IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMNT
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https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i3(SE).2017.1939Keywords:
Social Media, Scholastic Achievements, EducationAbstract [English]
Social media has transformed and impacted on communication, learning, research and education in general. The study aimed to examine the impact of social media on scholastic achievement among higher secondary students The investigator adopted survey method to study the impact of social media on scholastic achievement among higher secondary students. For this study a sample of 300 higher secondary students from five Govt and Private schools which are situated in and around Udumalpet town of Tirupur district in Tamil Nadu were selected by the investigator using simple random sampling technique. The findings reveal that there is no significant impact of social media on scholastic achievement among selected higher secondary students.
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