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Research Paper On the study of the Effects Of Facebook On Students

INTRODUCTION Social networking sites, most notably Facebook have become so popular today that they are leading words on the lips of every students. You love to spend most of your time checking your Fcebook updates, but do you know that there are many negative effects of using Facebook?Most of the students don’t realize the negative effects impacts of Facebook ontheir life. And, the main reason is because they are already addicted to it. And, this addiction can lead to several negative developments. The main purpose of this paper is to suggest some ways of minimizing the bad impacts of Facebook to students and to show you the negative effects of this social networking sites on students’ behavior and performance. This research also focused on finding ways

to

enhance students’

motivation

and

improve

their

achievements, yet without looking closely at the sources for their demotivation or academic failures

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 2004, owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. As of September 2012, Facebook has over one billionactive users, more than half of them using Facebook on a mobile device. Users mustregister before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile.

Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics, and categorize their friends intolists such as "People From Work" or "Close Friends".Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates andfellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The website's membership was initially limited by thefounders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area,the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at5 various other universities before opening to high school students, and eventually toanyone aged 13 and over.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The questions and debates about Facebook usage seem ubiquitous today. Why do people need a website to socialize? Is Facebook an efficient social capitalization tool?Is the use of Facebook beneficial for students, or does it simply distract them?Are there negative impacts of the Facebook on students' behavior and performance? What's with Facebook, why are some of the students are getting addicted to it? What's the effect of this social networking site on their grades?What does Facebook bring to the lives of the the students?Why are the students easily hooked to Facebook?How does Facebook affect the life of a student?What are the pitfalls, sudents should avoid on Facebook? Is there a possible way for the students to minimize their time on Facebook?

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SOCIAL MEDIA SITES CAN INCREASE STUDENT COLLABORATION USING SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM CAN ENCOURAGE MORE PARTICIPATION SOCIAL MEDIA SITES CAN BE USEFUL FOR HOMEWORK HELP SHARE RESOURCES QUICKLY WHEN USING SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM SOCIAL MEDIA HELPS KEEP PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ALL ON THE SAME PAGE

CONS:  SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE A DISTRACTION IN CLASS  IMPROPER USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM  USING SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM CAN DETRACT FROM HUMAN INTERACTION  CYBER BULLYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES  POSTING INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES

CONCLUSION Usage of Facebook is overwhelming, we get in touch with our loved ones,relatives, and friends.We get to know the latest news and issues, we can participate in anonline discussions and many more. Facebook is also an efficient social capitalization tool.It let every single individuals to present themselves, and begin or keep connections withothers. Facebook associates can also join groups based on common interests, see whatthings they have in common, and learn each others' hobbies, interests, favorite music, and romantic relationship status through their pages.Few of the side effects of Facebook adversely affects on a students' behavior and performance, one of the biggest effect is too much time on the internet. Another dramaticchanged seen in students behavior is that they will not spent the required time on studiesas they are asked to, brag about theposition and level that they are on the games online,how many friends are their as their partners, scores, records etc. Students who have notachieved these positions on online games will now also join in adding tothe adverseeffects of Facebook.Facebook also has a large impact to students. Some students are using it for educational purposes. Students would like to do some online collaboration with50 classmates. It is said that using Facebook boosts students’ self-esteem even more. They would feel belongingness in the community compared to those who do not have accounts.It also provides news on what are happening in the real world and even in their school.On the other hand, negative effects flourish. It was found that social networking sites

hasformed a new kind of addiction which we called the "social media addiction" and it isquite true in using Facebook. Students who spend much of their time online find it harder to focus in class and have short attention span. Students are becoming obsessed withsocial media sites such as Facebook. Instead of studying, they go using Facebook that'swhy they got 20% lower grades.Facebook-using students even perform task (projects or assignments) withoutcompletion for the reason that they spend more time scrolling down on their newsfeed tosee updates about their friends and look up for their notifications rather than finishingtheir school tasks.