Students today have begin to rely on the accessibility of information that is available on the social media platforms specifically as well as the web in general in order to get answers. This means that there is a reduced focus on learning as well as on retaining information.
They are trying to check various social media sites while they study. This leads to reduced academic performance. Besides, their ability to concentrate on their task at hand gets significantly reduced due to the distraction that is brought by all these social media sites.
The
other negative effect on students is that they are spending too much time on
social sites, and much lesser time on socializing in person. In fact, there is
a lack of body signal, including tone and
inflection in case of social networking sites. Thus they cannot be considered
as an adequate replacement for any face-to-face communication. Not only this,
students who are spending a great deal of time on these social networking sites
are not able to communicate in person in an effective manner.
These
social media sites have become so popular in such a short time because the
information gets published in a fast way. This has actually created a lax
attitude for using proper spelling as well as grammar. In fact, the students
are unable to write effectively without the aid of the spell check feature of a
computer.
written by : AZIZAH ISMAIL
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