The impact of social media on students’ lives : case: LAB University of Applied Sciences
Nguyen, My Hanh (2021)
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Nguyen, My Hanh
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021052410668
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021052410668
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Social media platforms are a ubiquitous part of modern society and the typical student spends many hours each day interacting with them. The purpose and research question of this thesis was to study and analyze the impact of social media on the lives and academic performance of students and to give recommendations on how to avoid the possible negative effects and how to amplify the positives A specific focus was on the foreign students at LAB University of Applied Sciences which functioned as the case company.
The study was performed using the qualitative method and utilizing a combination of primary and secondary sources. The main primary source was a series of interviews conducted with these aforementioned foreign students. This data was then analyzed by thematic analysis and the results of it were compared with the literary sources.
The results showed that social media has both positive and negative effects on the academic performance. It allows for easy communication and can be a great source of information, but it can also lead to psychological issues such as addiction and falling victim to cyberbullying. The distractions it causes and the time students waste on it can have a negative effect on their academic performance. Recommendations both for students and the school were made in how to handle social media in a safe and productive way.
This topic provides many possible options for further research. Cyberbullying could be one such topic and interviews with the students of LAB could be conducted to scope out how widespread of a problem it is.
The study was performed using the qualitative method and utilizing a combination of primary and secondary sources. The main primary source was a series of interviews conducted with these aforementioned foreign students. This data was then analyzed by thematic analysis and the results of it were compared with the literary sources.
The results showed that social media has both positive and negative effects on the academic performance. It allows for easy communication and can be a great source of information, but it can also lead to psychological issues such as addiction and falling victim to cyberbullying. The distractions it causes and the time students waste on it can have a negative effect on their academic performance. Recommendations both for students and the school were made in how to handle social media in a safe and productive way.
This topic provides many possible options for further research. Cyberbullying could be one such topic and interviews with the students of LAB could be conducted to scope out how widespread of a problem it is.