THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

The study concerns with the impact of social media on the students of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree. There is no doubt about the fact that the world is completely in a global village as postulated by Professor Marshall McLuhan, according to him the world is now compressed into a single electronic room where information from far and near can be exchanged with a click of mouse. However, social media is one of the internet tools that facilitate effective, interactive and immediate feedback in communication among the people most especially the youth. Although many of the youth are now addicted to social media as 70 % of the respondents are very addicted to the use of social media.