Appraising of Social Media Network in the Academic Performance of Students in Ghana: A Case of Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem Municipality

Table 1.

Students’ Addictiveness to Social Media Networks and AcademicPerformance

Statements Mean Std. Dev.

Addictive to online social networks is a problematic issue that affects my academic life 2.59 1.00

Online social networks distract me from my studies 2.68 0.99

Hours spent online can never be compared to the number of hours I spend reading 2.81 1.00

There is no improvement in my grades since I became engaged in these social networking sites 2.89 1.12