TABLE OF CONTENT

Title Page                                                                                     i

Certification                                                                                  ii       

Dedication                                                                                    iii

Acknowledgment                                                                          iv

Table Content                                                                                vi

Abstract                                                                                        ix

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study                                                                1

Statement of the Problem                                                               6

Purpose of the Study                                                                      8

Research Questions                                                                       8

Research Hypothesis                                                                     9

Scope of the Study                                                                         9

Operational Definition of Terms                                                     10

Significance of the study                                                                11

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE

The concept of social media, its historical background, and forms     13

The use of social medial by today’s students                                    25

Academic performance of students and factors affecting it                32

The place and influence of social media on education                       36

Appraisal of reviewed literature                                                      46     

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY

Research Design                                                                           48

Population, sample and sampling Techniques                                  49

Instrumentation                                                                             49

Procedure for data collection                                                          50

Data Analysis Techniques                                                              50

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS

Demographic data                                                                         51

Research Questions                                                                       53

Testing of research hypotheses                                                       56

Summary of major findings                                                            63

CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Discussion                                                                                    65

Conclusions                                                                                  65

REFERENCES                                                                             67     

APPENDIX                                                                                  70

ABSTRACT

The study examined the influence of social media on performance of secondary school students as perceived by teachers in Ilorin west local government area of Kwara State. The data for the study was collected through the use of questionnaire, which was administer to selected teachers in (10) selected secondary schools of studies area. And frequency count and percentage were used to answer research question, while t-test statistical tool was used to test the two hypothesis at alpha =0.05 significally level. All the analyses were carried out using SPSS 20 version. The following research questions were raised. (1) Does social media affect the academic performance of students. (2) What is the influence of social media on students time devotion to academic programme? (3) What is the influence of social media on students reading habit.  The study revealed that social media has negative impact on the performance of secondary school students, however teachers in the study area should take effective measure on guiding their students on how best social media, can be use to reduce the effect of social media on students academic performance.