A Study on Positive and Negative Effects of Social Media on Society

W.Akram. “A Study on Positive and Negative Effects of Social Media on Society”. Department of Computer Applications, GDC Mendhar, Poonch, India. 30 October, 2017.

       In this academic journal, the author discusses social media’s advantages and disadvantages, but he focuses on how it affects education. In the academic journal it states, “ Students, while seeking and concentrate on the web, get pulled in to utilizing online networking locales and once in a while they overlook why they are using the internet. Sometimes students are not able to deliver their work in the specified time frame as their time wastes. Social media eats up a lot of time, making it difficult to return to reading or studying once you’ve went online. It also states, “ Students are depending more on the information reachable easily on these social networking sites and the web. This reduces their learning and research capabilities.” The research shows students start depending on social media too much and it prevents them from actually learning from a book, because it’s so easy to just search up whatever they’re looking for online. It also states, “Students generally utilize slang words or abbreviated types of words on long range interpersonal communication locales. They begin depending on the PC language structure and spelling check highlights. This decreases their charge over the dialect and their experimental writing abilities.” Because of social media we usually use slang words, students get used to it which makes it harder to write with proper grammar. In many ways, social media is harmful to education. 

The Impact of Stress on Students in Secondary School and Higher Education by Michaela Pascoe

Pascoe, Michaela C. “The Impact of Stress on Students in Secondary School and Higher Education.” The Impact of Stress on Students in Secondary School and Higher Education. 

Michaela Pascoe who is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Health and Sport at Victoria University. Her research expertise is in mental health, mindfulness, physical activity, stress, and science communication. She explains the factors that lead to academic stress; however, she also discusses how a student can lead to academic performance. She creates an interesting review of studies that were published between 2008 and 2018. The study showed that earlier stimulus, time management skills are important to know about to have good academic performance. This information is very useful because many universities and educators can use this information to develop techniques that will hopefully improve a students’ academic performance. Finally, this information can also be used to find out if students are at a risk of academic failure and poor mental/physical health. 

  1. “Academic-related stress can reduce academic achievement, decrease motivation, and increase the risk of school dropout”
  2.  “School dropout is associated with a lifelong reduction in earning capacity and secure employment”.