The relationship between the impact of social media and students’ academic performance

Authors

  • Nur Nadia Roslynna Ahmad Nizam Kolej Universiti Poly-Tech MARA
  • Nur Faiza Mohamad Azman Kolej Universiti Poly-Tech MARA
  • Muhamad Shamsul Ibrahim Kolej Universiti Poly-Tech MARA
  • Aida Suhana Abdul Hamid Kolej Universiti Poly-Tech MARA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61688/jev.v2i1.27

Keywords:

Social Media, Student Academic Performance, Time Appropriateness, Health Addiction

Abstract

Penggunaan media sosial seperti Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, dan Youtube telah meningkat sejak ia diperkenalkan pada awal tahun 2000. Terdapat banyak kebaikan dan keburukan media sosial. Ia menjadikan kajian media sosial menarik. Banyak kajian telah dijalankan untuk mengukur kesan penggunaan media sosial dalam masyarakat. Salah satu kajian berkaitan penting ialah kesan media sosial terhadap pendidikan. Ia adalah kajian yang popular di kalangan penyelidik kerana kesan negatif yang disebabkan oleh media sosial. Kajian lepas melaporkan bahawa ramai pelajar terganggu dalam aktiviti pembelajaran kerana media sosial. Warga pendidik turut merungut ramai pelajar gagal menyiapkan tugasan kerana terlalu menggunakan media sosial. Bagi kajian awal, kajian telah menjalankan tinjauan dalam talian terhadap 100 responden untuk menentukan kesahan dan kebolehpercayaan instrumen sebelum pengumpulan data sebenar. Ujian kebolehpercayaan menunjukkan bahawa nilai kebolehpercayaan bagi setiap konstruk adalah antara 0.7 hingga 0.86. Kajian ini juga menjalankan analisis awal untuk menentukan kemungkinan hasil pengumpulan data sebenar. Dapatan menunjukkan bahawa semua hipotesis yang diuji disokong dengan kekuatan hubungan yang rendah. Justeru, bagi pengumpulan data sebenar, kajian menjangkakan hasil yang sama akan diperolehi seperti yang ditunjukkan semasa kajian awal dan seperti yang disarankan oleh para sarjana daripada literatur.

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 have been conducted to measure the impact of social media usage in society. One of the essential related studies is social media's 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's 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 of 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.

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Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

Ahmad Nizam, N. N. R., Mohamad Azman, N. F., Ibrahim, M. S., & Abdul Hamid, A. S. (2021). The relationship between the impact of social media and students’ academic performance. Jurnal Evolusi, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.61688/jev.v2i1.27

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