Social media has become an essential tool in society; Furthermore, it has a huge impact on communication and the learning process. Social media is defined as websites and applications used for social networking. “As of September 2013, 71% of online adults use Facebook, 18% use Twitter and 17% Instagram, 22% PInterest and another 22% LinkedIn. (Pew Research, 2013). Furthermore, "Between February 2005 and August 2006, the use of social networking sites among young adult Internet users between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine increased from nine percent to forty-nine percent. Social media use grew dramatically ". On social media sites like these, users can develop biographical profiles, communicate with friends and strangers, do research, and share thoughts, photos, music, connections, and more” (Socialnetworking.procon, 2012). in different ways. Nowadays, most college students use Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Social media has a major impact on college students' grades, social interactions, and the teaching and learning process. For starters, there has been a lot of speculation on social media. and how it affects grades. According to Lomeli, "some students prefer Facebook rather than doing homework. There is a lot of time wasted because of social media." As Lomeli said, "some students spend six to eight hours a day on social media, such as Facebook, while completing homework. Working and using social media at the same time is a huge distraction." Students who use social media average had an average GPA of 3.06 while non-users had an average GPA of 3.82 and students who used social networks did...... middle of paper ...... fact sheet about the activity/ [Accessed: 13 April 2014].5. Socialnetworking.procon.org. (2014). Social networking ProCon.org. [online] Retrieved from: http://socialnetworking.procon.org/ [Accessed: 16 April 2014].6. BG news. (2013). Social media affects communication. [online] Retrieved from: http://www.bgnews.com/entertainment/social-media-impacts-communication/article_6cc716d2-5337-11e3-a9dc-001a4bcf887a.html [Accessed: 14 April 2014].7. Usatoday.com. (2010). University students "addicted" to social media, results of a study. [online] Retrieved from: 1. http://www.livescience.com/9888-college-students-addicted-social-media-study-finds.html [Accessed: 16 April 2014].8. Usatoday.com. (2014). More and more professors are using social media to teach. [online] Retrieved from: 7. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/02/social-media-teaching-tool/3377929/ [Accessed: April 16 2014].