Impact of face book on students’ academic activities

Abstract

Facebook is one of the trending social media to spread information all over the world. Facebook is an online platform, where users can create the content and share them to public or particular ones. It is one of the communication tools which used to communicate with friends and society academically and otherwise. Facebook can spread the news very speedily all over the world with the help of the network. Facebook has revolutionized the mode of communication, where university students use it for many reasons such as for study purposes, information sharing purposes, and for the purpose of spreading news, etc. Moreover, Facebook is used by many university students to fulfill their needs in academic activities. This research has mainly assessed the impact of Facebook on students’ academic performance especially those who are studying ICT special in faculty of arts and culture in the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka