IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS ON THE BEHAVIOURAL PATTERNS OF YOUTH

ABSTRACT

The findings from research question one shows that social media platforms is educative and helps students access material online which is affordable to enhances their academic learning process and life-style and that social media platforms can be used to access library project materials and this has affected reading life style in manual library. The result shows that social media platforms helps students to obtain materials, to complement with what they have been taught in class and has also help them to increase their CGPA and that social media platforms improves student reading skills because of the easy access to likely examination questions, past examination question and this has reduced the cost of purchasing books. The result shows that social media platforms improve social communication skills amongst course mates, lecturers and this is able facilitate academic activities and lifestyle of students and that the test of research question two revealed that social media addiction has led to poor reading habit of students. The result revealed that social media exposes students to different behavioural patterns that negatively affect their daily academic activities and lifestyle and that Social media addiction has led to poor performance and strange life style among students. the result also shows that social media use interfere with academic performance and lifestyle of students and that social media affects student’s daily time, many have developed the habit of checking their accounts multiple times during the day, even when they are in the classroom and that the test of research question three shows that Social media distract student from their studies. During vacation students may spend a lot of time participating on Social media than reading my books. The result revealed that 70 social media makes it hard for student to concentrate on their study knowing that they can play online games and visit these sites just by logging into them and that addiction to Social media is a problematic issue that affects students’ reading habit and lifestyle. The result shows that time spent on Social media can never be compared to time spent by some students in their studies and that there is no improvement in students grades resulting to addiction to Whasapping and Facebooking and that the test of research question four indicates that Social media addiction and poor reading habit of students should be discouraged. The result shows that Students needs education on social media addiction and that students should avoid adopting social media behavioural patterns as it negatively affect their daily academic activities and lifestyle. The result shows that students should minimize their frequency to social media as its addiction can lead to poor performance and strange behavioural patterns and that social media should be used wisely as not to allow interfere with academic performance and behavioural patterns. The Result revealed that students should not allow social media to influence their daily reading time, through the habit of checking their accounts multiple times during the day, even when they are in the classroom.