Influence of Social Media on the Reading Culture of Student's

This study is examined the influence of social media on the reading culture of Nigerian
students, it focused students of Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State. The objectives
of this study were to examine the level of exposure to social media among students of
Federal Polytechnic Offa, to investigate the time students of Federal Polytechnic Offa
devote to reading books and studying, to examine the level to which using social media
affects the frequency of studying amongst students of Federal Polytechnic Offa, and to
ascertain the effect of using social media by students of Federal Polytechnic Offa at
study period. Quantitative Research Design was adopted for this study with Survey
research method as the research method while questionnaire was used to collect data
from the selected sample. The findings revealed that the respondents were highly
exposed to social media, most of the respondents spent just 1-2hours on reading per
day, and some hardly read at all, but always stay on social media for nothing less than
3hours. Based on the findings of this study, it was concluded that most students are
more interested in browsing and watching videos than to have good academic
achievement. This study recommended that there is need for undergraduate students to
be encouraged to use social media platforms to promote academic excellence and
institutions authorities should be actively involved in the control of use of social media
of the students within the school premises.