A study on the perception of the students towards social media and it’s usefulnesss in academics

Abstract

For the last few years, rapid technological changes have brought the entire world under one roof. Social media has made it possible to easily connect with someone within seconds despite the physical distance of a thousand miles .Increasing use of different social media platforms are paving the way to explore to the next level. Facebook, Whatsapp, You tube, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Telegram are some common social media platforms which are being widely used. This study has been done to have a better understanding of the perception of students towards different aspects of social media and also its usefulness in academics. Primary data was collected from a sample of 100 students. The study revealed that youtube users are more positively inclined towards the usefulness of it in academics followed by whatsapp users. Facebook and Instagram platforms are found to be less useful in academics as per the perception of their users. Along with this, mostly students have a positive attitude towards the impact of social media on the overall being of users and an association was also found between their preferred platform and time spent by the users on them.