Social media has become an integral and fundamental part of the life of almost every individual having a smartphone. WhatsApp is one of the most popular mobile applications commonly used by almost all students. The present study attempts to study the negative impacts of social media and WhatsApp chatting on formal writing of the students after the assessment of students’ narrative essays. This is an experimental study that looks at the genderbased impact of WhatsApp and social media messaging on inter level students' English writing skills. A quantitative technique was applied, with a survey design

Writing skills, Social media, WhatsApp, Negative impact