| dc.description.abstract | In the 21st century development of the
internet has occurred rapidly. The development of
internet has highly impact on the performance of the
students. Specially social media or the social
networking has become very popular among younger
generation. Due to the huge usage of such sites
problems are arising whether their usage is affected on
students' educational performances. So the aim of this
study was to find out the relationship between usage
of social networking sites and academic performances.
The data were obtained from a cross sectional survey
conducted through a structured questionnaire. A total
sample size of two hundred (200) students was
selected from the four faculties: Social Sciences,
Humanities, Science and Management at University of
Kelaniya, Sri Lanka as to the quota sampling method.
50 students from each faculty were selected.
Descriptive statistics and Correlation Tests were used
to analyse the data using SPSS and Excel. Out of all the
participants 98.5% were using at least one of the social
networking sites. Majority of the students are
following 4 to 5 social network sites. From them most
popular sites are Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.
Majority of the respondents (41.5%) agreed that usage
of social networks has increased their grades. And also
a majority of 100 (50%) indicated they agree to the fact
that they use materials from SNS to review what the
lecturer taught in the class. Therefore, it can be
concluded that social media have a twofold impact on
the academic performance of students, and it is
essential to approach youngsters' use of social media
with crucial responsibility. | |
