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Johnson & Wales University emailprotected MBA Student Scholarship The Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate prepargon 11-1-2011 The Effects of favorable Media on College Students Qingya Wang Johnson & Wales University Providence, emailprotected edu Wei Chen Johnson & Wales University Providence Yu Liang Johnson & Wales University Providence, emailprotected edu Follow this and additional works at http//scholarsarchive. jwu. edu/mba_ pupil Part of the culture Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Repository point of reference Wang, Qingya Chen, Wei and Liang, Yu, The Effects of Social Media on College Students (2011).MBA Student Scholarship. Paper 5. http//scholarsarchive. jwu. edu/mba_ scholar/5 This seek Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the The Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School at emailprotected It has been accepted for inclusion in MBA Student Scholarship by an authorized administrator of emailprotected For more information, please contact ema ilprotected edu. Running capitulum do OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COLLEGE STUDENTS 1 The Effects of Social Media on College Students Qingya Wang, Wei Chen, and Yu Liang Johnson &Wales University Feinstein Graduate SchoolRSCH5500-Research & Analysis Submitted to Professor Martin Sivula, Ph. D. November, 2011 Peer Reviewers Frederic Juillet , Anne Catelotti, Jennifer Gay, Rohan Kichlu, Christina L. Blundin, and Volha Ban 2 set up OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COLLEGE STUDENTS Abstract As mixer media sites continue to ascend in usuality, it is our premise that engineering is a vital part in todays student triumph equation. This descriptive, exploratory investigate ask drew a random standard (N=48) of males (n=26) and females (n=22) who were administered a student intuition questionnaire on how mixer media affects college students.Thirty-five pct of the participants were undergraduates and 65% were graduate students, geting at Johnson & Wales University. Thirty-one per centum of participants have full-time jobs, 30% have odd-job(prenominal) jobs and 39% do not have jobs. The results of the wad questionnaire paint a picture that 45% of the sample admitted that they pass 6-8 hours per day ending kind media sites, term 23% played out more than 8 hours 20% spent 2-4 hours and notwithstanding 12% spent less than 2 hours on this task.Results indicate succession most college students put on friendly media and spend legion(predicate) hours checking mixer media sites, there was a banish aspect to college students accustom of accessible media. Key Words friendly media, college students, erudition efficiency 3 EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COLLEGE STUDENTS Introduction The comwork forcetary of hearty media is the kindreds that exist amongst network of people (Walter & Riviera, 2004). In the net ten years, the online world has changed dramatically. Thanks to the invention of kindly media, young men and women now exchange ideas, feelings, personal information, pictures and videos at a truly amaze rate.S withalty-three percent of wired Ameri piece of ass teens now expend societal media websites (Oberst, 2010). Schill (2011) states that the brotherly media sites encourage shun behaviors for teen students such as procrastination (catching up with friends), and they atomic proceeds 18 more worryly to drink and drug. However, every day, many students atomic number 18 spending countless hours immersed in kindly media, such as Face bear, MySpace, universe of dis bunk of Warcraft, or Sim City. At first glance this may seem like a waste of time however it also helps students to develop burning(prenominal) knowledge and social skills, and be restless citizens who create and share content.At present, whether social media is favorable or unfavorable, many students put on these sites on a workaday basis. As social media sites continue to grow in popularity it is our belief that technology is a vital part of todays student success equat ion. Many look forers have been diving into a flip overable amount of explore on how social media influences student retention at colleges. Many parents are worried that their college students are spending too much time on Facebook and diametrical social media sites and not enough time canvass.Therefore, our research ascertains the kinship between the social media and students study efficiency. 4 EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COLLEGE STUDENTS Statement of Problem To address the issue of the effectiveness of utilise social networking, the first question raised in this study is for what aspi balancen is the student utilizing social networking? Research on this topic will start to break-dance social networking sites are simply part of how students interact with each new(prenominal) with no apparent bushel on grades.Thus, the objective of this research is to search the utilitys and disadvantages of students theatrical role of social networking for study. The main purpose of this research is to expand on previous research, explore the kinship between the effects of social networking and students study efficiency, and to determine if social media interfering with students academic lives. Research Questions Which is the most popular social media site for students? What is the amount of time students spend utilizing social media in various academic processes? Review f the Literature College students have with child(p) interest in social media. For the purpose of this study, social media was defined as Facebook, YouTube, Blogs, Twitter, MySpace or LinkedIn (Martin, 2008). Although, providing a detailed perspective on social