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Review of Related Literature

Social media is started when people start to communicate. Social means

human society, as interference of people & the groups and word the media is

the medium of expressions. Most of the forms of social media are not digital. It

generates a large number of innovations and Social Media is one of the biggest

inventions of technology, which is now most popular and widely used. We

define Social Media as “technologies that made social communication easy and

enable discussions among its participants”. While in our study, the word social

media means a web-based mobile application that allows people or companies

to make, interact with, and share new user-generated or current material, in

digital environment. Students are consumers and producers of media.

The invention of smart phone has increase the usage of social media. It

enable users to access multiple social networking sites through just few clicks

these social medias has a great impact on students on which large number of

researches has been conducted and each research shows unique results. Some

studies prove that social media negatively affect the performance of students

while according to some researches it improves the learning of its users and

improve their communications skills.

This chapter discussed several works about various learning preferences

both local and foreign. Presented also were some studies done discussing the

impacts of social media to students' academic performance and other issues

Local Literature

Social networks gave a big help to everyone, especially among the

students and other members of the society. Social network have different

features that may be enjoyed by the people all around the world, what (but) the
problem is, people, mostly students (minors), loses their self-control in (when)

using them.

For the students, Facebook is the most popular social networking sites

today. They (people) can share and upload videos, pictures, messages and chat

(upload videos and pictures, and send chat messages). Twitter is also famous

to every student nowadays wherein people can share their feelings, thoughts

and ideas. Aside from these two, Tumblr, My Space, and Bing (palitan to ta

never to namention sa case study natin) also became a ranging craze to

students (individuals).

Social networking communities will continue to stay due to its million to

users. In addition, students today stay on these accessibilities of information

they may get in social networks. Social networks may help them in giving

knowledge in thesis and journals but still, negative effect of this still

overweighs especially about losing their self-control. Moreover, social

networking sites can be a good way to make connections with people who has

similar interests and goals. Communication is one of the main things why

social networking sites had been viral. This is a good place to gather

information on what is trending nowadays.

On the other hand, social network is not always good for us because

people use it in an inappropriate way wherein they post some pornographic or

nude photos that frequently students may see.

Foreign Literature

Online social networking presents both opportunities and risks to

students (individuals). According to Davis and Cranston (2008), online social

networking presents many opportunities to young people by making it easier


for them to, amongst other things: publish creative works to local and global

audience; stay in touch and communicate with peers; find and interact with

people with shared interests; organize and coordinate political engagement and

action; for virtual volunteering; and to engage in self-expression. However,

online social networking can also expose students to new risks. Risk from:

inappropriate contact (online and offline) from strangers - which may include

grooming and in the most serious cases, sexual abuse. For many young people,

online social networking is not a distinct activity, but is part of day-to-day life,

communication and interaction with peers.

Moreover, Davies and Cranston (2008) said that group and

communication tools on social networking sites can provide ways to keep

young people in touch with service and with each other, to build bridges

between different groups, and to promote ongoing collaboration on projects

between face-to-face sessions. Social networking sites can provide a platform

for sharing young people's creative efforts, or for enabling students to have a

public voice on issues that affect them. Online social networking also offers the

potential for new forms of online outreach work or for working with groups with

shared interest form across a wide geographical are. Students can be seen as

valued stakeholders within the greater society. Youth participation opens the

door, not only for the meaningful inclusion of students in decision-making

processes the affect their lives, but also in the planning, design and delivery of

related goods and services.

Social networking is playing a big role in boosting academic life in social

sciences and in education systems as a whole. Many studies have addressed

different aspects of using social networking at various academic and social

levels. The accessible literature on social media provides useful suggestions of

its application in higher institutions of education (Hamid et al., 2011). Social


media may be applied by academicians in various ways, like the Facebook was

recommended as a way of communication for getting together with students

(Mack, 2007). Undergraduate students of IT attest that social networking has

continuously improved their academic success from 2007 to 2010 (Smith &

Caruso, 2010). Most students in higher institutions of learning wish their

institutions alter their means of communication to social networks for

strengthening class instruction because it is where they spend most of the

time. According to (Madge et al., 2009) states that, social media usage

enhances educational access and interaction and it fills the learning gap

informally between students and the instructors (Bull et al., 2008).

Integrating social media for both entertainment and learning is common

among students in higher level of education. College students use various

social media applications to extent that it is now an indispensable part of their

everyday life for personal and learning purposes (Cao & Hong, 2011);

Dahlstrom, 2012). Mobile technologies and smart phones interweave social

media in their palms and at their simple and customized command

(Dahlstrom, 2012).
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