THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION: LITERATURE REVIEWED AND ANALYZED SYSTEMATICALLY

Abstract

The intent of this systematically reviewed literature was to assess the impact of social media on students’ academic achievement. The researcher gathered previously conducted articles from Scopus data base. He examined papers that were released in the years from 2008-2023. To guide the review, the researcher performed six actions; systematic literature review using PRISMA method (Mihret, G. et al., 2024). Among 30 scrutinized articles, the researcher retained 10 articles. The researcher used key words: Academic Performance, Social Media, Students, Academic Achievement, Academic Achievements, and Higher Education. The retrieval date for articles was 20 of May 2024. The publication stage that the researcher used was final articles not article in press and the document type was articles which were published in English language. Predominantly, the subject areas he used were Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Computer Sciences. The results showed that the positive impacts of social media among higher education settings appeared to be higher as compared to negative impacts. This means, there was a positive impact of using social Medias towards their academic achievement (Mushtaq and Benraghda).