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Impact Of Social Media On Students Academic Performance
[A CASE STUDY OF STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA]
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The growth of ARPANET accelerated in the second half of the 1980s,
through computer protocol (Tcp/lp) Transmission control
protocol/Internet protocol which was adopted by ARPANET (Vinton, 1969
UCLA) in 1983 and is still the core of internet. ‘The transition of
Tcp/lp was perhaps the most important event that will take place in the
invention of the internet. After the installation of Tcp, the network
could branch everyone’ (Hafner and Lyon, 1998, p.249).In the same year,
after the end of ARPANETs experimental phase, the network was split into
two; A civilian network for the computer research community (ARPA
internet) and military network (MILNET). In 1980, ARPANET was replaced
by NSFANET created by National Science Foundation and in 1990, ARPANET
was officially decommissioned and the commercial use of the internet was
allowed in 1991, (Berners-Lee, 2000, p.223).
In 1995, the internet
was just one networking system among many others such as Usenet, Fido
net, Mintel, AT$T, but with advent of the web, the internet became by
far the most important networking system. That led to what is now known
as internet, a global network of interconnected computers that
communicate freely, share and exchange information (Paul, 2010). The
younger a person, the greater the likelihood he or she has access to the
internet (Kim, 2004).
Social Network
Early 1990s, chat rooms
and bulletin boards were forms of Social Networking in a way, they help
people to connect with others and share interest. A little cater; dating
sites hooked those looking for partners and class mates. Communication
allows people to connect with people they had known in high school and
colleges and enable them to meet others.
In the early 20s, a site
called Friendster was set up where people invited their friends and
their friends also invited others. The site was popular for a while, but
suffered from technical difficulties and fake profiles and began to
lose members. In 1999, MySpace took over but became popular in 2003. Its
roots are a bit muddy because it received financial and logistical
support from another company called the E-Universe and most of the early
users were employers of e-universe but Tom Anderson and Chris DE Wolfe
are given credit for much of the innovation and success of the site,
which built up to one hundred and fifteen million users worldwide.
Members post BIOS, photos, blogs, video and other things that strike
their fancy. (Retrieved November 7th2012)www.mudconnect.com.
Some
Television Programmers’ had started producing programmers’ to air on
MySpace in 2005; Rupert Murdoclis News Corporation (parent of fox
broadcasting) bought MySpace for five hundred and eighty million dollars
($580). A competitor to MySpace is face book which started in about
2004 by Mark Zuckerberg while he was a student at Harvard and grew
rapidly in 2007. At first, face book was solely for college and high
school students but Mark opened it to everyone and like MySpace, it
encourages all types of member postings. There are also smaller social
networks like 2go, YouTube, and blackberry chat for people to have
access to. (Retrieved November 7th2012) www.google.com
2go Logo
2go
is a Social Networking Site, chat, and instant messaging (IM)
application. It enables users to chat on their mobile phones free. You
can meet users and 2go users as friends. Chat rooms on different topics
are opened where you can join in the discussion and socialize with
others and also, 2go have gateways that enable users chat with friends
on Gtalk, Mxit, and face book. (Retrieved November 9th2012) www.
Google.com.wikkipedia. (Research work).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The aim of the study was to analyze the impact of social media on the student’s academic performance [A study of students of University of Abuja]. To achieve this, the survey research method was used. Subjects were drawn from the University of Abuja, using the simple random sampling technique and purposive sampling. Four research questions guided the study. Research findings showed that a great number of students in University of Abuja, had access to the internet. To this end, the researc ... Continue reading---
