Questionnaire of BBS 3rd year student of Vinayak Sidha College, Chabahil, Kathmandu.

A response from the student regarding the impact of Social Networking sites on their Academia.
Name of the students Gender Use of social-networking sites Age Institution Name
Karina Lama Female Since 4 Years 20 Vinayak Sidha College, Kathmandu

Part2: General Questions

1. How frequently do you use social media, and why?
Ans: I use social media in day for three hours for the purpose of communicate with my
long distance parents Family, entertainment, learning, getting update from news

2. What is your Main Purpose to use social networking sites?

Ans: The main purpose to use social networking site is to learn something new and
getting updates about relatives and friends and news updates.

3. How much time do you spend on social networking sites week?

Ans: I spend around 3 hours a day and more than 20 hours a week.

4. Which social networking site do you use most frequently, and what are the typical
activities on various social networking sites?
Ans: I use Facebook, tiktok, Instagram, Gmail, messenger etc. In this site we can do
chatting with friends and teachers and read and watch news of national and
international and international level.

5. How do you feel your use of social networking site has affected your academic
performance and inter action with classmate and teachers?
Ans: The use of social networking sites has affected my academic performance because
now a days our notes are provide online in messenger which helps us to save out time
and unknown questions can frequently.

6. How has the use of social networking sites distracted you and affected your academic
performance and interaction with classmates and teachers?
Ans: When I start using social media site the creativity of myself is decreasing and
sometime spend more time on social networking site which harms my study.

7. How would you describe the relationship between your use of social media and your
GPA? Please provide specific examples or experiences.
 Ans: The relationship between my use of social media and my GPA is positive. Because I
am a student of business that is the reason I have to know the business environment in
world which is only possible by the social media sites.
8. What are your thoughts on how frequently monitoring your academic progress online
impacts your overall performance?
Ans: I used online for searching unknown question, doubt of subject matter, for gaining
and receiving notes when I am absent in class which helps to progress my academic
level.

9. How do you balance you time between social media activities and academic
responsibilities?
Ans: I balance my time between social media and academic responsibilities by dividing
hours for two of them. In morning I am in college so there is not possibility to use social
media. After that I use social media for 3 hours and after 3 hours I sate doing my
assignment and study.

Name of the students Gender Use of social-networking sites Age Institution Name
Priyanka Soni Female Since 4 years 20 Vinayak Sidha College, Kathmandu
Part2: General Questions
1. How frequently do you use social media, and why?
Ans: In day I use social media 3 or 4 hours because to entertain myself by scrolling reels
and chatting with friends relatives and soon and also to watch the daily updated what is
happening in the country world. In order to distract me form being bore and nostalgic.

2. What is your Main Purpose to use social networking sites?

Ans: MY main purpose are; chatting with friends, relatives and colleague, for enjoyment,
pass time along that for educational purpose. To know the daily update in the society
and throughout the world. And to get valuable knowledge and so on.

3. How much time do you spend on social networking sites week?

Ans: Every day 3 to 4 hours.

4. Which social networking site do you use most frequently, and what are the typical
activities on various social networking sites?
Ans: I use Facebook, messenger, Instagram frequently chatting with friend’s relatives,
colleague and son on. Scrolling reels, looking news and daily update and so on.
5. How do you feel your use of social networking site has affected your academic
performance and inter action with classmate and teachers?
Ans: These are both positive and negative affect in our academic performance, positive
is we get to interaction with classmate and teacher. And the negative impact may be:
Due to excessive use of social networking site, so that we cannot focus on the study.

6. How has the use of social networking sites distracted you and affected your academic
performance and interaction with classmates and teachers?
Ans: Social networking distracted me and affected our ability to concentrate when we
are studying the reasons are:
i. While we are going to search the answer of the question in google, we are easily
distracted by the notification and message of our friends and relative.
ii. While we are going to search the question in the google we are distracted by the
notification message of our friends, relatives and colleague
iii. And we distract ourselves by looking reels and Facebook post of other.

7. How would you describe the relationship between your use of social media and your
GPA? Please provide specific examples or experiences.
Ans: I describe the relationship between my use of cial media and my GPA is due to over
use of social media we could not focus on study so GPA is decreasing day by day for eg:
when I was school student these was not social media and y GPA was somehow perper
then of nowadays.

