Impact of Social Media to the Academic Performance of Selected General Academic Strand Students of Bestlink College of the Philippines

Abstract

Social media has a great impact on people s daily life. This study will prove that social media affects the students in a positive and negative way. The researchers conducted this study to know the impact of social media to the academic performances of the students. The researchers used the descriptive design in such a way that the questionnaires were administered to the fifty (50) General Academic Strand Grade 12 students that were chosen randomly. The questionnaire was constructed to determine the impact of social media to the students' academic performances in terms of attendance, class participation, and examination. Data collected were tabulated, analyzed and interpreted qualitatively. Many respondents of this study agreed that social media affects the students' academic performance. Respondents emphasized that frequently absent was one of the effect of social media to their attendance; in class participation, students were unable to recite or even participate because they were not in focus and last social media affects them in terms of examination because they were unable to answer the questions confidently and ended with a low score. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that students should learn how to manage their time properly; parents should monitor their children s performances to prevent addiction in social media and teachers should be strict in terms of cellphones usage inside the classroom.