THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

• Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Suita Allemina Gloria (Údar), Surya Akbar (Údar)
• Formáid: LEABHAR
• Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Asosiasi Institusi Pendidikan Kedokteran Indonesia, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ábhair: article
• Rochtain ar líne: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 2252-5084; 2654-5810; 10.22146/jpki.45497
• Keywords: media sosial, learning achievement.; Education; L; Medicine; R
• Source: Jurnal Pendidikan Kedokteran Indonesia, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 68-76 (2019)

Background: Social media is basically a tool for someone to interact with other people with use of internet. In futher, social media is not only used as a tool for interact with others, but it can be used on learning process. This study aims to analyse correlation betwen duration of using a social media with academic performance. Method: This study used a cross sectional design. Respondents on this study are 126 undergraduates students on fourth years in Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara. Using of a social media are measured by how long a student use of a social media based on their purpose (learning or entertainment). Results from the measurement will grouping into two different group, that is using of a social media for learning group and for entertainment group. The academic performance was measured by calculating a Grade Point Average (GPA) of each student. The collected data were analyzed by using Spearman Correlation method. Results: There was a significant correlation betwen duration of using a social media for learning process with academic performance (r = 0,554, p = 0,0001). Similarly, there are a significant correlation betwen duration of using a social media for entertainment with academic performance (r = -0,568, p = 0,0001), but the coefficient correlation have a negative value. Conclusion: The social media have an impact to academic performance, where the students who used more social media as a learning process have a good GPA and the students who used more social media as a entertainment have a bad GPA. Sugesstions that can be given based on this study are the use of social media can be considered as a tool for helping students enhancing learning process.