Effect of Social Media in Adolescents on Academic Performance - A Cross - Sectional Study

Abstract

Background: In this current scenario with Covid Pandemic and schools are closed for more than one and half years and students are forced to attend online classes. Also because of globalization students have more access to social media which has both favourable and unfavourable outcomes. Result: It was seen that both the gender had access to social media, and the internet and most of them were used for academic purposes during Covid lockdown. More usage of social media was noted among adolescents. Conclusion: Increase in usage of social media had an effect on the decrease in academic excellence.