Jiang 1

Hua Jiang

Prof. Oliver

ENGL 111-88N

18th April 2019

The Impact of Facebook on High School Students’ Performance

Research Rationale

Basing on this research, its goal is to investigate The Impact of Facebook on Students’

Performance. I will perform a far-reaching assessment on the subject matter using different

sources in an attempt to aid me to understand ways in which Facebook impact high school

students’ performance. Statistics have shown that currently, Facebook is the most popular

social platform used by students. Students, particularly high school and college students have

been found to be proactive users spending between one to two hours every day on Facebook

chatting and socializing with friends. My research topic is related to the core reading

Facebook has Transformed My Student's Writing for the Better in the sense that it investigates

the impact of Facebook on high school students’ performance. The objective of this research

is to shed more light to the public especially high school students, parents, teachers and

scholars regarding how Facebook impacts students’ academic performance. During this

research, I will utilize the following research questions that will act as my guide to ensure I

comprehensively investigate all the aspects that are related to the core reading.

Research Questions:

1. How has Facebook impacted the academic performance of high school students?

2. What should be done to avoid the negative impacts of Facebook on high school

students’?
 Jiang 2

3. Is Facebook suitable for high school students?

Source Citations

Ainin, Sulaiman, et al. "Facebook usage, socialization and academic

performance." Computers & Education 83 (2015): 64-73.

The Writer: Sulaiman Ainin is a Professor in the Department of Operations and

Management Information Systems at the University of Malaya.

The Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company, it was found in 1880. Currently, it is an

international information analytics business, which aids professionals and business to

advance healthcare, science and enhance performance. It prints approximately 500,000

journals and books annually. The intended readers are scholars, researchers, the public and

students.

The Summary: This article reveals that Facebook is a medium that has enabled students to

gain knowledge and empowered their connection with other students as well as their teachers.

Ainin argues that learning institutions should allow Facebook in their learning centers to

benefit students because it is a good source of information.

The Stance: The objectivity of this article is to enlighten universities, schools, and colleges

about the benefits of Facebook to students.

The Use: This article is crucial to my research since it illustrates the significance of

Facebook to students. It also helps me to answer the research question - Is Facebook suitable

for high school students?

Guraya, Salman Y. “The Usage of Social Networking Sites by Medical Students for

Educational Purposes: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.” North American

Journal of Medical Sciences, vol. 8, no. 7, July 2016, pp. 268–278. EBSCOhost,

doi:10.4103/1947-2714.187131.

The Writer: Salman Y. Guraya is presently the Vice Dean in the Department of Medicine at

the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He is a reputable editorial member and

reviewer who have done various international journals related to colorectal cancer,

curriculum reforms, and bariatric surgery.

The Publication: Sage Publishing Company. It was established in 1965. It prints more than

2000 books and journals each year. The intended readers are scholars, students, teachers, and

the public.

The Summary: This sauce is a journal that illustrates that online social networking sites such

as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and MySpace offer appropriate professional and individual

information amongst students. Facebook has enabled studentsto to expand their use of social

network sites for purposes of education.

The Stance: The stance of this journal is to bring awareness to the teachers and students

regarding the significance of social networking sites for easy distribution of educational

information.

The Use: indeed, this journal is vital to my investigation because it outlines the importance of

social networking sites in spreading of academic information.

Bernard Montoneri. "Impact of Students' Participation to a Facebook Group on Their

Motivation and Scores and Teacher's Evaluation." IAFOR Journal of Education, no. 1,

2015, p. 61. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&db=edsdoj&AN=edsdoj.f8df269609964acba7a197a2d5209490&site=eds

-live.
 Jiang 4

The Writer: Montoneri Bearnard is presently a French in the Department of European

Languages and Cultures at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.

The Publisher: The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) established in 2009 with its

headquarter in Nagoya, Japan. It is an interdisciplinary think tank publisher and conference

organizer. Currently, more than 15,000 leading academics and speakers have presented their

research at IAFOR’s events in Asia. The target readers are academicians and researchers.

The Summary: This article indicates that due to the advancement of information and

communication technology (ICT) has resulted in a rapid and profound transformation in the

education arena. Presently, educators and students can interact on social networks like

Facebook. In the process, students can enhance their skills of writing and reading because

they exclusively use English when posting and commenting on posts. However, this

interaction has to be regulated by educators to avoid the negative impact of leaner’s

disruptive behaviors.