8. What are your thoughts on how frequently monitoring your academic progress online
impacts your overall performance?
Ans: I think online impacts on our overall performance is some how very effective for
students because the lesson or chapter which students could not understand in school
and college can watch the online video and can understand the topic. Nowadays, I can
give my example too, like most of the topic in account or tax, I watch Guruba video and
know.
9. How do you balance you time between social media activities and academic
responsibilities?
Ans: Most of the time I am involved in social media so, balancing in my academic
responsibilities had been very difficult for me. But also somehow I manage it like using
social media in the day time and in evening time I fully focus on my academic
responsibilities.
Name of the students Gender Use of social-networking sites Age Institution Name
Somar Tamang Female Since 7 Years 20 Vinayak Sidha College, Kathmandu

Part2: General Questions

10. How frequently do you use social media, and why?
Ans: Daily

11. What is your Main Purpose to use social networking sites?

Ans: For General Updates and entertainment.

12. How much time do you spend on social networking sites week?
Ans: Around three hours. More than 25 hours a week

13. Which social networking site do you use most frequently, and what are the typical
activities on various social networking sites?
Ans: I usually use Facebook and Instagram for social media.

14. How do you feel your use of social networking site has affected your academic
performance and inter action with classmate and teachers?
Ans: It helps me to understand in easy way and makes more comfortable to
communicate.

15. How has the use of social networking sites distracted you and affected your academic
performance and interaction with classmates and teachers?
Ans: It comes more times in using social sites rather studying.

16. How would you describe the relationship between your use of social media and your
GPA? Please provide specific examples or experiences.
Ans: It help me to increase my G.P.A by studying online and by gaining more knowledge
form internal

17. What are your thoughts on how frequently monitoring your academic progress online
impacts your overall performance?
Ans: This is more benefits to those who are engage in their job as the will able to attend
both studying and earning together.
 18. How do you balance you time between social media activities and academic
responsibilities?
Ans: I always prefer to do research before my class and during my exam time I always
try to avoid the excessive use of social media.

Name of the students Gender Use of social-networking sites Age Institution Name
Sarina Shrestha Female Since 7 Years 21 Vinayak Sidha College, Kathmandu

Part2: General Questions

1. Why frequently do you use social media?
Ans: I use daily, to gain the information for my study.

2. What is your Main Purpose to use social networking sites?

Ans: To gain the information about exam, exam schedules and to do group study to
ensure my study for proper guidelines.

3. How much time do you spend on social networking sites week?

Ans: I usually spend around three to four hours , around 30 hours a week.

4. Which social networking site do you use most frequently, and what are the typical
activities on various social networking sites?
Ans: I use Facebook, telegram, Microsoft team, Vibe, Instagram etc. to get contact to
the teachers and friends.

5. How do you feel your use of social networking site has affected your academic
performance and inter action with classmate and teachers?
Ans: No, it does not had affect me a lot but for me its been usefull and easy to pursue
my information through friends and lectures.

6. How has the use of social networking sites distracted you and affected your academic
performance and interaction with classmates and teachers?
Ans: When there comes affects, it get distracted and try to look that product as well as
using Facebook consume list of time more than my limits.

7. How would you describe the relationship between your use of social media and your
GPA? Please provide specific examples or experiences.
 Ans: When there is exam, I used YouTube and google to know the answer of the
question and if I still get confused. I used to ask my teacher who are connected with me
in Facebook that helps me to achieve an outstanding G.P.A 3.76.

8. What are your thoughts on how frequently monitoring your academic progress online
impacts your overall performance?
Ans: In my opinion social networking sites is one of the useful material for me. As it is
use as a resourcefully and correctly at the particular time with a mentality to gain
knowledge.

9. How do you balance you time between social media activities and academic
responsibilities?
Ans: Yes, I had divided my time for using social-media as for entertainment and s well as
for study. I had a fixed time table to manage or to control over used of social media so I
will not get distracted.

Name of the students Gender Use of social-networking sites Age Institution Name
Ursang Ghising Female Since 9 Years 22 Vinayak Sidha College, Kathmandu

Part2: General Questions

1. How frequently do you use social media, and why?
Ans: I use social media 10 hours to know the news and updates about my Facebook
friend circles and gain information and knowledge as well.

2. What is your Main Purpose to use social networking sites?

Ans: The main purpose to use social networking sites is to contact with friends and
family and to know the news of world wide.

3. How much time do you spend on social networking sites week?

Ans: I use social networking sites most of the fee time of the study.

