Volume : IV, Issue : XII, December - 2014

Impact of Social Networking Sites on Academic Performance of Adolescents in Coimbatore city

Dr. M. Kanagarathinam

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Quality education produces productive students who lead to the prosperity of their respective educational institution. They are proved as strong contributors to the national well–being. Since the introduction of social network sites, communicating with friends and family has been easy. Social networking can positively or negatively affect educational performance of students and hence must be managed efficiently. Adolescents consume a lot of time on social networking sites uploading/downloading, getting information concerning their career/academic work, chatting with friends and watching online movies. Students find it difficult to study for one hour without logging in to networking sites. Some students become very smart because of these sites while some become very poor academically. The present study focuses on finding the total number of social networking sites subscribed by the adolescent students, analyses how social networking sites are used as a platform for educational and finds the purpose of students’ usage of social networking sites.

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Dr.M.Kanagarathinam Impact of Social Networking Sites on Academic Performance of Adolescents in Coimbatore city Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue : 12 December 2014

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