SOCIAL MEDIA LANGUAGE ON BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ PROFICIENCY IN BUSINESS COMMUNICATION IN FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ABEOKUTA
Keywords:
Business communication, business education, Social media, Language, Proficiency.Abstract
The study examined the influence of social media language on business education students’ proficiency in business communication in Federal College of Education Abeokuta. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of 471 Business Education Students. The Sample comprises 164 Business Education Students respondents using simple random sampling techniques. A structured questionnaire tagged Influence of Social Media language on Business Education Students’ Proficiency in Business Communication Questionnaire (ISMLPQ) was used to collect data from the respondents. The instrument was subjected to face and content validation by two experts from Business Education Unit at Lead City University Ibadan. The instrument had a reliability coefficient of 0.87using the Cronbach Alpha formula. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions. The findings revealed among others that social media usage ascertains a positive influence on business education students’ proficiency in business communication in colleges of education. The study found that the weighted SD =3.30/0.60 indicated that the responded were homogeneous. The study also found that, with weighted mean of 3.32 and weighted SD of 0.59 results in the table 2 revealed that the respondents agree that all items are constitute positive influence social media language. The study equally found that the weighted mean (SD) = 2.59 shows that items 11 and 13 are negative influences of social media language on business education students’ proficiency. It was concluded that social media language, if well utilized for academic purposes will improve business communication skills of Business Education students in colleges of education. It was recommended among others that students should be encouraged to use social media for academic purpose to acquire necessary information needed for academic performance.References
Ademiluyi, L.F., Suleman, J. & Dauda, O.A. (2019). Utilization of the Social Media for Educational Purposes by Polytechnic, Office Technology and Management lecturers and Students in Osun State. Delta Business Education Journal, 6(1), 223-229.
Ahmed, I. & Qazi, T.F. (2019). A look out for academic impacts of Social networking sites
Battrawi, B. & Muhtaseb, R. (2018). The use of social network as a tool to increase in science and science literacy. Journal of Science Education, 3(1), 23-44.
Daluba, N.E. & Maxwell, C.E.O. (2018). Effect of social media on the use of academic library by undergraduate students in tertiary institutions: A case study of Kogi State University, Anyigba. Academic Research International, 4(5), 536-542.
Mehmood, S. & Taswir, T. (2020). The effects of social networking sites on the academic performance of students in college of applied sciences. International Journal of Arts and Commerce, 2(1), 111-125.
Miah, M. (2019). Effects of social networking on adolescent education. Information Systems Education Journal, 11(3), 90-100.
Federal Republic of Nigeria (2020). NCCE Minimum Standard for School of Secondary Education (Vocational and Technical Education)
Omeje, C.H. (2018). Influence of social media in the performance of secondary school students in English language in Nsukka Education Zone of Enugu State. Thesis work submitted to the Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, Godfrey Okoye University Ugwuomu- Nike, Enugu State.
Onuoha, U.D. & Saheed, F.O. (2018). Perceived influence of online social networks on academic performance: A study of undergraduates in selected universities in Ogun State, Nigeria, The Information Manager, 11(1&2), 6-13.
Othman, W.M. & Noah, O. (2018). National study of undergraduate students and information technology, inhttp://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/ERS1103W.
Rose, L. (2019). Poke me: How social networks can both help and harm our kids, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Umoru, T.A. (2018). Challenges and opportunities of utilization of social media by business education students in Nigerian universities. International Journal of Social, Behavioural, Educational, Economic, Business, and Industrial Engineering, 9(11),
West, D.M. (2018). How blogs, social media and video games improve education. Washington: Governance studies: The brooking institution.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION (JOSSED)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.