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The impact of Social Networking Sites among Modern Youth
... Contrary to these, utilizing Chinese SNS as a form of recreational activity could have a bad influence (Adikari & Adu, 2015). Given the value that online social network sites bring in terms of support sought from them to adjust someone with a change (Pallotti et al. 2023;Choudhary & Baskaran, 2022;Almaatouq et al., 2020;Basim,2018); They support the building of connections, sharing knowledge and social integration which all lead to intercultural adaptation (Mitchell 2021). ...
... SNS has made it relatively easy for international students to search for events, see the participants, and attend them. Additionally, for sharing support and useful information, SNS supports international students' needs to get involved and integrate into the local community (Pallotti et al., 2023;Choudhary & Baskaran, 2022;Almaatouq et al., 2020;Basim, 2018). ...
The rising number of international students in Indonesia brings attention to homesickness, intensified by limited physical and social support. This study explores how online social network sites (SNS) aid social integration and reduce homesickness, analyzing the support and challenges related to SNS use. Using purposive sampling, 34 international students from diverse backgrounds participated in semi-structured interviews, complemented by quantitative demographic analysis and qualitative thematic analysis. Results reveal that SNS significantly mitigates homesickness and fosters social integration by providing emotional support, distraction, information, and instant communication. Students from collectivist societies primarily seek familial and emotional connections on SNS, whereas those from individualist cultures utilize these platforms to expand social networks and engage in various interactions. However, issues like exposure to unrealistic standards, scams, fake news, privacy invasion, addiction, and negative interactions also emerged. Recommendations include counseling for social media addiction and campaigns addressing the risks of SNS use. Future studies should account for variables like stress levels and academic pressures to better assess SNS's impact on homesickness. Adopting mixed-method and longitudinal approaches could deepen understanding and improve the study's applicability.
Advancements in information communication technology have significantly impacted communication and the dissemination of information on the web. The web serves as a common platform for acquiring and sharing information without discrimination. Social networking sites empower users to efficiently and expediently exchange their ideas and thoughts on social, cultural, and academic interests. This paper explores the use of social networking websites among PG students and describes their awareness, popularity, and frequency of visit. Additionally, it highlights the purposes for utilizing social networking websites. The study also investigates the opinions of users regarding barriers, advantages, and disadvantages of social networking sites.
This study aims to identify the competencies and skills possessed by the job seekers to secure jobs in the field of business administration, analyses the impact of soft skills, technical skills, and social networking sites on their employment using predictive analytical tool and proposes skill gap employability model to streamline recruitment process. Primary data of 172 samples were obtained from the UAE residents using simple random sampling. The employability skills are extracted from the secondary sources like job search portals. The regression analysis reveals that soft skills have significant impact on employment and the results state that it is statistically significant at 5% level. The author derives the skill gap employability model to bridge the skill gap to ensure job demand meets the supply of right candidates. This research provides insights to the business administration professionals who are searching for employment in the areas of human resources, finance, accounting, marketing, sales, operations, logistics, supply chain management, and business analytics in UAE.
People believe that social networks and the Internet are the two most widely used media platforms worldwide. The world's use of the Internet has substantially expanded, and it is anticipated that this trend will continue as it becomes an indispensable part of daily life. The Internet and social media are frequently used for interacting, playing video games, reading and creating posts, exchanging files, and posting images. Due to their rapid growth, teenagers are drawn to the Internet and social media. As a result, they use the Internet and social media excessively and develop negative views about them. This is called "Internet addiction" (IA) and "social media addiction" (SMA). People with IA and SMA illnesses may use social media excessively, which might interfere with daily chores and make functioning difficult. IA and SMA are having an increasing impact on young people worldwide. The Internet offers many educational advantages, but spending too much time on social media can result in issues such as isolation, loneliness, and poor academic performance. The proposed study goals are to figure out how IA, SMA, and other factors affect people all over the world. The current study has used the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP) and Evaluation Based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS), which are both decision-making tools, to figure out how IA and SMA affect things. The results of the study show that the SMA with the highest score gets the first spot and is called the "best option," while the SMA with the lowest score gets the last spot and is called the "worst option." The proposed systems might help us accurately weigh the different criteria and make a good choice when there are many options. Also, the solutions that were put in place are easy to use and might help us solve problems that are not clear or certain. According to the research, IA and SMA have a big effect on people's daily lives, and the main goal of the suggested evaluation, which was to find the best solution, has been met. In tough situations where making a choice is hard, the offered assessments may be a big help.
