Artificial intelligence and social media on academic performance and mental well-being: Student perceptions of positive impact in the age of smart learning.

Autor:	Shahzad MF; College of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, PR China., Xu S; College of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, PR China., Lim WM; Sunway Business School, Sunway University, Sunway City, Selangor, Malaysia.; School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.; Design and Arts, Swinburne University of Technology, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia., Yang X; Beijing Yuchehang Information Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, 100089, PR China., Khan QR; Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Heliyon [Heliyon] 2024 Apr 15; Vol. 10 (8), pp. e29523. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 15 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29523
Abstrakt:	The advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and the ubiquity of social media have become transformative agents in contemporary educational ecosystems. The spotlight of this inquiry focuses on the nexus between AI and social media usage in relation to academic performance and mental well-being, and the role of smart learning in facilitating these relationships. Using partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) on a sample of 401 Chinese university students. The study results reveal that both AI and social media have a positive impact on academic performance and mental well-being among university students. Furthermore, smart learning serves as a positive mediating variable, amplifying the beneficial effects of AI and social media on both academic performance and mental well-being. These revelations contribute to the discourse on technology-enhanced education, showing that embracing AI and social media can have a positive impact on student performance and well-being. Competing Interests: The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Shuo Xu reports financial support was provided by National Natural Science Foundation of China. If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. (© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
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