4. Which social networking site do you use most frequently, and what are the typical
activities on various social networking sites?
Ans: I use Instagram most frequently, the typical activities is to share reels to make reels
on various social networking sites.
 5. How do you feel your use of social networking site has affected your academic
performance and inter action with classmate and teachers?
Ans: It does not affect my academic performance and interaction with classmates and
teachers.

6. How has the use of social networking sites distracted you and affected your academic
performance and interaction with classmates and teachers?
Ans: No, it does not distracted me and affected my ability to concentrate when I should
be studying.

7. How would you describe the relationship between your use of social media and your
GPA? Please provide specific examples or experiences.
Ans: The relationship between use of social media and GPA is we can get more GPA
after studying online classes. It helps students to know all knowledge.

8. What are your thoughts on how frequently monitoring your academic progress online
impacts your overall performance?
Ans: No, it does not impacts my overall performance because it helps us to gain more
knowledge and I will be confident to perform all activities.

9. How do you balance you time between social media activities and academic
responsibilities?
Ans: I balance my time between social media activities and academic responsibilities by
controlling myself with right decision, what to do in what time I need to use social media
and my responsibilities.

Name of the students Gender Use of social-networking sites Age Institution Name
Anjan Khadka Male Since 9 Years 20 Vinayak Sidha College, Kathmandu

Part2: General Questions

19. How frequently do you use social media, and why?
Ans: All types of Social Media, I have used it because it has its own features

20. What is your Main Purpose to use social networking sites?

Ans: My main purpose to use social networking sites for searching new information and
research about world.
21. How much time do you spend on social networking sites week?
 Ans: I spend 10 minutes on social networking sites daily.

22. Which social networking site do you use most frequently, and what are the typical
activities on various social networking sites?
Ans: Facebook and Instagram are the major sites I use. I see reels which touches my
heard and I feel emotional and my mood swings.

23. How do you feel your use of social networking site has affected your academic
performance and inter action with classmate and teachers?
Ans: it affect my inner soul by showing sad posts and reels and sometimes it feels like
me to do suicide.

24. How has the use of social networking sites distracted you and affected your academic
performance and interaction with classmates and teachers?
Ans: Social networking sites distracted me, often by the notification form that comes in
my messenger. Though I realized I should be studying because in Nepal there is no any
job and good earning platform for survives.

25. How would you describe the relationship between your use of social media and your
GPA? Please provide specific examples or experiences.
Ans: The relationship of social media and GPA is somehow interconnected. It helps to
gain the information about Business communication but still it has got disadvantages, it
distracts us form the study.

26. What are your thoughts on how frequently monitoring your academic progress online
impacts your overall performance?
Ans: In Academic progress, online impacts me by the use of different types of social
media to enjoy the life.

27. How do you balance you time between social media activities and academic
responsibilities?
Ans: I will manage the time from using social media activities and academic
responsibilities. In the free time I use social networking sites and in the time of my
obligation. I do my duties like helping my family members and study. But in context of
Nepal we have a bonding with our family members and relatives so one cannot be in
separated, obviously one has to learn to balance between social media and academic
parts.

Name of the students Gender Use of social-networking sites Age Institution Name
Bharat Rana Magar Male Since 8 Years 20 Vinayak Sidha College, Kathmandu

Part2: General Questions

1. How frequently do you use social media, and why?
Ans: Frequently, because of opportunities to learn great subject like; history and
background of Philosophy.

2. What is your Main Purpose to use social networking sites?

Ans: Mostly for educational purposes. Secondly for entertainment purpose. Thirdly, for
communication.

3. How much time do you spend on social networking sites week?

Ans: Screen time is around 7 to 8 hours a day. And its more than 60 hours in a week.

4. Which social networking site do you use most frequently, and what are the typical
activities on various social networking sites?
Ans: Mostly I use YouTube, to watch the videos of expertise professor for the exam
preparation, I also use telegram, and WhatsApp’s and sometime even Facebook.

5. How do you feel your use of social networking site has affected your academic
performance and inter action with classmate and teachers?
Ans: In my view, I find pros and cons in same package. So, I feel great to use it, one can
learn from all over the world, just sits in a room and you can learn and develop your
capacity.
6. How has the use of social networking sites distracted you and affected your academic
performance and interaction with classmates and teachers?
Ans: lots of misconception about the social networking sites. People use it for negative
purpose, which automatically distract the mentality of the student. Students use social
networking sites for illegal videos and movies, which often distracts form the academia

7. How would you describe the relationship between your use of social media and your
GPA? Please provide specific examples or experiences.
Ans: My relationship with the social media is good, I often use it to increase my GPA.
Especially I use as a plus point in my study, its helps to supply the material for my
academia.

