Attitude and motivation for social network among secondary school students in Oredo local government area of Edo State

Abstract

This study was aimed at investigating attitude and motivation for social networkingamong secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. It seeksto find out whether secondary school students like social networking and if there isgender factor influencing use of social networks and students ' level of access tophones/computers and the internet. The study adopted descriptive research design;simple random sampling was used to select ten public and private secondary schools outof the lot in the area. The research instrument used for data collection was questionnaire.The data obtained from respondents were analyzed using simple percentage and theresults were briefly discussed. The findings revealed that students engage in socialnetworks to make friends and connect with people; both male and female students engagein social networks; students have access to phones, computers and other communicationdevices and the internet. Facebook is the most popular social network used by morestudents. It was recommended that students should use social networking to enhancetheir academics; to keep abreast with current international trends in technologicalinnovations, politics, and economic, financial and social matters and so on..