Addictive Facebook use among Post Graduate Women Students: A Case Study of the Mangalore University, India

M. Krishnamurthy; G. Veena

doi:10.17821/srels/2017/v54i3/106033

Authors

M. Krishnamurthy
DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post, Bangalore – 560059, Karnataka
G. Veena
Department of Library and Information Science, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri, Mangalore – 574199, Karnataka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2017/v54i3/106033

Keywords:

Addictive Behavior, Facebook, Post Graduate Students, Social Networks, University.

Abstract

This paper explains the addictive use of face book among postgraduate students of Mangalore University, India. In recent years, Social Networking Sites (SNSs) have turned into a major communication medium. The advent of social networking sites especially Face book has improved global connectivity and social interaction. The purpose of this study is to investigate of Facebook addiction among postgraduate women students. The results indicate that 37(25.69%) of respondents use Facebook to play games while 31(21.54%) to share music video, 65(45.13%) of respondents use Facebook to share information with friends, 46(31.94%) to send messages to friends, 101 (70.15%) of students are moderately addicted to using Facebook.

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