Social Networking Addiction among the College Level Students (original) (raw)

Now-a-days, Mobile phone become an integral part of everyday life and it has become a toy in hand of every human being. Also the evolution of the internet and its applications has led to a notable increase in concern about social networking sites like facebook, twitter, Instagram etc. The college level students are using mobiles and spending time with various social networking sites and applications. Social networking Addiction is the excessive and compulsive use of social networking sites and applications like facebook, WhatsApp, twitter, Instagram etc. Here, the investigators aimed to measure the Social Networking Addiction of college level students with a standardized test and explore the pattern and differences among total sample and sub-samples with their social networking addiction. The results show the significant differences among male and female, Hindu and Muslim, students of different parents' occupation, students of education and chemistry subjects and the student belonging to the community of OBC-A and OBC-B. Key words: Mobile phone, Internet, Social Networking Sites, Social Networking Addiction.