IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1      Background of the study

Modern Technology in communication no doubt has turned the entire world into a “Global Village”. But as it is, technology like two s positive sides. It helps people to be better informed, enlightened, and keeping abreast with world developments. Technology exposes mankind to a better way of doing things. The world’s first commercial space communication Congress in 1962 was the communication satellite corporation (COMSAT). In 1964, the United State Government and eleven (11) foreign Nations signed a space communication pact. The partnership was known as “International Telecos” The internet known as the worlds “Information Super eHighway” of Inter- Connected Computer Networks (Andrew, 2005). In the view of Paul (2010, p.301), internet is a networking of massive infrastructure which connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any computer can communicate with each other as long as they are both connected to internet. The network consists of local area network (LAN), connecting computers in the same building while wide area network (WANs) connecting several LANs in different locations. It connects both private, commercial, Government and Academic network including a grown number of home computer. (Retrieved November 3rd 2012). According to Andrew (2005, over the internet), through a variety information language known as “Protocols”. The term “inter-networks”, complies that internet is a network of computer networks. Computer accepts data, process it, stores it and give it out when required. It became possible for people to chat from ‘terminals’ which led to networking flow. Node is the point where lines intersect transferring resources to new lines.