Social Media

The wide usage of social media applications have also caused the students to be exposed to the benefits of new technology. Through the use of social networking sites, students can familiarize themselves with new functionality that is able to provide many benefits for those who want to take the chance.

Most of the students have adopted to the digital media as a place for them to have discussion among themselves, they look upon social media applications as the main resource for current issues, as a source of support and academic help in order to develop a virtual community.

Social media applications also help to raise the morale and motivation of students as young people in particular are generally very vulnerable or easily affected by the surroundings. Similarly, by being exposed to the social networking site, students tend to get easily associated to the sites that always give thoughts of encouragement and positive thinking, this in a way or another may affect their enthusiasm for becoming successful and motivated to become an excellent individual with wide knowledge.

Apart from this, it is also easy to make contacts through social media. As we know the main function of this social networking site is to socialize, and media capabilities have developed a relationship between partners and family members. This function provides an opportunity for students to build new relationships and partnership with their friends who are less close when in real life. By this method they can also explore the problems they encounter with friends who may have been dealing with the same problems or who may be looking for academic help, indirectly strengthen their communication skills and increase their knowledge.