Research Presentation Prepared BY B Group..... Usman Ali Mahboob Ahmed Hasnain Haider Waqas Riaz

1. Negative Effects Of Using Social
Media On Graduate Students

2. What is social media???
[Definition]
Social media are the platforms that enables
the interactive web by engaging users to
participate in, comment on and create
content as means of communicating with
their social graph, other users and the
public
(Cohen,2011)

3. Why we choose this
topic?
The social networking sites are gaining a lot of popularity these days with
almost all of the educated youth using one or the other such site.
The question regarding the safety, privacy and the legal issues have been
cropping up all this time.

4. Why we choose this
topic?
Cont..
Our daily lives revolve around technology and most of us can’t
imagine going a day without logging on the internet or using our
mobile phones.
 Social networking has become a norm in our society, with
websites like Face book, Twitter, MySpace and many more holding
a unique and vital role in our daily lives.
Social networking has without a doubt contributed to many
positive things, but is it also affecting us negatively.

5. Statistics
oUse of social media is almost unavoidable.
o73% of teens 12–17 are using face book.
oIn the next 20 years it will become impossible to break the
attachment between the teen and screen.

6. Research Objectives
Social media effected the academic lives of graduate
students.
Social networking is harmful for graduate students.
Negative effects of social media on moral values of
students.
Effects of social networking on students physical and
mental abilities.
Wastage of time by students by using social media.

7. Research Questions
How social media effects the academic lives of graduate students?
To what extent social networking is harmful for graduate students?
What are the negative effects of social media on moral values of
students?
What are the negative effects of social networking on students
physical and mental abilities?
How much time students waste on social media?

8. Literature Review
oTIME WASTAGE:
Students while searching and studying online, they get attracted to
using social media sites and sometimes forget while they are using
it. this waste their time, and sometimes, students are not able to
deliver their work in the specified time frame.
(NEGATIVE EFFECTS AND POSSILBE SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL
NETWORKING SITES ON STUDENTS ACADEMICS by OMOWUMI
OLUFEMI ADEDEJI)
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 signals besides other
nonverbal cues, 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. SOURCE:
Negative Effects of Social Networking Sites for Students
SOCIAL MEDIA
By Steve Armstrong, Published October 21, 2012

9. oTIME WASTAGE cont..
BFA student, Alli Kennedy, said some negative effects of
social networking are that “kids don’t think before they
post; instead they get caught up in their emotions and
will later regret what they post. It also tends to waste a
lot of time and causes a lot of drama.”
Social
Networking
Has
Positive
and
Negative Effects on Teens April 16, 2013
James F Byrnes Freshman Academy

10. oReduced learning and
research capabilities:
•Students have started relying more on the information accessible
easily on these social networking sites and the web. This reduces their
learning and research capabilities.
( Negative Effects of Social Networking Sites for Students Published on
November 2, 2012 by Guest Blogger)
•Face book and other sites can be very distracting for students and can impact negatively on
their learning, reports have proved that the students who check their Face book or social
account at least once is a study time of 15 minutes has scored lower grades in their studies .
Source: Negative Impact of Social Websites on Students
Author: Kanwal Batool
Date: 11/Jul/2012
Student of Bachelors in Computer Sciences (BCS) at Government College University Lahore
(GCU Lahore)

11. oReduced learning and research
capabilities: Cont…
Most people who suffer from this are students. Instead of doing their
homework's they tend to fail their academic endeavors because of using
Social Media and
Networking: Advantages and Disadvantages by
marz fuentz
social media in the wrong way.

12. oPoor mental and physical health:
Students who are using technology including the social networking sites on a regular basis
tend to have more stomach aches, besides sleeping problems, as well as anxiety and
depression. Such students also display more of narcissistic tendencies besides many other
psychological disorders, including various antisocial behaviors as well as aggressive
tendencies.
Daily overuse of these social networking sites tends to have a negative effect on the health
of all students as it makes them more susceptible to various health problems in the future.
This is where peers, teachers and parents need to play a major role by making the students
aware of what they are missing out while spending too much time on these sites. SOURCE :
Negative Effects of Social Networking Sites for Students
SOCIAL MEDIA
By Steve Armstrong, Published October 21, 2012
6. Serious detrimental outcomes on individual’s health
When social media is used in a wrong way, it may have a negative effect on both
mental and physical health of individual
Social Media and Networking: Advantages and
Disadvantages by marz fuentz

13. The Negative Impact of Social Media on our lives
ADICTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA A research team headed by Wilhelm Hoffmann of Chicago
University concluded in 2012 that twitter is harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol.
(Source BY ELIZABETH KOIKAI
•IN CURRENT AFFAIRS & DEBATE
•— 8 MAY, 2013)
A False Sense of Connection
According to Cornell University's Steven Strogatz, social media sites can make it make it more
difficult for us to distinguish between the meaningful relationships we foster in the real world, and
(Source the Negative
Effect of Social Media on Society and Individuals
By Brian Jung, Demand Media)
Student may have reason to be concerned about excess social media use.(source By Denny Carter,
Managing Editor) Social media has negative impact on academic
the numerous casual relationships formed through social media.
performance
Jennifer Walsh, lead author of the study, which was published in the journal Emerging Adulthood, wrote that
students who spent the most time using social media had ”fewer academic behaviors, such as completing
homework and attending class, lower academic confidence and more problems affecting their school work,
like lack of sleep and substance use.” (Source By Denny Carter, Managing Editor
)

14. Variables
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
Negative effects of using social media on
graduate students
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
Frequent visit of sites/unproductive use
Reduced learning and research capabilities
Low self esteem
Cyber bullying
Poor mental & physical health
Low moral value
INTERVENING VARIABLE
Wastage of time
More rely on SNS
Low communication skills
Over use of SNS
MODERATING VARIABLE

16. Frequent visit of Sites/
unproductive use
Reduced learning and
research capabilities
Low self esteem
Wastage of
time
Moderate
access
More rely
on SNS
Low
communica
tion skills
Socialize
effectively
Cyber bullying
Poor mental & physical
health
Over use of
SNS
Role of
parents &
teachers
Negative
effects of
using social
media on
graduate
students