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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General Study Research Proposal Web 2.0/Social Media Version 1.2‚ May 2010 Background and Rationale for Study Social networking systems are defined as Web based services that utilize social software‚ allowing users to create profiles‚ interact‚ share and communicate information. Social media is defined as “a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0‚ and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content.” 1 Coined
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1101 16 March 2013 Effects of Sex in the Media on Adolescents Everywhere we go the media is always around us. Through television‚ radio‚ internet‚ movies‚ video games; we cannot escape media’s influence. The media is full of sexual images and themes that can be unhealthy for a growing mind to view. The prevalence of overtly sexual content in the media influences teenagers to be promiscuous. The abundance of sexual material in the media is influencing teenagers to make unhealthy choices
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Traditional Media Media are means of communication that relay a message from a source to a receiver. In a learning environment there are six categories of media. Text is one of the most common categories. It can be displayed in many different ways including books and posters. Audio is another common category that involves anything the learner can hear. Visuals also are a good category of media that stimulates learning through posters or drawings. Another type of media is video. Video is a type
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“Media Ecology” “Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman laid down the foundational principles of media ecology‚ a term that is increasingly being used to describe the totality of our media environments.”(Source: mcluhangalaxy.wordpress.com). Media ecology is about how the technology changes the society and the environment we’ve grown from. Marshall McLuhan‚ a media scholar is the one who conceptualize the term media ecology. And Neil Postman is the one who introduced it to the
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Media: Media (singular medium) are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data. It is often referred to as synonymous with mass media or news media‚ but may refer to a single medium used to communicate any data for any purpose. The mass media are diversified media technologies that are intended to reach a large audience by mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place varies. Broadcast media such as radio‚ recorded
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Augustine lamented that his society was addicted to gladiator games and "drunk with the fascination of bloodshed." Violence has always played a role in entertainment. But there’s a growing consensus that‚ in recent years‚ something about media violence has changed.( Media Awareness Network). On April 16‚ 2007‚ almost exactly 8 years after the horrible assault of gunfire and bombs that left many students and one teacher dead at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado‚ another deadly assault took
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Foundations of Education Since the beginning of time‚ the development of technology has helped advance society in many ways. From the invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison to the making and remodeling of today’s common vehicle‚ the constant improvements in technology have allowed the world to advance far beyond belief. One of the most important aspects of life in which technology has made a difference is education. For instance‚ in the mid 1960’s computers were about the size of a three-bedroom
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influences of the media. Our presentation consists of 4 parts. What is media? Plural form of medium (medius in Latin) which means an agency or means of doing something‚ a means by which something is communicated or expressed. Newspapers‚ magazines‚ radio and television considered as a group; mass communication Mediation of indirect activities: Unlike the face to face communication which is direct‚ media involves some indirect activities. In media‚ we have; sender –media- & receiver –mass
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is the study of mainstream media and it’s depiction of individuals that follow the Islamic faith. It is evident that Muslims encounter countless stereotypes through the lens of Western media consumers. This essay will highlight events occurring after the September 11‚ 2001 World Trade Centre attacks and ultimately display the Islamophobia present within politics. It is through this research that I will outline the stereotypes prevalent whilst providing contemporary media examples. Overall‚ this essay
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