Impact of Social Media Usage on Academic Performance of Tertiary Institution Students:  Evidence from Accra & Tema Metropolis, Ghana.

Martey, Edward; Asante, Edward Markwei

dc.contributor.author	Martey, Edward
dc.contributor.author	Asante, Edward Markwei
dc.date.accessioned	2024-10-17T10:12:15Z
dc.date.available	2024-10-17T10:12:15Z
dc.date.issued	2015-03
dc.identifier.issn	2095-1563
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.ktu.edu.gh/xmlui/handle/123456789/165
dc.description.abstract	The study sought to assess the relationship between student’s use of social media and academic performance of tertiary institutions students in Ghana with a focus on Accra and Tema Metropolis. Questionnaire was used for collecting data. Out of one thousand copies of the questionnaire distributed, a valid response of 70.0 % was retrieved. SPSS computer software was used to measure descriptive, correlation, regression among others. The study revealed that all the constructs of social media (dependent variable) had a significant positive relationship thus the independent variables (Facebook, Whatsapps, Yahoo Messenger, Skype, and Twitter) at level 0.01 with the dependent variable academic performance.	en_US
dc.publisher	JIAAT	en_US
dc.subject	Social Networks, Academic Output, Tertiary Students, Internet Use, West Africa	en_US
dc.title	Impact of Social Media Usage on Academic Performance of Tertiary Institution Students: Evidence from Accra & Tema Metropolis, Ghana.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US