Agricultural Science Students’ Perception On TikTok Usage Towards Their Academic Achievement In Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI)
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TikTok usage, time management, addicted, academic achievement, Students’ perceptionAbstract
Social media is internet-based and enables users to share anything quickly, including movies, images, and personal information through a computer and smartphone via website or applications and is highly used among students in the university, secondary school, and even in primary school in Malaysia. However, the excessive usage of social media and the internet among students in the university can lead to less time spent on studies, low grades in tests or exams, and students not interested in participating in extracurricular activities or classes. Thus, the goal of this study is to identify the perception of 53 Agricultural Science students on the impact of using TikTok application towards their academic achievement in UPSI. The quantitative method is used in this study's design which involves survey study. The research instrument of this study will use questionnaires in Google Form and consist of 4 sections which is Section A about the demography (7 items), Section B about the frequency (10 items), Section C about the perception (9 items) and Section D about the impact on academic performance (10 items). The results finding showed that the independent variables which is access to social media (Mean:2.79), the frequency of using TikTok (Mean:3.30), the perception on TikTok content usage (Mean:3.38) can affect the academic achievement respondents (Mean:3.25). Thus, the TikTok application should be used among students at the higher education level to affect positive changes in students' learning styles, which will improve their academic and psychological performance. In conclusion, this study has found that generally, the perception of TikTok content usage is more related to favourite informative content, the frequency of TikTok application usage is higher on weekends and the impact of TikTok application usage on academic performance is that it can teach digital skills and technological competency.
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