International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering
Year : 2017, Volume : 7, Issue : 2
First page : ( 9) Last page : ( 20)
Online ISSN : 2249-0558.

Does social media leads to procrastination? A comparative study among undergraduate students of Engineering and Humanities

Kamath Nidhi, Augustine Alfred Joseph

Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Manipal Institue of technology, Manipal

Online published on 12 May, 2017.

Abstract

Procrastination is a phenomenon common among college students and is increasing at an alarming rate. With the growing advent of technology, social media can be attributed as one of the causes of procrastination. A comparative study was done among the undergraduate students of Engineering and Humanities in the state of Karnataka, India to identify the relationship between the usage of social media and procrastination and its effect on academic performance. Results were analysed using Mann-Whitney and Chi-square teststatistical tests. The study showed that irrespective of the discipline, academic performance was not impacted due to social media usage. It also explored the rate of Facebook usage and use of mobile phones. The results indicated a significant difference in the usage of Facebook. Humanities undergraduates’ students used it more frequently. There was no effect of social media usage on academic performance and the majority of the students accessed social media through their mobile phones. The results also revealed no significant difference between the usage of social media and procrastination. However, based on the Likert scale analysed, we observed that majority of the students agreed that using social media led to procrastination. Thus, with effective management, undergraduate students can decrease academic procrastination

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Keywords

Procrastination, Social media, Undergarduate students, Mobile phones, Acandemic performance.

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