The document examines the relationship between social networking site usage and students' academic performance. It identifies usage of social networking sites, time spent on social networking sites, and student participation on social networking sites for educational purposes as independent variables. The dependent variables are academic performance, time spent, and student engagement. The study aims to understand how these independent variables influence the dependent variables by distributing a survey with questions about social networking habits and perceptions of how social media impacts academics.

1. The Impact Of Social Networking Sites Usage On Education
Variable one
Independent variable
 Usage of Social networking site
Dependent variable
 academic performance
Objective
 To find out how social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, twitter, Orkut) influence the
academic performance of the students
Question
 Is their relationship between social networking sites and students’ academic
performance?
Hypothesis
 impact of social networking site usage on the academic performance of students .
Measurement questions
1. Please tick the appropriate space provided below for the following statement
Agree Strongly Disagree Strongly
agree disagree
Preference of studies over
social networking sites
Distraction from studies
Enjoy time spent on studies
Love for learning
Balance time between studies
and social networking sites

2. 2. How often spending time on a social networking website has interfered with your ability
to study or complete assignments?
a) several time b) one time c)never
3. ) Have you ever been late handing in an assignment because you spent time on a social
Networking site instead of doing homework?
a) Yes b) No
4. When you get your university assignments you complete it?
a) Immediately b) Before deadline
c) Just before deadline d) after deadline
5. Compare your grades before you got engaged into these games/social networking sites
and after you became involved. Did you see decline in your academic performance?
(Even the slightest bit of slip is considered.)
a) Yes b) No

3. Variable two
Independent variable
 Usage of Social networking site
Dependent variable
 Time spent
Objective
 To find out how time spend on social networking sites effect the
academic performance of students.
Question
 Is there a relationship between times spent on social networking and academic
performance?
Hypothesis
 The number of hours spent on social networking sites will determine the usage of social
networking sites.
Measurement questions
6. How much time do you spend on social networking sites (hours) in a day?
a) 1-3 b) 4-6 c) 7-9 d) more than 9
7. How often do you usually log on to your favorite service(s)?
a) I remain log in b) Several times a day
c) Once in a month d)once a week occasionally
d) never
8. On average how much time do you spend studying a day?
a) ½ hour b) 1 hour c) 2 hours d) more than 3 hours

4. Variable three
Independent variable
 Usage of Social networking site
Dependent variable
 Student participation on social networking sites for study purpose
Objective
To find out how Student participation on social networking sites for study purpose is related
with academic performance.
Question
 Is there a relationship between frequency/regularity of social networking site usage and
student engagement?
Hypothesis
 students mostly use social networking sites to view pages related to their studies
Measurement questions
9. E) How many communities/groups are you a member of on social networking sites?
a) Up to 10 b) 11-50 c) more than 51 d) none
10. Please rate from 1 to 5 why do you use SN services to:
1- never 2-very 3-very 4-often 5-This is my
rarely often primary way
to use these
activities
Find some information
Get opinion
Entertain yourself
Socialize
Stay up-to date with
friend’s life

5. Share your experience
Educational purpose
11. What is the key reason(s) for you to join a community/group in social networking
service? (You can choose more than one).
a) This help in doing my academic work
b) Through this I get all my recent university information updates
c) It is relevant, active and interesting community
d) This will let me stay up-to-date with the community new/update
e) I believe this will help me to build new useful connections
12. Are you a member of any groups/communities related to your university?
a) Yes, unofficial student groups b) Yes, official university profile (page)
c) Yes, alumni section d) No
d) I don’t know that my university has a profile on any of the networks