Addiction to Social Media and its Influence on the Academic Achievement of Gifted Students during the Corona Pandemic

Abstract

The current work aimed to demonstrate the addiction to social media and its impact on the educational accomplishment of gifted students during the Corona pandemic. In order to acquire the purpose of this work, the researcher used the social networking sites addiction scale after verifying its validity and stability. The existed study involved a sample of (595) talented students in King Abdullah Schools for Excellence, from the academic year 2020-2021, the study resulted in: Addiction to social networking sites among students came to a high degree, and there was a discrepancy in the rates of addiction to social networking sites among gifted students, as the results showed that (71.43 percent ) of students suffer from addiction to social networking sites, particularly on the heels of the Coronavirus outbreak. The findings also demonstrated that there had been no statistically noteworthy differences in the percentage of students who suffer from addiction to social networking sites due to gender. The outcomes also exhibited an inverse correlation between social media addiction and academic achievement. The study recommended the need to hold workshops and awareness programs directed toward gifted students and their families to help solve the problems of this phenomenon of addiction to social media and engage in activities that help reduce the use of social networking sites so as not to affect their academic level and academic achievement, and that educational institutions should interact with colleges that It deals with gifted students to develop the values of digital citizenship among talented students to contribute to reducing addiction to social networking sites. And also conducting electronic educational activities that contribute to attracting the attention and tendencies of talented students in proportion to their high abilities to stay away from social media sites.