The Postive and Negative Influnces of Facebook and Other Social Network on Educational Standard of Student's of Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria

This research work is aimed at examining the positive and negative influences of Facebook and other social network on educational standard of students of Imo State University, Owerri. To accomplish this, the study employed observation, surveys, and a research design that included the use of questionnaires to collect data from 500 participants. Findings show that majority of the respondents (students) have access to social media which is capable of influencing their academic performance. The study therefore, recommends that students should find out what exactly they want to do on social media. It is very obvious that no social media is bad; it depends on how the user accesses it either for chit chatting or knowledge seeking.