IMPACT OF TEXT MESSAGING AND SOCIO-MEDIA SLANGS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, MORO IFE NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OSUN STATE

ABSTRACT Any material that has been produced for Education, Information and Entertainment or for any other reason or reasons must have been written by an author, or a group of people or an organization whose right to the material must be protected from undue exploitation by other members of the society. This means that apart from the owner of an intellectual property, no other person can make economic use of it unless he gets permission from its owner or his license.  The extent of exploitation by students of the authors work via photocopying in various tertiary institutions in Nigeria was examined. The Survey research method was adopted for the study. The instrument for data collection was the questionnaire.  From the findings, it is revealed that copyright law violation could be curtailed through effective policy from the Nigeria copyright commission. The studies also reveal that textbook is the highest abused information materials through photocopying and penalties for copyright offenders as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution. The study further reveals that the Nigeria copyright commission needs to do a lot to intensify copy right law in the tertiary institutions.  The study recommended that the libraries should derive a better means of effecting copyright law in the tertiary institutions and the Nigerian copyright commission should wake up to the challenge and protect the authors from pirates.

  TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page……………………………………………………………………………………..i Certification…………………………………………………………………………………..ii Dedication…………………………………………………………………………………….iii Acknowledgement……………………………………………………………………………iv Abstract………………….……………………………………………………………………v Table of contents…………………………………………………………………………….vi   CHAPTER ONE:   INTRODUCTION Background of the study………………………………………………………………1 Statement of the problem……………………………………………………………...3 Aims and objectives of the Study...…………………………………………………...3 Significance of the study………………………………………………………………4 Scope of the study……………………………………………………………………..4 Research questions…………………………………………………………………….4 Definition of terms…………………………………………………………………….5
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….6 2.2Historical Background…………………………………………………………………7 2.3Social Networks and Academic Performance………………………………………...10 2.4Uses of Text Messages……………………………….……………………………….10 2.5Educational Uses of Social Networks………………………………..……………….11 2.6Theoretical Framework………....……………………………………………………..12
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1Research design…………………………………………………………………….14 3.2 Area of the Study…….…………………………………………………………….14 3.3Population of the Study…………………..………………………………………...14 3.4Sample size and Sampling Techniques.…………………………………………….14 3.5Instrument for data collection………………………………………………………..15 3.6Validity and Reliability of the Instrument…………………………………………..15 3.7Method of data collection……………………………………………………………15 3.8 Method of data analysis………………………………………………………………15
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION 4.0Introduction………………………………………………………………………..16 4.1Data analysis ……………………………………………………………………….16 4.2.0Discussion………………………………………..…………………………………16 4.2.1Preferred Social Network Sites……………………………………………………..23 4.2.3Purpose for using Social Networks………………………………………………….24 4.2.4Effect of Social Media on Grammar and Spelling………………………………….24
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 5.1Summary……………………………………………………………………………27 5.2Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..27 5.3Recommendation……………………………………………………………………27 References…………………………………………………………………………………..29 Appendix