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AUTHOR(S): Qinglong Zhan, Aihua Xiao, Elva Retnawatia, Tongtong Li, Joseph Munyabugigno
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ABSTRACT The impact of using social media on academic performance for university students has become a continuous research topic because of its positive and negative. However, little is known about how international students harness social media to improve academic performance (GPA). This study used the quantitative method to explore the impact of social media on academic performance experienced by international university students in Tianjin, China and highlighted the relationship between social media use and academic performance. The findings are as follows: The negative impact is very small compared to the positive impact, and the negative and positive impact caused by social media is dependent on the student. The number of hours spent on social media is not related to the number of hours spent on learning. Male students are strongly related to using social media to learn in class. Master's students are strongly related to having a social media group for their courses. There is a significant difference between majors in improving GPA due to the use of social media, and engineering students using social media in the learning process have helped them improve their GPAs. Teachers in universities should use social media in learning strategies to be more effective for international students of non-engineering majors, the female, and the bachelor degree. |
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KEYWORDS Social media; Media in education; Post-secondary education; Pedagogical issues; International students |
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Cite this paper Qinglong Zhan, Aihua Xiao, Elva Retnawatia, Tongtong Li, Joseph Munyabugigno. (2022) Investigating the Impacts of Social Media on International University Students’ Academic Performance in China. International Journal of Education and Learning Systems, 7, 116-127 |
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