EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ON TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS STUDENTS ACADEMIC CONCENTRATIONINSOKOTO STATE

EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ON TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS STUDENTS ACADEMIC CONCENTRATIONINSOKOTO STATE

¹Gatawa, Ahmad Usman; ²Muhammad Musa Usman; ³Ahmad Hadiza Gusau &⁴Ibrahim Mudassir Gatawa

¹Department of Educational Foundations,Sokoto State University, Sokoto Nigeria

²Department of Educational Foundations; Sokoto State University, Sokoto Nigeria

³Department of Science Education; Sokoto State University, Sokoto Nigeria

⁴Department of Educational Foundations; Sokoto State University, Sokoto Nigeria

ABSTRACT

This paper examined the Effect of Social Media Platforms on Tertiary Institutions Students’ Academic Concentration in Sokoto State. Social media platforms are computer-mediated tools that allow people to create, share or exchange information, ideas, pictures, and videos in virtual communities and networks.The population of the study is 66,037 comprising of male and female students of Sokoto State tertiary institutions. A sample of 300 was randomly drawn. “Effect of Social Media Platforms on Tertiary Institutions Students’Academic Concentration Assessment Questionnairewas used to collect the data. The study found that social media platforms have less effect on tertiary institution students’ academic concentration. It was recommended that Students in tertiary institutions should be discouraged by parents and lecturers against wasting their precious time accessing social media to avoid it’s negative effect on their academic concentration. And effective use of internet service for academic purposes should be encouraged and addiction to accessing social media sites be discouraged and in monitoring the academic activities for the betterment of tertiary institutions students, special attention should be paid against social media sites.

Keywords: Internet Usage, Addiction, Academic Concentration, Tertiary Institutions