. How has it affected the academic performance of those who use the social media and those who dont?Introduction There has been a debate almost the use of social media (e. g. , Facebook,Twitter,) by high discipline and college students, and the possible effect of those tools on students academic performance (Connolly, 2011 Hargitai, & Hsieh, 2010 Karpinski, & Duberstein, 2009). The main issue of this debate is whether the adopting use of social media by high school and/or university students actually improves or worsens a students academic performance.The continued growth in the usance of the social media by students as early as the elementary school level (Anderson, & Rainie, 2012 Lenhart, 2009), In fact, the average time spent with screen media among 8- to 18-year-olds is more(prenominal) than twice the average amount of time spent in school each year (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2010 National Center for Education Statistics, 20072008). This issue has brought about concerns particularly for the areas of education (e. g. the identification and use of compatible teaching methods and the public figure of non-classroom educational assignments) communications (e. g. , the identification of appropriate channels on how to transfigure educational information among individuals) (Chen, & Bryer, 2012 Anderson, & Rainie, 2012). Over the past 10 years, the media environment that children grow up in has changed dramatically, and the amount of time they spend consuming media has exploded. Students pick out bee n engulfed withand possibly transformed by reality TV, smartphones, iPads, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.