Social media addiction among people in modern world

Abstract

Background and Aim : Extended use of social media has led to increased “INTERNET ADDICTION, CYBERBULLYING, SLEEP ADDICTION.” According to the egocentric construction, social media allows individuals to present themselves with positivity that may “raise their spirits” (enhance their mood state). In recent decades, with the development of information technology, especially with the rapid proliferation of Internet-based social media, the way of interpersonal communication has drastically changed. Hence, the aim of the study is to evaluate the social media addiction among people in the modern world. Materials and Methodology: Data collection was done by a semi-structured schedule. This tool has a section about sociodemographic details and their addiction toward the Internet. The study questionnaire was distributed through Google Forms to the adolescents and youngsters. It takes around 15–20 min to fill the form. Only fully filled questionnaires were considered for analysis. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and analyzed using SPSS software (version 21). Results: Our study results reported that 62% of the people are known to be social media addicted and 38% are found to be social media depressed. About 80% of social media has positive impaction and 20% has negative impaction in their daily life. It was also found that 77% of people have good impact on their academics and 23% have bad impact because of using social media. Conclusion: The Internet is both good and bad such as any other source of information, we must be clear that, the Internet is truly an amazing tool and the resources must be used with some responsibility and integrity