Effect of use of Social Media on the Study Habits and Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students

In today’s scenario, everybody is talking about social media. The use of social media has now become a necessity of today’s daily life. The use of social media is very common among the students at all levels of education which has both positive and negative impact. So, the present study is intended to study the social media and its impact on the study habits and academic achievement.Sample- Study was conducted on a sample of 300 students from XIth class, studying in both government and private higher secondary schools of Jammu district. Sampling Technique- Simple Random sampling technique was administered.Results- The results of the study revealed that there was a significant difference in the study habits of male and female students in relation to social media. Female students scored high on study habits as compared to male students. It is also observed in the present study that the students with high social media use scored high on study habits as compared to students with low social media use. Whereas, no significant difference was found in the study habits of male and female students in relation to academic achievement. In addition to this, it was also found that social media (SM) and gender when taken together does not cause a joint interactional effect on the study habits and academic achievement of students.