Purpose: Media is the plural version of medium, which in general refers to any channel of communication. An audience is defined in media studies as any group of individuals who consume media information, not just those who are in the same location at the same time. Today, media influence is so powerful that it may easily influence people both positively and negatively. We also live in a society that is heavily reliant on media for information and entertainment. The nation’s future is determined by the caliber of its youth. Youth can make a significant contribution in every field. However, new research indicates that youth media creation has the potential to improve young people's relationships with the media in ways that benefit media institutions, youth themselves, and, eventually, our democracy. Hence it’s very important to study the interrelationship between media and the youth audience. Methodology: This review paper examines the relationship between the media and youth using secondary data from journal papers and scholarly research publications. Findings: Research has shown that the media has an impact on the physical, mental, and emotional health of youth in both positive and negative ways. Studies show that the media has influenced young people’s suicide inclinations. It has been discovered that the youth were enticed to attempt sex, smoking, alcohol, and other narcotics, and subsequently became addicted. According to research, the media has an impact on youth political and religious participation. According to the research, media has influenced the lifestyle of youth. The studies have revealed that media has increased cybercrime in youth. It has been discovered that the majority of young people accept media content without questioning its veracity. Originality/value: This research explores the relationship between the media and the youth audience, which covers youth perception, media participation, and the influence of media on the youth. Paper type: Review Paper
Social Networking sites provide a platform for discussion on issues that has been unnoticed in today's world. This study is conducted to check the impact of social networking sites in the education of youth. This is a survey type research and here the data was collected through the questionnaire. 100 sampled youth fill the questionnaire, and the non-random sampling techniques was used to select sample units. The main objectives were as [1] To check the effect of social media on youth [2] To check out the beneficial and favor form of social media for youth [3] To determine the attitude of youth towards social media and finding the total the total use times on social media. Here the data collected was checked in the form of frequency, percentage. Respondents replied that Face book as their favorite form of social media, and second favorite form of social media is Skype, and Twitter as their third favorite form of social media and YouTube as their fourth form of social media and last is Myspace. Here respondents face main problem during use of social media are unwanted messages, Is social media helping today's youth in Education, Does use of social media deteriorates our social benchmarks, Is social media act negatively in the Education of youth. Social media promotes unethical pictures, video clips and images among youth, anti-religious post and links create hatred among peoples of different communities, Negative use of social media is deteriorating the relationship among the countries, social media is playing a key role to create political awareness among youth.
Objective: Utilization of social media is an integral part of Indian youth today. Over utilization of social media, has captured the attention of youth entirely. The dependency of youths on the social media has reached at such level that, without social media, every young person cannot think about the direction of their growth. Dependency of youth on social media is now leading to addiction. Methodology: Through the several studies, it is widely accepted that over utilization of social media has profound negative influence on the Indian youth. Simultaneously, social media have also some positive effects on the life of youth. This study highlights the main purposes of utilizing social media by the youth, and attempt has been made to find out the time spent on browsing social networking sites by the youth. Results: The result of study shows that, over utilization of social media leads youth towards addiction. Conclusion: This study focuses on the major; and the positive and negative effects of utilizing social media on the life of youth.
At present Social Media is a part of life for most of the Indian youth. The usage of the Internet is now heavily shifted to Social Media Sites. Undoubtedly Social Media has its own merits, but excessive use of Social Media is affecting the lifestyle of youth moreover, statistics show that addiction to social media resulted in increased health problems and change in behavior.
At present Social Media is a part of life for most of the Indian youth. The usage of the Internet is now heavily shifted to Social Media Sites. Undoubtedly Social Media has its own merits, but excessive use of Social Media is affecting the lifestyle of youth moreover, statistics show that addiction to social media resulted in increased health problems and change in behavior.
Utilization of social media is an integral part of Indian youth today. Over utilization of social media, has captured the attention of youth entirely. The dependency of youths on the social media has reached at such level that, without social media, every young person cannot think about the direction of their growth. Dependency of youth on social media is now leading to addiction. Through the several studies, it is widely accepted that over utilization of social media has profound negative influence on the Indian youth. Simultaneously, social media have also some positive effects on the life of youth. This study highlights the main purposes of utilizing social media by the youth, and attempt has been made to find out the time spent on browsing social networking sites by the youth. This study focuses on the major; and the positive and negative effects of utilizing social media on the life of youth. The result of study shows that, over utilization of social media leads youth towards addiction.
