THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING AND READING HABIT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES EKWERIKE ONYEDIKA 090651012 LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO (JULY, 2012) ABSTRACT This paper discusses in details the Research proposal on the influence of social networking and reading habits among university undergraduates. In particular the research will focus on the question “does social networking and reading habits affects the academic performance of university undergraduates? If it does
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The Influence of Social Media on the Study Habits of La Salle University-Integrated School Grade 8 Students CHAPTER 1 The Problem and a Review of Related Literature Nowadays, the advent of technology is quickly emerging before our eyes and undeniably, it takes a vital part to people’s lives of today. One evidence on this is the development of social media. Social media can be defined as the relationships that exist between network of people. Over the last few years, the online population
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MT. MORIAH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY The Effects of Social Networking to the study habit of the High School Students in MMCA school year 2011-2012 Aira Joy R. Jabay Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Background Introduction Internet is very influential to the students. The young generation as well as adult are becoming keen in internet. They use it everyday in communicating with their friends and relatives, researching for their assignments, projects, and report, playing games, and downloading
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THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE READING INTEREST OF FOURTH YEAR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MABINI COLLEGES A Research Paper Presented to Jamila M. Macapundag Instructor, English 2 Mabini Collges Daet, Camarines Norte In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for English 2 Writing in Discipline By: Michelle O. Ojo Lizel I. Calderon James Paolo B. Belgica December 17, 2011 Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction Social Networking Sites (SNS)
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advances in information technology within the last twenty years (Ishfag and Tehmina, 2011, p. 5022) One of the most popular and recognized forms used in the Internet are social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Google+, and etc. People of all ages are flocking to the Internet and are signing up for social networking sites by the millions. The quick rise in popularity of SNS began in the second half of the last decade partly because of their extensive usage by school and university
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Effect of Social Networking to Students' Study Habit Introduction With the rapid phase of the changing generation, the youth is now more demanding in acquiring technologies that will suit to their needs, especially in when it is applied to their studies. Certainly, the access in Internet or in the World Wide Web is easy and there are many benefits can be gained. The use of this accessibility is applied mostly on the professionals such as medical practitioners, business tycoons
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TAGBAR Literature Problems Encountered by Irregular College Students Background of the Study Academic performance really means three things: this means the ability to study and remember facts, it also means being able to think in relation to facts and thirdly, it further means being able to communicate one’s knowledge verbally or practically (www.google.com). A marching band is a company of instrumental musicians performing outdoors for the purpose of entertainment and sometimes in competition
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Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences Vol. 2, Issue 4, pp: (42-55), Month: July - August 2015, Available at: www.noveltyjournals.com Influence of Social Media on Study Habits of Undergraduate Students in Kenyan Universities Dr. Langat Andrew Chris Lecturers Moi University Department of Communication Studies-Kenya Abstract: This study examined the influence of social media on study habits of undergraduate students in one of the Kenya universities. Social media is a very important communication
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INTRODUCTION Facebook usage helps people to get information in a way to communicate, and most importantly, the way people interact. The importance and Relevance of using this kind of social networking is growing stronger with its rapid development of technology. Facebook is known to be the largest and most used social networking site nowadays. However, there are also different factors that affects to the students either negative or positive. Its benefits to the students is that through facebook they may
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Journal of Arts and Commerce Vol. 2 No. 1 January 2013 The Effects of Social Networking Sites on the Academic Performance of Students in College of Applied Sciences, Nizwa, Oman. Saba Mehmood Faculty, Department of Communication Studies, Nizwa College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, P.O.Box: 699 --Nizwa PC: 611, Sultanate of Oman. Tarang Taswir Faculty, Depsartment of Communication Studies, Nizwa College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, P.O.Box:
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