The Stance: Barnard aims to enlighten parents and teachers about the importance of ICT to

students, but it should be regulated to avoid a negative impact because of learners disruptive

behaviors.

The Use: This source is helpful to my research as it aids me to respond to the research

question - What should be done to avoid the negative impacts of Facebook on high school

students’?

Rouis, Sana, et al. “Impact of Facebook Usage on Students’ Academic Achievement: Role of

Self-Regulation and Trust.” Electronic Journal of Research in Educational

Psychology, vol. 9, no. 3, Jan. 2011, pp. 961–994. EBSCOhost,

search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ960123&site=eds-

live.
 Jiang 5

The Writer: Sana Rouis is a lecturer at Nanterre University France. The scholar has

published various computers science publications like Social Media, Information Systems,

Leadership and Project Management, and Knowledge Management.

The Publisher: Kamla-Raj Enterprises is the publisher. It was founded in 1993 in New Delhi

India. It is the leading educational publication for scholarly and quality publications of

essential books and journals in Life and Social Sciences, and Environment. The primary

readers are researchers, the public and scholars.

The Summary: This source shows that extensive usage of Facebook by learners who have

extraverted characters results in poor academic performance. Nonetheless, students who are

self-driven and have the ability to control their presence on social networking platforms are

more effective.

The Stance: Rouis makes a stance that there is Facebook does not result in poor

performance, but it depends on the student’s traits and ability to control the time spent on

social networking sites.

The Use: This source is significant to this research since it highlights aspects that can lead to

poor academic performance when employed while using Facebook.

Simmons, Andrew. "Facebook Has Transformed My Students' Writing—For The Better." The

Atlantic. N.p., 2013. Web. 18 Apr. 2019

The Writer: Andrew Simmons is currently a journalist at Al Jazeera English. Initially,

Simmons worked with BBC TV News as a Correspondent in West Africa. Also, he has served

as a correspondent with ITN for over 15 years, which one of the most respected UK new

channels.
 Jiang 6

The Publisher: The Atlantic is the publisher for this magazine. It was initiated in 1857 as

The Atlantic Monthly in Boston. In 2016 The Atlantic was named the Magazine of the year

by American Society of Magazine Editors. The target audience for the magazine is a public

audience.

The Summary: This source is a magazine, which shows that Facebook allows students to

reveal much through sharing supportive comments and likes by interacting with their

teachers. While Twitter and Facebook can erode writing conventions among students, it does

not kill the vital ingredient in personal writing like emotional honesty, and self-reflection.

According to Simmons through Facebook interaction with his students, it has changed his

student’s writing for the better.

The Stance: The target of this article to teach the public about the need to support

constructive interaction between educators and learners to help students improve their

academic performance.

The Use: This magazine is helpful to my study as it helps to respond my research question -

How has Facebook impacted the academic performance of high school students?

Thuseethan S. and Kuhanesan S. “Positive and Negative Impacts of Facebook on University

Students: Sri Lankan Perspective.” IUP Journal of Information Technology, vol. 10,

no. 3, Sept. 2014, pp. 7–18. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&db=aci&AN=99267875&site=eds-live.

The Writer: Selvarajah Thuseethan is a Ph.D. holder in Computer Science from Deakin

University and Kuhanesan, S. is a senior tutor in the Department of Physical Sciences at the

University of Jaffna.
 Jiang 7

The Publisher: UIP Publications. It is a quarterly journal, which publishes research papers

regarding emerging technologies, tools and paradigms related to programming, and IT. The

target audience is scholars, educators, and psychologists.

The Summary: This journal outlines both negative and positive effects of Facebook on

students. Despite the various significance of Facebook to students like sharing of academic

information if not regulated it is time consuming hence poor performance because of lack of

time for studying.

The Stance: The objective of this source is to teach students the significance of scheduling

every activity to avoid interfering with time meant for academic.

The Use: This source is helpful to my research because it aids in responding to the question -

What should be done to avoid the negative impacts of Facebook on students'?

Toker, Sacip, and Meltem Huri Baturay. “What Foresees College Students’ Tendency to Use

Facebook for Diverse Educational Purposes?” International Journal of Educational

Technology in Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 1, Mar. 2019, p. N.PAG. EBSCOhost,

doi:10.1186/s41239-019-0139-0.

