SPOTLIGHT - MISUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY - STUDENTS CAN AFFECT THEIR

• To address the issue associated with the misuse of social media by students, PNG need to have rigid policies and regulations in place to filter, restrict and regulate illicit content such as pornographic and sexual contents. [...] 2023 social media users in PNG The use of social media has become very popular Social Number Social Social media Social media users all around the world, including Papua New Media of social media users users by gender by age group Guinea (PNG), because of the great development media in relation in %users in to total of technology in recent years (Agwi and Ogwueleka, 2023 population 2018). [...] There were The misuse of social media by students in PNG can contribute 86,100 Instagram users, making up 0.9 percent of the entire to poor academic performance in the following way: population, with the largest age group also being 18 to 24 • Excessive use of social may change students’ behaviour years old. [...] Following are some The use of social media has become very popular all around measures that parents, guardians and relevant authorities the world, including PNG, due to the great development of can take to address the impact of social media on students’ technology in recent years. [...] While they have a strong contents should serve as a wake-up call for parents desire to interact with friends and relatives on social media, and the government to take action before the negative it is important for social media users, especially students, to effects escalate and adversely impact the well-being and learn how to manage their time to avoid addiction, which development of the country.