Habitual Browsing on Social Medias and its Impact on Academic Engagement of Grade 10 Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In this new millennium, social media brought big changes in people's way of living specifically to students who were very fond of using this. Students who were very fond of using different social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. tend not to notice how this habitual act of using social networking sites can affect their performance in school. This leads to poor academic performance.

METHODS

The descriptive method was used and employed in gathering and analyzing the necessary data, which involves the description, recording, analysis and interpretation of the condition. To provide adequate answers to the problem and issue, questionnaires was distributed to the respondents and reviewed by the researcher.

RESULTS

The study showed that the favorite and most visited site of the respondents is Facebook. Students spend 2 to 3 hours in browsing their social media accounts each day.

DISCUSSIONS

It is a reminder to use properly the social media accounts by putting limits when necessary. Students having phones with internet access should be encouraged to either use it to supplement their research in the library.