The Writer: Sacip Toker is an assistant professor in the Department of Information Systems

at Atilim University, and Huri Baturay Meltem is also a lecturer at Atilim University.

The Publisher: Springer Publishing Company. It publishes books and academic journals in

the fields of social work, public health, nursing, rehabilitation, and psychology. The targets

readers are researchers, academicians, scientists, and the public.

The Summary: This article shows that various innate approaches such as the internet have

positively influenced student’s learning through their application in education. Advancement

in technology has been found to be an essential ally in learning and teaching.

The Stance: Toker and Meltem make a stance that there is a need for learning instructions to

employ technology in teaching and learning to help improve students’ performance.

The Use: This article is relevant to my research because it displays how technological

innovation is vital in teaching and learning.

Topic Exploration

Considering the above sources, it indicates that advancement in information and

communication technology particularly social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook

and the advent of the internet have greatly improved learning (Anwar et al). Indeed,

Facebook has become the most prevalent social networking website among college and high

school students. As a result, Facebook has enabled students to interact with other students as

well as their teachers to share academic information (Bernard). Similarly, Simmons states that

through his interaction with his students it has dramatically helped to improve his students’

writing skills.

On the other hand, Thuseethan and Kuhanesan argue that while social networking

sites have several positive effects, it also hurts students' performance. Extensive presence on

Facebook and Twitter can result in dangerous effects on student’s productivity as well as task

performance (Arif, and Saima). Spending long hours on Facebook and other social

networking sites has been found to reduce students’ academic performance and their grades.

In addition, Facebook is also a destroyer of students’ esteem whereby students particularly

those in middle school have been bullied hence eroding their writing conventions.

To conclude, this paper is vital to my research topic in the sense that it provides me

with appropriate and relevant information that will help to respond to my research questions.

Although information and communication novelty primarily social networking sites are a

significant milestone to education as it boosts students and teachers interaction, it also has
 Jiang 9

some negativities. It is imperative for parent and educators to regulate students’ presence on

social sites to avoid spending much time on Facebook at the cost of time for studies. I would

suggest that my readers especially high school students and teachers to use social networking

sites effectively not to interfere with their academic performance.

Works Cited

Anwar, Khurshid, et al. “Can Facebook Pages Be a Mode of Blended Learning to Supplement

In-Class Teaching in Saudi Arabia?” Advances in Physiology Education, vol. 41, no.

3, Sept. 2017, pp. 472–477. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1152/advan.00065.2017.

Arif, Muhammad, and Saima Kanwal. “Adoption of Social Media Technologies and Their

Impact on Students’ Academic Performance: The Only Way for Future Survival of

Distance Education Students in Pakistan.” Pakistan Journal of Information

Management & Libraries, vol. 18, Jan. 2016, pp. 25–36. EBSCOhost,

search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lxh&AN=119132190&site=eds-

live.

Bernard Montoneri. "Impact of Students' Participation to a Facebook Group on Their

Motivation and Scores and Teacher's Evaluation." IAFOR Journal of Education, no. 1,

2015, p. 61. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&db=edsdoj&AN=edsdoj.f8df269609964acba7a197a2d5209490&site=eds

-live.

Rouis, Sana, et al. “Impact of Facebook Usage on Students’ Academic Achievement: Role of

Self-Regulation and Trust.” Electronic Journal of Research in Educational

Psychology, vol. 9, no. 3, Jan. 2011, pp. 961–994. EBSCOhost,

search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ960123&site=eds-

live.

Simmons, Andrew. "Facebook Has Transformed My Students' Writing—For The Better." The

Atlantic. N.p., 2013. Web. 18 Apr. 2019.

Thuseethan, S. [email protected]., and S. [email protected]. Kuhanesan. “Positive

and Negative Impacts of Facebook on University Students: Sri Lankan

Perspective.” IUP Journal of Information Technology, vol. 10, no. 3, Sept. 2014, pp.

7–18. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&db=aci&AN=99267875&site=eds-live.

Toker, Sacip, and Meltem Huri Baturay. “What Foresees College Students’ Tendency to Use

Facebook for Diverse Educational Purposes?” International Journal of Educational

Technology in Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 1, Mar. 2019, p. N.PAG. EBSCOhost,

doi:10.1186/s41239-019-0139-0.