The Role of Digital Literacy in Enhancing Academic Success: A Study of Arignar Anna Government Arts and Science College, Karaikal

Author(s): Chayanika L and Dr. V Lakshmanapathi

Abstract:

Social media plays a very important role in everyone's life and is constantly evolving. Internet, laptops, smartphones and computers are all necessary and play a vital role in this industry. Anyone can use social media to interact, communicate and share their opinions and ideas. Hence, most people are aware of social media platforms like WhatsApp, YouTube, Facebook etc. and use them for various reasons including entertainment, sharing information, watching movies and pictures, both academic and non-academic purposes. Indeed, social media platforms such as WhatsApp, YouTube, and Facebook help in sharing information between students and professors. There are many social media platforms that fulfill this need, and most users prefer WhatsApp, YouTube, and Facebook. However, excessive use of social media can be harmful, time-consuming, and most importantly, negatively impact the health of the user. In this study, the researchers investigated the benefits and drawbacks of social media on students' academic performance. A random sample of 300 students from Aringar Anna Government Arts and Science College, Karaikal was selected. The study was conducted by distributing questionnaires to the respondents as a data collection tool and using descriptive statistics and chi-squared tests to evaluate the hypotheses. The study found that students' social media use has a negative impact on their academic performance. Based on this study, the authors advocate guiding and motivating students to use social media more frequently for academic purposes. Students need to be fully focused on their studies. Universities and educational institutions should set up official websites and pages on the Internet to make students aware of their bright future and educate them about the benefits of a good education. Therefore, students can use the site to obtain important information, knowledge sharing, lecture notes, electronic content and other study materials, and increase their academic activity, so that they can spend less time on social media (WhatsApp, YouTube, Facebook) for non-academic purposes.

Keywords: Social Media, internet, academic performance, knowledge sharing, WhatsApp, youtube and Facebook.

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