SOCIAL MEDIA AS A MEANS OF INTERACTION AMONG STUDENTS OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC MUBI

This project title “Social Media As Means of Interaction Among Students of Federal Polytechnic Mubi”. The objectives of the research work is: to identify the social media platforms most frequently used by students of Federal Polytechnic Mubi for interaction, to determine the frequency and duration of social media use for interaction among students of Federal Polytechnic Mubi and to investigate the purposes for which students of Federal Polytechnic Mubi utilize social media for interaction (e.g., academic collaboration, social networking, information sharing). The population of the study is made up of 115) respondents. The methods used for Data Collection is through questionnaire. The instrument used for analysing the data is simple percentage method for testing questionnaires. Research findings revealed that majority of the respondents are exposed WhatsApp / Facebook Twitter/ Youtube and TikTok / Instagram which affect their academic performance, findings revealed that majority of the respondents agreed that social media has negative impact on student academic performance and findings shows that majority of the respondent agreed that exposure to social media has negative effect on student academic performance. It was recommended that uses need to be educated on the effect of social media on their academic performance, student users need to be monitored and controlled on how they use social media during full academic activities and during exams and students need to be managing their time of study time to avert distractions by the social media.