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THE STUDY AND ITS BACKGROUND
Rationale
Addiction to the internet appears contrary to academic performance (Jeong, 2005).
It can cause social isolation and unable to keep their schedules in doing essential tasks
because they tend to spend a lot more time chatting, browsing, or gaming instead of doing
the tasks they should suppose to do.
They are influencing the modern era of technology, students' derived from the
advantage of making one's work efficient and faster progress. In contrast, due to excessive
usage of the internet lead to addiction. They are resulting in skipping of classes, less
productivity, and loss of money. The researchers decided to examine the correlation of the
addiction to the use of the internet and its impact on the learner's academic performance
(Yellowless, 2007).
Based on the study of Patel et al. (2018), 83% of samples are moderately addicted,
and 17% of samples are severely addicted to the internet, internationally. In terms of their
academic performance, 80% of samples are the average academic performance, while 20%
of samples are poor.
This research aims to address the correlation between internet addiction to the
students' academic performance. Also, it shows if addiction to the internet somehow affec
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