The effect of social media on student's performance in Afgoi Lower Shabelle-Somalia.

ABSTRACT Background: Social media networking is the method of communication that is most frequently employed. People from all different backgrounds are using it. The public has generally welcomed social media. There are several online networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+, Flickr, and SnapChat, among others. The ability of social media networking to disseminate important information quickly has made it the technique of association that is growing the fastest. Numerous industries have been affected by social media, but the education system as a whole and educational institutions have seen the biggest changes. (Mensah, November, 2016). In Somalia’s use of social media has increased in recent years. Though there are low levels of Internet penetration and a lack of ownership of personal computers. Most Somalis access their social media platforms through mobile phones. And there has been an explosion in the private-led telecommunication industries in Somalia. By their nature Somalis are an oral people and their ancient propensity for spoken word and poetry is a remarkably neat fit for the 21st century social media platforms. In recent years Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube have emerged as powerful social networks that Somalis at home and abroad have harnessed to discuss politics, culture and identity. (Einashe, 2018). Method: The study was used questionnaire as main tool for collecting data. The selection of this tool has been guided by the nature of data to be collected, the time available as well as by objectives of the study. The questionnaire that used for this study was adopted from Questionnaire tool was administered to collect quantitative data from the selected respondents. The instrument of the study was insuring if it is suitable to forward or to apply the study. This was developed through making pre-test as the tool is reliable and most effective, before the conducting the study. researchers were begined for journey to observe if the tool is appreciated for this study by make pre-test little numbers of the respondent and the supervisor of this study. Full being care about culture, believe and also norm of the community on other hand was far away any errors that aren’t suitable for the study.