Relationship between sleep quality, using social media platforms, and academic performance among university students

Purpose This study aims to clarify the effects of different patterns of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram usage on user loneliness and well-being in Japan. Design/methodology/approach Based on responses to a self-report questionnaire in Japan, 155 university students were separated into 4 groups: users of Twitter only, users of Twitter and Facebook, users of Twitter and Instagram and users of all three social media. The effects of social media usage on loneliness and well-being for each group were analysed. Findings No social media usage effects on loneliness or well-being were detected for those who used only Twitter or both Twitter and Instagram. For those using both Twitter and Facebook, loneliness was reduced when users accessed Twitter and Facebook more frequently but was increased when they posted more tweets. Users of all three social media were lonelier and had lower levels of well-being when they accessed Facebook via PC longer; whereas their their access time of Facebook via smartphones helped them decrease loneliness and improve their levels of well-being. Originality/value The findings reported here provide possible explanations for the conflicting results reported in previous research by exploring why users choose different social media platforms to communicate with different groups of friends or acquaintances and different usage patterns that affect their loneliness and well-being.

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Social Media and its Impact on Academic Performance among University Students

The Anthropologist ◽

10.1080/09720073.2017.1317962 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 28 (1-2) ◽

pp. 52-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Waleed Mugahed Al-rahmi ◽

Akram M. Zeki ◽

Norma Alias ◽

Ali Ali Saged

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Academic Performance ◽

University Students

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Media Awareness Preferences for Information on Sickle Cell Disorder Among University Students in Southwestern Nigeria

Dialectical Perspectives on Media, Health, and Culture in Modern Africa - Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8091-1.ch004 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 59-74

Author(s):

Cynthia Omoseyitan Ojomo ◽

Taye Babaleye Babaleye

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

University Students ◽

Sickle Cell ◽

Susceptible Genotype ◽

Southwestern Nigeria ◽

Blood Disorder ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Basic Facts ◽

Cell Disorder ◽

University Of Ibadan

Sickle cell disorder (SCD) is a defective blood disorder that causes pain associated with blood genotypes of victims who risk dying before their 30th birthday. SCD is best controlled when victims avoid getting married to one another to prevent the spread of susceptible genotype. Many youths lack basic facts of SCD. For long, its awareness was limited to broadcast and print media. But today, social media platforms—Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp—are also used to create awareness on the disease. This study attempts to determine the preferred communication channels for creating awareness on SCD among university students in South-Western Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted. Respondents were 259 students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and University of Ibadan, both in South-West Nigeria. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Social media awareness was 51.6%, and conventional media was 48.4%. Thus, more of the respondents preferred awareness on SCD through social media platforms.

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Youth Participation in Politics

Participation of Young People in Governance Processes in Africa - Advances in Public Policy and Administration ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-9388-1.ch004 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 54-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sam Phiri

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Social Media ◽

University Students ◽

Survey Design ◽

Representative Democracy ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Youth Participation ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Public Policy Decisions ◽

Descriptive Survey

This chapter explores the manner in which Zambian university students engage with public policy decisions which are of immediate and future interest to them. It observes that the youths may have little faith in representative democracy and instead are utilizing social media platforms to directly engage with decision-makers and publics, and thus subverting the essence of the authority of parliament. The study uses descriptive survey design and the methodology of “Briscolage” to capture and scrutinize two politically charged cases, and concludes that the youth globally may be challenging liberalism and in that way fashioning a new narrative entrenched in postmodernism.

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Media Awareness Preferences for Information on Sickle Cell Disorder Among University Students in Southwestern Nigeria

Research Anthology on Improving Health Literacy Through Patient Communication and Mass Media ◽

10.4018/978-1-6684-2414-8.ch026 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 469-480

Author(s):

Cynthia Omoseyitan Ojomo ◽

Taye Babaleye Babaleye

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

University Students ◽

Sickle Cell ◽

Susceptible Genotype ◽

Southwestern Nigeria ◽

Blood Disorder ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Basic Facts ◽

Cell Disorder ◽

University Of Ibadan

Sickle cell disorder (SCD) is a defective blood disorder that causes pain associated with blood genotypes of victims who risk dying before their 30th birthday. SCD is best controlled when victims avoid getting married to one another to prevent the spread of susceptible genotype. Many youths lack basic facts of SCD. For long, its awareness was limited to broadcast and print media. But today, social media platforms—Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp—are also used to create awareness on the disease. This study attempts to determine the preferred communication channels for creating awareness on SCD among university students in South-Western Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted. Respondents were 259 students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and University of Ibadan, both in South-West Nigeria. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Social media awareness was 51.6%, and conventional media was 48.4%. Thus, more of the respondents preferred awareness on SCD through social media platforms.

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Determining the relation between social media use and sleep quality in university students in Turkey

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckw174.093 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 26 (suppl_1) ◽

Author(s):

D Seyitoglu ◽

G Gunes

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

University Students ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Media Use ◽

Social Media Use

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The Negative Role of Social Media to Create Anxiety in University Students Amidst COVID-19

Global Mass Communication Review ◽

10.31703/gmcr.2021(vi-i).19 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol VI (I) ◽

pp. 254-263

Author(s):

Humaira Irfan

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

University Students ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Social Innovation ◽

Public University ◽

The Social ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Negative Role ◽

English Students

The purpose of the study is to explore the negative role of social media on university students mental health amidst digitalized COVID-19 setting that throbs excruciating pain, fear, anxiety, stress and depression. The quantitative and qualitative data were collected from the Department of English students of a public university in Punjab, Pakistan. The findings reveal that students' are engaged daily for 4 hours on social media forums for online chats, information and amusement. The social media platforms strategically create situations to express unrestrained sentiments. The use of cartoons and images reflect students' potential for creativity, criticality and social innovation.

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Youth Exposure to Hate in the Online Space: An Exploratory Analysis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17228531 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (22) ◽

pp. 8531

Author(s):

Nigel Harriman ◽

Neil Shortland ◽

Max Su ◽

Tyler Cote ◽

Marcia A. Testa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Risk Perception ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Parental Supervision ◽

Hate Groups ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Online Disinhibition

Today’s youth have extensive access to the internet and frequently engage in social networking activities using various social media platforms and devices. This is a phenomenon that hate groups are exploiting when disseminating their propaganda. This study seeks to better understand youth exposure to hateful material in the online space by exploring predictors of such exposure including demographic characteristics (age, gender, and race), academic performance, online behaviors, online disinhibition, risk perception, and parents/guardians’ supervision of online activities. We implemented a cross-sectional study design, using a paper questionnaire, in two high schools in Massachusetts (USA), focusing on students 14 to 19 years old. Logistic regression models were used to study the association between independent variables (demographics, online behaviors, risk perception, parental supervision) and exposure to hate online. Results revealed an association between exposure to hate messages in the online space and time spent online, academic performance, communicating with a stranger on social media, and benign online disinhibition. In our sample, benign online disinhibition was also associated with students’ risk of encountering someone online that tried to convince them of racist views. This study represents an important contribution to understanding youth’s risk factors of exposure to hateful material online.

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