IMPACTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND NETWORKING SITES AMONG THE YOUTH AND YOUNG GENERATION ON BEHAVIOR CHANGES OF BANGLADESH (original) (raw)

In today‟s society, individuals are provided with numerous opportunities to communicate in a non face to face format through advanced social technologies. As a result, adolescent social technology usage has increased and is present within the home, educational institution and community environments. In order to determine the impact that social technology has on the development of social competence, this research study surveyed youths about their use of social technology. This study discusses the impacts technology has had on social behavior. The impact of social networking participation among a sample of high school students to determine how this involvement affects academic performance, future plans, and overall attitude towards school was examined. The results revealed that most of these juvenile students spend more time socializing face-to-face rather than using social technologies. However, the results also showed that when adolescents have access to social technologies, they utilize it daily as their means to communicate. In summary, the results from this study indicated that social technologies are becoming a large part of youth‟s lives and may be a contributing factor which could influence the development of social competence. Since the use of social technologies is a rather new medium, not as available in the past, it is too early to identify the direct and specific long term effects on individuals.

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