How Social Media "Reverse Domesticate" and "Make the Best Use of Everything" from Students' Academic Achievement

Tianjin University, School for Education, Tianjin, China

^* Corresponding author: gaotianyu1223@163.com

Abstract

With the progress of science and technology, the development of social media websites is unprecedented. While changing people's communication way, it also brings certain influence to social life. At present, social media has become an essential part of students' daily life, and its academic impact on students depends on who uses it and how. In accordance with certain criteria, this paper searches the core database of Web of Science and obtains 17 and 11 independent samples respectively to study the correlation between the use of social media (entertainment or learning) and academic performance. The results show that: (1) the use of social media for learning is beneficial to improve students' academic performance, while the use for entertainment has a negative impact on academic performance; (2) the influence of social media use on students' academic achievement shows significant gender difference between the two groups. However, it did not change with students' country and survey time; (3) educational level only has a significant moderating effect on the correlation between social media (learning) and academic performance. Compared with middle school students, college students' academic.