The Effect of Facebook on Academic Performance for Undergraduate Students at Charmo University

Abstract

Facebook occupies an important part of people's time and life due to the recent developments in the field of communication technologies (CT). This paper aims at investigating the Facebook impact (FI) on undergraduate students at Charmo University. Moreover, Facebook also has a great impact on students' life studies at universities. However, in addition to its benefits, Facebook also has some side effects on students' life study. In regard to data collection, an online survey was used in which 15 questions were answered by 100 participants from different faculties at Charmo University. The data collection process was conducted from First of March to 30 of April 2016. The program of SPSS was used to analyze the results of the survey. The results of the current study show that students spend a significant amount of their times on using Facebook.

Facebook addiction and affected academic performance among Ethiopian university students: A cross-sectional study

“…The study found that Facebook addiction has negative relationship with academic performance of the students, as indicated by the last semester’s GPA report [β: -10.01, 95% CI: -10.85,-(-9.18)]. This finding is in agreement with the previous studies conducted in India [ 11 ], Iraq [ 9 ], Pakistan [ 35 ], and Sri Lanka [ 10 ]. Although various studies have found that Facebook addiction has negative effects on university students, a study from Pakistan [ 4 ] found that Facebook could help with communication and information gathering.…”

“…As the studies revealed, extended use of Facebook has led to poor academic performance, bullying activities, decreased face-to-face contact, sleep disruptions, and mental health disturbances [ 8 , 9 ]. Log-in-related distractions such as uploading, commenting, and chatting with friends are leading to procrastination of learning activities [ 8 ] and sinking academic success among university students currently [ 10 ].…”

“…The previous study revealed that too much use of Facebook was related to a lower grade point average (GPA) and disturbances in daily routine activities [ 9 ]. It has been reported that students who are more addicted to Facebook have poor study habits and lower academic achievements [ 11 ].…”