media use among university students and underscoring that such use can produce both plus and negative consequences, check to a Nielsen Media Research study, in June 2010, almost 25 percent of students time on the Internet is now spent on social networking websites (Jacobsen, & Forste, 2011).Facebook is the most utilise social networ k by college students, followed by YouTube and Twitter. Moreover, Facebook unaccompanied reports 5 EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COLLEGE STUDENTS that it now has 500 active million users, 50% of whom log on every day. In addition, according to a study by Online PhD, students spend roughly 100 proceeding per day on Facebook. In 2007, the number of students who utilise Facebook was already considerable 92 percent of college students had an account. By 2008, 99 percent of students had an account on Facebook.That is quite a large amount considering the service was only opened in 2006 to everyone. On one hand, the positive aspect of online communities is that youths can utilize them for academic assistance and support (Lusk, 2010). Due to the ability of social media to upraise connections by making them easily accessible, social media can yield many benefits for the young, including providing a virtual space for them to explore their interests or problems with similar individuals, acad emic support, charm strengthening online communication skills and knowledge. Students who may be reluctant to address up in class are participating in book discussion blogs and writing for real audiences. There are new entanglement tools emerging all the time that are enhancing learning (Brydolf, 2007). On the former(a) hand, Our findings indicate that electronic media use is negatively associated with grades. We also find that rough two-thirds of the students reported using electronic media while in class, studying, or insideng grooming (Jacobsen, & Forste, 2011). This multitasking likely pluss mismanagement, something prior research has shown to be detrimental to student performance.As social media websites, such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter gain popularity, they are also are becoming increasingly dangerous as they create modes to procrastinate while trying to complete homework. Hence, in a survey of 102 students, 57% express that social media has made them less prod uctive. 6 EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COLLEGE STUDENTS As to the relationship between social media and grades, a study released by Ohio State University reveals that college students who utilize Facebook spend less time on studying and have lower grades than students who do not use the popular social networking sites (Kalpidou, Costin, & Morris, 2011).Moreover, according to a new study by doctoral view Aryn Karpinski of Ohio State University and her co-author, Adam Duberstein of Ohio Dominican University, college students who use the 500 million part social network have significantly lower grade-point averages (GPAs) than those who do not. Nevertheless, another(prenominal) study found no correlation between heavy social media usage and grades. There was no significant difference in grades between those considered to be heavy users of social media and those considered to be light users.Additionally, there was no correlation between grades and the social media platform use. For examp le, almost the same number of heavy and light users of both Facebook and YouTube received the same percentage last and low grades. Regarding the relationship between using social media with the grades of college students, concurrent with recent studies that find that online communication is linked to time spent in offline relationships, our findings indicate that Social Networking Site (SNS) use and cellular-phone communication facilitates offline social interaction, rather than deputize it (Jacobsen & Forste, 2011).Students commonly commented that connect should be invaluable for making friends and supporting each other, especially within the first few weeks after arriving at the University (Oradini & Saunders, 2007). Furthermore, The relationship between Facebook and well-being appears to become positive over the college years, possibly because upper-class students use Facebook to connect socially with their peers and participate in college life (Kalpidou, Costin, & Morris, 20 11). EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COLLEGE STUDENTS Therefore, we pick out to keep in mind that the benefits of this synergetic technology far outweigh the risks, says Leri. When its used in a positive expressive style, it can be an extraordinary tool (Brydolf, 2007). Method The purpose of collecting data was to perform a group research on how social media affects college students. In this research, an anonymous questionnaire was administered to collect data which was the standard survey collection method. The total number of questionnaires administered were 50, however the operable questionnaires were (N = 48). fit in to the respondents, males (n=26) and females (n=22) were involved in this survey. Thirty-five percent of participants were undergraduates and 65% were graduate students currently studying in Johnson & Wales University. Thirty-one percent of participants have full-time jobs, 30% have underemployed jobs and 39% do not have jobs. The number of females who have jobs i s higher(prenominal) than that of males. This was one part of our anonymous questionnaire. In the following, other relevant questions were genuine to carry out the research.Other questions focused on the lives of students and the feeling of students when they were using distinguishable social media. For example, How many hours a day do you check your social media site? and Do you post or