“A study on Impact of social media among college students.”
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Abstract
Background: Social media refers to people who share information and enjoy important events happening around them through various applications and websites such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. Social media is answerable for many specific results on college scholar’s health. That is because this new social phenomenon has grown to be a first-rate a part of now a day’s society. This is in particular obvious among college students in past research. Researchers show off each high-quality and negative results of social media use on our fitness. Our way of life is stimulated by using our surroundings and it is full of social media systems to use at all times. Our lives revolve around apps and features offered by means of unique styles of social cell technology.
Aim:The present study aimed to awareness about online social among college students.
Methods: Descriptive research designs were adopted for this study. Using a non-probability, convenient sampling technique, 45 students were recruited from Genius College of nursing, Bhilwara (Raj.), during the period Sept 18th – September 31st 2022.Tools include demographic data and a self-structured knowledge questionnaire about social media. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential values by IBM statistical package for social sciences (SPSS; version 23) software.
Results: The results of this research shows that the positive relationship between the amount of social media use and negative health and positive habits. This study found that there is a high level of social media use with Instagram, whatsapp being used by over 82 percent of respondents followed by Instagram and Facebook with 69 and 67 percent of the respondent’s usage. The findings in this study show the social media has both positive and negative impact on college students.