Social Networking: Impact on Education and Addiction Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of social networking, examining its multifaceted impact on education and the potential for addiction. The report begins by defining social media and its increasing prevalence, highlighting its accessibility through various devices and platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. It explores the advantages of social networking in educational settings, such as improved student engagement, enhanced communication, and the development of technological and communication skills. The report also addresses the issue of social networking addiction, detailing its negative effects, symptoms, and impact on daily life, particularly among students and teenagers. Furthermore, the report includes summaries of five articles that delve deeper into specific aspects of social networking. These articles explore topics such as the adoption of social networking in higher education, the use of Facebook as a virtual classroom, the addictive nature of social networking on smartphones, the psychological impact of social networking addiction, and the role of online supportive interaction in enhancing life satisfaction. The report concludes by providing a broad overview of the current state of social networking and its implications for both education and individual well-being.

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Statement of topic
Social media is mainly defined as a collection of computer oriented technologies which
allows developing and sharing of data or promoting different ideas of career plans through
networks or its connecting devices (Perrin, 2015). The use of social network is increasing day by
day. The services provided by social networking can be accessed by all the users through
laptops, mobile phones or desktops. Social media which is used by the users for sharing
information or interaction with each other, can be accessed by the use of several websites like
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others. It is seen that there are several advantages and
disadvantages of using social media.
Social networking in education
Social networking is not only capable of assisting students but also in offering huge
opportunities for sharing information between the teachers and the administrators. With the help
of several websites teachers can improve the involvement of the students in education and
improvement in the technological ability. It also provides a great collaboration in the classroom
and also make good skills of communication. Social networking sites have a great impact for
growth of education for students in high school. Students can even learn about several important
skills like communication skills, technological skills and creativity. They can also be able to
share their creative work like poetries or films and even carry out the correct use of information
and technology. Due to the growth of the social networking sites, most of the educators are
seeing their potential for utilization in education as they may have the capability of endorsing
both collaboration as well as active learning.

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There are other several advantages of the use of social media which involves connectivity
worldwide, sharing of common interest, real time sharing of information and advertising.
Social networking addiction
Social media addiction is basically a term which is used for referring to someone who is
seen to have been spending a lot of time on social media like Twitter, Facebook or some other
forms of social media. Hence, in this way it affects the daily life of a person to a great extent.
Though it is seen that there is no such official medical recognition on social networking
addiction as any disease, this inappropriate habit of using social media excessively has become a
topic of research as well as discussion. Social networking addiction leads to a number of
negative effects in which a person has an excessive utilization of social media. Some of the basic
symptoms of the addiction of social networking includes depression, anxiety and some
psychological disorders. Most of teenagers, students and even kids are getting into social media
to such a huge extent that they are being termed as addicted. This addiction is really a very bad
thing and can ruin the personal life any individual
There are several other disadvantages as well which involves cyberbullying, crimes against
children, risk of frauds, and wastage of time and ruin of reputation.
Articles
Article 1:
Adoption of Social networking in education: A Study of the use of social networks by
higher education students in Oman

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This article basically questions about the fact that whether the traditional methods of
learning are needed to be changed in the Web 2.0 technology era or not (Al , Al & Al, 2014).
Online learning or E-learning provides a lot of opportunities which were not possible before.
Students pursuing higher education tends to be a part of internet generation by using several
tools which further help them to learn and choose their career.
Article 2:
Facebook as virtual classroom- Social networking in learning and teaching among Serbian
students
The purpose of the article is to clearly examine the student’s attitude towards Facebook
as a virtual classroom. Facebook is considered to the most popular commercial social network
which comprises of about billion users (Milošević et al., 2015). Facebook can be used as a
virtual classroom where the students are seen to be engaged in several activities in the creation if
task execution and in the improvement of the communication with the professors and the
colleagues.
Article 3:
Social networking on smartphones: When mobile phones become addictive
The article mainly shows that due to the faster growth of online social networking
services there is a huge increment in the utilization of cell phones mainly among the young
generation (Salehan & Negahban, 2013). Extensive use of technology has resulted in mobile
addiction greatly. There is a huge effect of excessive use of SNS applications of mobile on the
health of any individual.

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Article 4:
Online social networking and addiction- A review of the Psychological literature
The article describes clearly that addiction to social networks on the internet can be a
reason for introducing a potential problem of mental health for some of the users of social
networks (Pantic, 2014). Excessive SNS usage may involve decrease in the social community
participation in the real life as well as reduction in the academic achievement. It also involves
problems in relationships which is another big problem due to potential addiction.
Article 5:
How does online social networking enhance life satisfaction? The relationships among
online supportive interaction, affect, perceived social support, sense of community, and life
satisfaction
This main propose of the article is the amount of interaction which is supportive
mediates the relationship in between the general SNS use and psychological states of the users
(Oh, Ozkaya & LaRose, 2014). There is a huge importance of the relationship quality among the
network members. The article reveals that the interation between the supportive interaction and
the positive effect after the interaction is positive.

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References
Al-Mukhaini, E. M., Al-Qayoudhi, W. S., & Al-Badi, A. H. (2014). Adoption of social
networking in education: A study of the use of social networks by higher education
students in Oman. Journal of International Education Research, 10(2), 143.
Milošević, I., Živković, D., Arsić, S., & Manasijević, D. (2015). Facebook as virtual classroom–
Social networking in learning and teaching among Serbian students. Telematics and
Informatics, 32(4), 576-585.
Oh, H. J., Ozkaya, E., & LaRose, R. (2014). How does online social networking enhance life
satisfaction? The relationships among online supportive interaction, affect, perceived
social support, sense of community, and life satisfaction. Computers in Human
Behavior, 30, 69-78.
Pantic, I. (2014). Online social networking and mental health. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and
Social Networking, 17(10), 652-657.
Perrin, A. (2015). Social media usage: 2005-2015.
Salehan, M., & Negahban, A. (2013). Social networking on smartphones: When mobile phones
become addictive. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(6), 2632-2639.

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