The effect of social media on the students'

Abstract EN

Today, technology plays a major role in students' success equation.

This study studies a random sample of sixty students (30 males) and (30 females) who are asked about the effect of social media on the college student.

These students study at University of Anbar in Department of English.

The members of this sample are free (they do not have jobs because they are students in the morning studies).

The results of this study show that 50% of the students spend 7-9 hours per day browsing social media sites, while 20% of the same sample spend more than 9 hours; 20% of them spend 2-4 hours and only 10% of the sample in question spend less than 2 hours on this task.

They are used in a negative aspect by 95% of them; therefore they have bad level in English Language except five or six of them who have the ability to speak but not have the same ability to Today, technology plays a major role in students' success equation.

This study studies a random sample of sixty students (30 males) and (30 females) who are asked about the effect of social media on the college student.

These students study at University of Anbar in Department of English.

The members of this sample are free (they do not have jobs because they are students in the morning studies).

The results of this study show that 50% of the students spend 7-9 hours per day browsing social media sites, while 20% of the same sample spend more than 9 hours; 20% of them spend 2-4 hours and only 10% of the sample in question spend less than 2 hours on this task.

They are used in a negative aspect by 95% of them; therefore they have bad level in English Language except five or six of them who have the ability to speak but not have the same ability to write.