西南交通大学学报 第 57 卷 第 6 期 2022 年 12 月 JOURNAL OF SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY Vol. 57 No. 6 Dec. 2022 ISSN: 0258-2724 DOI：10.35741/issn.0258-2724.57.6.67 Research article Education HOW SOCIAL MEDIA AFFECTS STUDENTS OF THE APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY 社交媒体如何影响应用科学私立大学的学生 Tasneem Alayed a , Eman Almuhur b, *, Tala Sasa a , Nawal Al-Bahtiti a , Abeer Adaileh b , Sura I. Alayed c a Lecturer, Professor, Faculty of Science, Applied Science Private University P.O. Box 166, Amman, 11931, Jordan, t_ibrahim@asu.edu.jo , t_sasa@asu.edu.jo , nawal_h@asu.edu.jo b Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Applied Science Private University P.O. Box 166, Amman, 11931, Jordan, e_almuhur@asu.edu.jo , a_adayleh@asu.edu.jo c Associate Professor of Business Administration, Arabic Open University, Saudi Arabia, s.alayed@arabou.edu.sa Received: September 16, 2022 ▪ Review: October 12, 2022 ▪ Accepted: November 1, 2022 ▪ Published: December 30, 2022 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ) Abstract This paper examines how social media impacts most students who use at least one social media site, yet many are unaware of the potential effects of everyday usage. It is amusing to skim through memes, pictures and life updates from acquaintances they met along the journey, but they fail to notice how social media affects the way they act and think. A total of 425 survey questionnaires were distributed among undergraduates and the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software was used to analyze the study data, which were collected using a quantitative technique. The findings reveal that there is a negative aspect of social media that appeals to students because it provides a fresh setting to make friends and is a terrific way to release stress. It affects students’ academics to a certain level. This research implies that a method for balancing social media and academic learning is necessary. Keywords: Social Media, Impacted Students, Applied Science Private University 摘要 本文研究了社交媒体如何影响大多数至少使用一个社交媒体网站的学生，但许多学生并没有 意识到日常使用的潜在影响。浏览他们在旅途中遇到的熟人的模因、图片和生活更新很有趣，但 他们没有注意到社交媒体如何影响他们的行为和思维方式。共向本科生分发了425份调查问卷，并 使用社会科学软件的统计包来分析研究数据，这些数据是使用定量技术收集的。调查结果表明， 社交媒体对学生有吸引力，但它有一个消极的方面，因为它提供了一个新的交友环境，并且是释