This paper aims to examine the impact of social networking sites on youth in twin city (Islamabad & Rawalpindi). The paper is based on quantitative research. Random sample of 270 respondents were selected from four universities of Islamabad and two universities of Rawalpindi for collecting relevant data. Questionnaire was employed as a tool of data collection. The paper reveals that majority of the respondents were users of social networking sites (SNSs). The common perception among the population was that the SNSs had both positive and negative impact on them. Mostly respondents were related to face book as the most user friendly SNS. The study revealed that users of SNS avoid social gathering and had less physical interaction with people. Use of SNS had made young generation more confident, creative, well dressed, social related to each other, well behaved and brought improved in language. However more use of SNS resulted in different kinds of health problems such as weakness in eye sight, headache, laziness, tension and backache. It is suggested that parents should keep a check on their children to decrease the negative and excessive use of SNS.Today's generation is using various social networking sites on the internet such as Orkut, Facebook, Myspace, Yahoo messenger, Twitter etc. these social networking sites are providing attractive opportunities to avail the facilities provided by them such as making friends, chatting, sharing pictures, videos etc. excessive use of these sites is affecting social life style of people. Excessive use of SNSs resulted in many health problems among youth. It also adversely influenced face to face communication and weakens ties with relatives due to excessive spending time on computer usage for social networking. The other social and health problems are also increasing among the excessive users of SNS. This paper focus on the impact of social networking sites on youth and how their life is changed due to these sites.The primary objective of present study was to explore and analyze the socio-economic characteristics, effect of social networking sites on the social relationship, changing behavior and life style of young generation. Moreover, to explore the health issues due to excessive usage of social networking sites, and to suggest appropriate measures to minimize the negative effects of social networking sites on youth.
Abstract Social network,sites,(SNSs) are increasingly attracting the attention of academic,and,industry researchers intrigued by their affordances and reach.,This special theme section of the,Journal,of Computer-Mediated,Communicationbrings ,together scholarship on these emergent phenomena.,In this introductory article, we describe features of SNSs and propose a comprehensive definition. We then present one perspective on the history of such sites, discussing key changes and developments. After briefly summarizing existing scholarship concerning SNSs, we discuss the articles,in this special section and conclude with considerations for future,research.
Little research has been conducted on the two most important criteria for the success of social network sites (SNS), that is, content sharing and sociability, and how these affect privacy experiences and usage behavior among SNS users. This article explores these issues by employing in-depth interviews and explorative usability tests, comparing the experiences and usage of younger and older Facebook users. First, the interviews revealed that Facebook users in all age groups reported more contact with several different groups of people, which reflects different types of social capital (i.e., family, friends, and acquaintances), because of Facebook, but not without consequences for privacy. Having too many Facebook “friends” and access to different social capital disrupt the sharing process due to experiences of social surveillance and social control. This social control often forces younger people in particular to use conformity as a strategy when sharing content to maintain their privacy. Further, the interviews revealed different motivations and usage patterns when older and younger users are compared. Second, the usability test found a significant difference between younger and older adults in time completion and task completion related to Facebook settings. Younger users are more skilled in their Facebook usage, whereas adults over the age of 40 have difficulties in understanding the navigation logic and privacy settings. Younger and older adults display completely open public profiles without realizing it. Finally, the design and theoretical implications of the findings are discussed.
Social media is playing an important role in every sphere of life now days. Computers and internet has contributed a lot in this field. Smart phones have put the entire world on a common platform. We can connect with anybody throughout the world with the help of social media. There are many social media networks to choose for the people. In this study I have selected Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Google as the popularity of these social media networks is more among Indian youth. Other social media networks were excluded from the study. To find out the impact of media on youth we have look in to both negative and positive impacts, because everything have positive and negative aspects. The study was conducted in Shimla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. A sample of 200 respondents was selected having smartphone with them. The sample age group was from 15-19 years old. In this age group most of the parents allow their children to use the mobile phones. The samples were selected with the help of random-cum-purposive sampling. The study was carried out with the aim to examine the use pattern of social media by the youth of Himachal Pradesh. To conduct this study a well-structured questionnaire was developed. The collected data was analysed on percentage and average bases. The study found that there was a negative impact of social media on social life of teenagers.