respond while complementary homework? Also, at the end of the questionnaire, we asked two open questions about the biggest advantage or disadvantage when college students used social media in studying and face back to the last time that they used social media. The participants were randomly selected regardless of gender or educational level.These questions related to their lives. There were three different perspectives 8 EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COLLEGE STUDENTS present in the research which included advantage, disadvantage or not sure. However, other independent variables were seek to decr ease the impact on the results. Results Sixty percent of participants are in favor of Facebook, 22% like Skype, 10% prefer Twitter and 8% like My Space. Sixty-eight percent of the sample reported that they primarily used a laptop to check social media sites while 20% use a cell phone and only 12% preferred to use a desktop computer.Forty-five percent of the sample admitted that they spent 6-8 hours per day to check a social media site, 23% spent more than 8 hours, 20% spent 2-4 hours and only 12% spent less than 2 hours. The ratio of participants who posted or responded during school hours was 64% 15% rarely used social media during school hours 21% were not sure whether they would like to use it. Eighty percent of the sample reported that they posted or responded while completing homework 8% would never use social media while doing homework and 2% were not sure.In terms of the benefit of social media, 20% agreed that social media helps with school assignments 25% agreed that social media helps to fudge new friends and 55% just used social media for fun. Discussion According to the data we collected from the anonymous questionnaire, most college students would prefer to use social media and therefore spent vast hours checking social media sites. Facebook is very popular among college students, even though students would use it when they had classes. Ninety percent of students spent their time on entertainment there were not too many college students who preferred using social EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COLLEGE STUDENTS media to deal with their homework. Eighty percent of the sample admitted that they posted or responded while completing homework. It has definitely alter their efficiencies and their grades. Considering the data collected, there was a negative attitude towards social media when college students used them. For instance, imagining one student spent over six hours checking social media site and responded while completing their homework it would b e likely increase distraction of the students which can be detrimental to student performance.Conclusion Our research has revealed that college students were likely to be affected by social media. Social media is attractive it not only provides college students another world to make friends, also provides a good way to release pressure. To some degree, it absolutely affects the lives of college students including the grades. This research also indicates that an approach is unavoidable to better balance the relationship between social media and academic study. Therefore, college students should esteem more about the balancing equation of social media and academics.Limitations and Recommendations This study was peculiar(a) in several aspects. First, the timeframe to collect data was too short. Three to intravenous feeding weeks for the study was not sufficient. Second, a total of 50 questionnaires were administered, however usable questionnaires were 48, so the result may not refl ect the real occurrence for the whole population. With this sample size, the estimated sample error is 14. 4%, so an increase in sample size might yield different results. And, of course these results might be affected by this very large sample error. 0 EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COLLEGE STUDENTS Third, this research did not consider students psychological state perhaps influences and motivations for social networking use. Our research indicated that most college students would prefer to use social media and spend many hours checking social media sites. Social networking is definitely affecting students efficiencies as well as their grades. Hence, educators need to be concerned about these problems and try to find better ways to solve these problems.Although, framed within an academic context, the concepts outlined here can be utilized to investigate the use of communication technology not only at school, however also at home, workplace, and various other settings, and for a varie ty of different audiences such as teenagers, young adults, the elderly, or families. For future research, it may be more helpful to measure the social presence besides motivation and pressure, examining how a students psychological state influences motivations for social media use.Also, do social media sites have a positive influence on study and academics and are students leveraging them as cited sources in discipline research? 11 EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COLLEGE STUDENTS References Baldwin, T. T. , Bedell, M. D. , & Johnson, J. L. (1997). The social fabric of a team-Based M. B. A. Program Network effects on student satisfaction and performance. Academy Of Management Journal, 40(6), 1369-1397. doi10. 2307/257037 Brydolf, C. (2007). Minding MySpace Balancing the benefits and risks of students online social networks. Education Digest, 73(2), 4. Domine, V. 2009). A social history of media, technology and schooling. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 1(1), 42-52. Gerlich, R. , Brow ning, L. , & Westermann, L. (2010). 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