8. What are your thoughts on how frequently monitoring your academic progress online
impacts your overall performance?
 Ans: The use of social networking sites may changes my life, increase my understanding
levels, helps me to developed patients and better for the qualitative achievements in
life.

9. How do you balance you time between social media activities and academic
responsibilities?
Ans: By the proper control of ourselves in the use of social media life and our academic
life. While in the study time, switch off the phone or making distance form it. Proper
timetable setting, after every one to two hours of study taking (5-10) minutes of gaps for
refreshment. In this way I balance my social media activities and academic
responsibilities.

Name of the Gender Use of social- Age Institution Name

students networking sites
Santosh Nepal Male Since 6 Years 22 Vinayak Sidha College, Kathmandu

Part2: General Questions

1. How frequently do you use social media, and why?
Ans: About 4hours because to take educational information mostly.

2. What is your Main Purpose to use social networking sites?

Ans: Gain knowledge, and ideas for study, get international news and study purpose.

3. How much time do you spend on social networking sites week?

Ans: Day wise two to four hours and weekly almost twenty hours.

4. Which social networking site do you use most frequently, and what are the typical
activities on various social networking sites?
Ans: I use, twitter, google and Facebook.

5. How do you feel your use of social networking site has affected your academic
performance and inter action with classmate and teachers?
Ans: By social media we can exchange our knowledge whatever we want to know.

6. How has the use of social networking sites distracted you and affected your academic
performance and interaction with classmates and teachers?
 Ans: Yes, it often distract my mind, during the study time it disturb mind, like
notification comes and it disturb, mind goes in mobile and once you engaged certain
time gets wasted.

7. How would you describe the relationship between your use of social media and your
GPA? Please provide specific examples or experiences.
Ans: Positive side of social media is get access for the group study, and negative is waste
of time without any interest just pass time or say waste of time.

8. What are your thoughts on how frequently monitoring your academic progress online
impacts your overall performance?
Ans: I think we are misusing of social networking site, it we are able to use it positively it
lead to success but the problem is that we cannot.
9. How do you balance you time between social media activities and academic
responsibilities?
Ans: Yes, I do balance my between social media activities and academic responsibilities
in correct way.

Questionnaire of BBS 3rd year student of Samata College, Kathmandu.

A response from the student regarding the impact of Social Networking sites on their Academia.

Name of the students Gender Use of social-networking sites Age Institution Name
Apshana Prawin Female Since 10 Years 20 Vinayak Sidha College, Kathmandu

Part2: General Questions

1. How frequently do you use social media, and why?
Ans: Mostly I use it before and after bed time because it make me feel relaxed after my
busy schedule.

2. What is your Main Purpose to use social networking sites?

Ans: My main purpose is to see the reels and movies. Also to communicate with my
family and Friends.

3. How much time do you spend on social networking sites week?

Ans: I hardly spend one hours a day and 10 hours in week more in holidays.

4. Which social networking site do you use most frequently, and what are the typical
activities on various social networking sites?
 Ans: I hang on Facebook and YouTube. While using Facebook I mostly see posts and
reels and on YouTube I watch my favorite movies.

5. How do you feel your use of social networking site has affected your academic
performance and inter action with classmate and teachers?
Ans: It has affected badly on my studies but good bonding with friends.

6. How has the use of social networking sites distracted you and affected your academic
performance and interaction with classmates and teachers?
Ans: When I start using my phone I mostly forgot everything happening around me. I
just skip my studies to use and see social networking sites.

7. How would you describe the relationship between your use of social media and your
GPA? Please provide specific examples or experiences.
Ans: I could relate very adverse relation because with the use of it my GPA is gradually
decreasing.
8. What are your thoughts on how frequently monitoring your academic progress online
impacts your overall performance?
Ans: I think that it regularly negative impacting, it makes me more dependent on it and
it is damaging my time and ability.

9. How do you balance you time between social media activities and academic
responsibilities?
Ans: I separate my time to use it. Like whenever I am sad I used to see comedy moves
and sometimes I feel like using phone or social networking more important any other
things rather than studying and talking with others.