Loyal e-customers don't just come back or simply recommend you, but insist their friends to do business with you. E-store impresses the e-customers in their first sight. A consumer has different expectations or goals when visiting different e-stores at different times. Indeed, e-consumers visit e-stores not only to search and purchase products/services, but also to have rich and entertaining experiences. The objective of this paper is to identify how the demographic factors and other variables influence e-shopping behaviour in India. And also this paper weighs the e-store information and design quality factors with respect to Indian e-shoppers. The data analysis is done by categorizing the e-customers into 4 categories ie. No Loyalty customers, Latent Loyalty customers, Inertia Loyalty customers and Premium Loyalty customers and how differently these categories perceived the e-store information and design factors. The results suggest the e-store service providers to know the strength, weaknesses, opportunity and threat of the e-store. The result reveals that there is a direct relationship between e-store information and design quality and e-store success. In order to strengthen competitiveness in e-store, the service provider should focus on the website usability, design and information quality.
The study of this research aims to create an immense level of awareness among the youth exposed to such social networking sites and findings will not only bear results as to how adversely and positively is the youth affected by the usage of these sites but also will help the youth to understand the usage of these networking sites efficiently. Facebook, My Space, Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype and Ning are a few such sites that attract maximum of the youth to tune in to them and thereby embodies their own merits and demerits that desperately need to create an actual picture among the youth. It has now become an evident and usual sight to face individuals being insensitive to chat in worshipping places, homes when relatives and guests are around, highways, schools, colleges and social gatherings wherein they are so preoccupied and engrossed into their phones that they do not even bother to look up as to where they are which results in their inability to prioritize as to what is important and what isn’t. Attention has thus been shifted from real to virtual world and visible to invisible friends.
Internet addiction (IA) is a relatively new field of academic inquiry. Empirical studies suggest that IA, like other well researched addictive behaviours, has an effect on many aspects of a person‟s life, including academic/work performance, relationships, and physical and mental health (Goldberg, 1996; Young, 1996, 1998). Evidence of IA has been suggested by the findings that some Internet users spend increasingly longer periods of time online and experience withdrawal symptoms when offline. Those preoccupied with Internet-related activities may neglect exercise, family and social activities (Kim et al., 2010; Nalwa & Anand, 2003; Seo, Kang, & Yom, 2009; S. Yang & Tung, 2007; Young, 1998, 2004). Problems arising from excessive Internet use have been documented worldwide, including in Thailand where the use of the Internet has increased noticeably (National Statistical Office, 2008a, 2008b, 2010). It is a particularly common problem among students, as demonstrated in several international studies (Ko, Yen, Yen, Lin, & Yang, 2007; Konstantinos, Evaggelia, Dimitrios, Odysseas, & Nikiforos, 2008; Lam, Peng, Mai, & Ing 2009; Lee et al., 2007; Niemz, Griffiths, & Banyard, 2005; Thomas & Martin, 2010; Zboralski et al., 2009). However, few researchers have investigated IA and its impacts on Thai secondary school students. This thesis fills a gap in the international IA literature by developing a consensus definition and diagnostic criteria of IA, investigating the prevalence of IA among Thai secondary school students, as well as conducting an exploration of the impacts of IA on these students and their prevalence.
Adolescents are currently the defining users of the Internet. They spend more time online than adults do, and they use the Internet for social interaction more often than adults do. This article discusses the state of the literature on the consequences of online communication technologies (e.g., instant messaging) for adolescents' social connectedness and well-being. Whereas several studies in the 1990s suggested that Internet use is detrimental, recent studies tend to report opposite effects. We first explain why the results of more recent studies diverge from those of earlier studies. Then, we discuss a viable hypothesis to explain the recent findings: the Internet-enhanced self-disclosure hypothesis. Finally, we discuss some contingent factors that may deserve special attention in future research.
Online social networks such as Friendster, MySpace, or the Facebook have experienced exponential growth in membership in recent years. These networks oer attractive means for inter- action and communication, but also raise privacy and security concerns. In this study we survey a representative sample of the members of the Facebook (a social network for colleges and high schools) at a US academic institution, and compare the survey data to information retrieved from the net- work itself. We look for underlying demographic or behavioral dierences between the communities of the network's members and non-members; we analyze the impact of privacy concerns on members' behavior; we compare members' stated attitudes with actual behavior; and we document the changes in behavior subsequent to privacy-related information exposure. We find that an individual's privacy concerns are only a weak predictor of his membership to the network. Also privacy concerned individ- uals join the network and reveal great amounts of personal information. Some manage their privacy concerns by trusting their ability to control the information they provide and the external access to it. However, we also find evidence of members' misconceptions about the online community's actual size and composition, and about the visibility of members' profiles.
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