TABLE OF CONTENT
Title Page i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgment iv
Table Content vi
Abstract ix
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study 1
Statement of the Problem 6
Purpose of the Study 8
Research Questions 8
Research Hypothesis 9
Scope of the Study 9
Operational Definition of Terms 10
Significance of the study 11
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE
The concept of social media, its historical background, and forms 13
The use of social medial by today’s students 25
Academic performance of students and factors affecting it 32
The place and influence of social media on education 36
Appraisal of reviewed literature 46
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
Research Design 48
Population, sample and sampling Techniques 49
Instrumentation 49
Procedure for data collection 50
Data Analysis Techniques 50
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS
Demographic data 51
Research Questions 53
Testing of research hypotheses 56
Summary of major findings 63
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Discussion 65
Conclusions 65
REFERENCES 67
APPENDIX 70
ABSTRACT
The study examined the influence of social media on performance of secondary school students as perceived by teachers in Ilorin west local government area of Kwara State. The data for the study was collected through the use of questionnaire, which was administer to selected teachers in (10) selected secondary schools of studies area. And frequency count and percentage were used to answer research question, while t-test statistical tool was used to test the two hypothesis at alpha =0.05 significally level. All the analyses were carried out using SPSS 20 version. The following research questions were raised. (1) Does social media affect the academic performance of students. (2) What is the influence of social media on students time devotion to academic programme? (3) What is the influence of social media on students reading habit. The study revealed that social media has negative impact on the performance of secondary school students, however teachers in the study area should take effective measure on guiding their students on how best social media, can be use to reduce the effect of social media on students academic performance.
