Implications of Social Media on Students Academic Performance.

      Аннотация: Social media remains a powerful force influencing lives, minds, behaviour and actions of many young people in many societies in contemporary time. It encompasses a wide range of platforms and tools that is being used for communication and other activities. In spite of the numerous contributions of social media in transforming communication, learning and social relation, the negative impacts on the youth academic performance is overwhelming. This therefore, is what constitute the focal point of this book. This book is a bold and thought provoking endeavour which can be read with benefit by students, academics, public administrators and stakeholders in different sectors of the society, as well as those who are interested in knowing about the implications of social media on the real values of life especially students who constitute majority of users.

Ключевые слова: academic performance, Social Media, social networking, Social Networking Sites, Students, Tweets