Effects of Social Media on Student’S Performance in Examination

The objective of this research paper is to analyze the effects of social media on students' performance in the examination. For this purpose, a questionnaire was structured for collection primary data from 200 students of a private and public universities through convenience sampling technique. The data was analyzed through 5-points Likert scale. The results show that there is negative relationship between social media and students' performance in the examination. The results also show that the students of urban areas spend more time on social media sites than the students of rural areas. Similarly, male students used social media as compared to female students and as such their grade (GPA) was lower in the examination. It was suggested to encourage students to use social media for educational purpose only.