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It examines utilities and burdens associated with educational WhatsApp groups. The study also explores how the presence of teachers in the groups can influence the group functioning. In the first study chats of four WhatsApp groups of one year, where two groups were included teacher and two groups were without teachers, were analyzed. In the second study, interviews were conducted with two participants from each group, a total of eight participants. The results of the studies show that the major functions these groups serve are mostly education-related. However, apart from academic uses, students do use this platform for wishing/congratulations, for extra curriculum activities as well as for entertainment purposes. In addition, the results show that the presence of the teacher influences the group conversation significantly. Though students reported that sometimes these WhatsApp groups become burden and take a lot of time, but they also believe that is unavoidable, since these WhatsApp groups not only provide them important information related to class, exam, holidays, etc., but members are also able to connect with others and involve in non-academic activities.  \nKeywords: WhatsApp, WhatsApp group, Social media, WhatsApp and education  \nINTRODUCTION  \nGone were the days when individuals had to wait in order to receive the information regarding their environment. With the advancement in the field of technology and the introduction of social media, our life has become easier than ever. It takes few minutes to upload a news or any sort of information (education, crimes, business etc. ) in the media and only few seconds to reach us and before we know, it’s already in the screen of our mobiles, laptops, computer etc. When talking about social media, it is a platform which enable users to create and share information with other individuals and also encourages individuals to participate in the social networking. By definition, social media could be understood as a computer-based technology that facilitates sharing of ideas, thoughts and information through the building of virtual networks and communities (Dollarhide, 2019) . Individuals engage themselves with [social media via. computer](social media via. computer), mobile phones, tablets etc. via web based designed software and generally uses it for messaging. Social media emerged as way to interact with family, friends, relatives etc. For example, Mark Zuckerberg (the founder and creator of Facebook) on his statement about why did he created  \nFacebook stated, that, when he created Facebook, he did not create it with the purpose of using it as a business tool, but as a tool to interact with the people. However, over the years businesses has adopted this field in order to take advantage of this popular and new way to communicate with the people. Social media is a powerful tool that enables people to connect and share information with anyone on the earth, or with many people simultaneously.  \nWhatsApp, the fastest growing social media, was founded in 2009 by Brain Acton and Jan Koum who were former employees of YAHOO!. The app is used for messaging purpose. There are various options available in the app apart from just plain texting. You can call/video call a person if you wish to. There is also option to share your stories and update your stories. The WhatsApp feature also lets you to make groups where you can share information with many people on one go. WhatsApp not only helps people to communicate but has also provided a platform to people to exchange information relatin","cbCaibq14qTHPIB8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibq14qTHPIB8","pdf",378993,16,"English","# Introduction\n## Social Networking Sites in Academic Context\n# Abstract\n# Keywords","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of the study on WhatsApp groups?\",\"answer\":\"The study focuses on the uses of WhatsApp groups in an education context, including both their utilities and burdens and how teacher presence affects group functioning.\"},{\"question\":\"How were WhatsApp groups and participants studied in this research?\",\"answer\":\"Chats from four WhatsApp groups were analyzed over one year, comparing groups with teachers versus without teachers. 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