The Influence of Facebook and Twitter on the Academic Performance of Postgraduate Students of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria

This study examines the effect of social networking sites on students. It investigates the influence of Facebook and Twitter on the academic performance of postgraduate students of University of Ibadan.The study employs survey and literary investigative approaches. Chapters in books, scholarly articles in reputable journals, internet sources, and others serve as our critical sources of references and illustrations.Furthermore, this study is foregrounded on Technological Determinism Theory which recognises the positive effect of technology and its wide usage by people with diverse cultures. The theory simply explains how technology does not adulterate cultures but help in reshaping, polishing and fine-tuning them. The study reveals among other findings that postgraduate students of the University of Ibadan spend much time on Facebook and Twitter, and that this has positively affected their academic performance. The study concludes that students and youths should channel the use of Facebook, Twitter among other social networking sites into improving their academic performance, by creating study groups on these media platforms.