IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA) By ANJUGU JESSICA NDAKU MC/2009/386 DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES CARITAS UNIVERSITY AMORJI – NIKE ENUGU AUGUST‚ 2013 TITLE PAGE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA) By ANJUGU JESSICA NDAKU MC/2009/386 A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
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Social media: A brief history and the implications for business leaders Introduction Over the last three decades‚ the Internet‚ as well as recent technology innovations‚ have transformed everyday life. From the way we communicate‚ to the way we shop for goods and services‚ the Internet has undoubtedly redefined how we interact with each other and even redefined our expectations. The Internet has not only helped the world overcome what was one of the biggest obstacles in communications‚ distance
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Do social media have a positive or negative affect on your lifestyle today? In today’s society‚ there is no doubt that social media have affected on our lives. In fact‚ there are many sorts of social media. (e.g. Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and‚ Messenger) Some people alert that chatting via these social media is more assuming‚ easier and addictive‚ while social media have some strength. In this essay‚ I will discuss both sides of argument‚ and then express my point of view. Basically‚ social media have
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TRACK – SOCIAL MEDIA: USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS A KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AMONG FACULTIES AND STUDENTS Mr. ARISTOTLE K 1 M.B.A – Final Year S.K.P. Engineering College‚ Tiruvannamalai. CONTACT NO: 97899946601 E-MAIL ID: arikrishs@gmail.com1‚ ABSTRACT SOCIAL MEDIA: USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS A KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AMONG FACULTIES AND STUDENTS Social Media is the relationships that exist between networks of people (Walter & Riviera‚ 2004). There are many social media sites continue to grow in popularity
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inquiry into a social problem‚ explain phenomena by gathering numerical data that are analyzed using mathematically based methods e.g. in particular statistics." Since the study emphasizes on the effects of media to the sophomore accounting students (e.g positive and negative) within their respective environment‚ the quantitative was the most suitable method to be used in the study. As shown in Figure 2‚ the variables of the study involves how frequent students use media a.) Social media b.) Mass media;
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Social networking sites such as Facebook‚ Twitter‚ MySpace have become hugely popular over the last decade. In fact the popularity has quadrupled from 2005 to 2009. Social networking sites have generally expanded the number and diversity of people a person can interact with. Interpersonal relationships are no longer restricted to people in the neighborhood‚ church‚ mosque‚ school or workplace. Instead the pool of people someone has the opportunity to meet is almost endless. With any emerging technology
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Exploring Social Media Marketing Towards a Richer Understanding of Social Media in Postmodernity Monika Garnyte and Ana de Ávila Pérez Thesis supervisor: Lars Haahr MA in Corporate Communication 1st December 2009 Aarhus School of Business‚ University of Aarhus Exploring Social Media Marketing: Towards a Richer Understanding of Social Media in Postmodernity Monika Garnyte and Ana de Ávila Pérez Acknowledgements The authors
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limitations of the study. Topic: Effects and impacts of social media on youth in the society today. Objectives: * To investigate the effect of social media on youth development. * To examine the relationship between the social media and youth performance in higher learning institutions. * To establish the relationship between social media and youth employment opportunities. * To determine the relationship between social media and drug abuse among the youth in the society. Research questions
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One of the most interesting aspects of today’s society is mass media‚ particularly social media. People day in and day out browse the web freely to find just about anything they want. You seriously can find just about anything to pleas the mind of any age these days. However‚ could social media be endangering our future as a society? I will discuss different views and also my own ideas of bettering social media. Including celebrity athletes as well and just how dangerous the mix can be. As over 69%
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In today’s society social media has advanced in so many different ways. Society used to be just a one way street where people just read the newspaper‚ did research through books or even watch the news on television. These days societies have the internet and everything digital that can help with learning such as social network sites. Social media can be defined in a variety of ways. Some say social media is “content created and shared by individuals on the web using freely available websites that
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