O uso de mídias sociais e o desempenho acadêmico de estudantes em uma universidade pública do norte do Brasil

Abstract

This work seeks to understand the impacts of the use of social media related to the academic performance of university students in a specific field: the Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT). This is a descriptive study, with a mixed method (quantitative and qualitative approach). The initial stage was a collection of quantitative data, through survey research, with a self-applied online questionnaire comprising the sociodemographic profile, use of social media and problematic use of the Internet through the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ -SF 9). Sample obtained from N=102 students. In the initial stage of the qualitative approach, two moments were carried out in a group, each one being a focus group with 10 psychology students from the UFT of the Miracema/TO campus, as well as a round of conversations with 20 Jornalismo students from the Palmas campus/TO. TO. The results will indicate that the impacts of social media on students' performance are negatively related to procrastination, distraction, escape from present demands, prejudices related to sound, and social and educational activities. Psychology students will report the impacts in a greater way on mental health. In contrast, Jornalismo students emphasize the importance of social media for the area of education and the benefits for learning and motivation regarding two curricular contents. In this sense, research indicates that the topic presents nuances, with positive and negative aspects for students, and the main contributions are involved in broadening two understandings about academic performance in times of intense connectivity, as is sought from the understandings to favor The construction of strategies related to the teaching- learning process together with the use of social media platforms as facilitators, in order to contribute to the motivation of the university in the current context.