Impact of social networking sites on sleeping habits: A case of university students in Bangladesh

Abstract

This study discusses the influences of social networking sites (SNSs) on the sleeping habits of students from two public universities in Bangladesh; until now, there hasn’t been any study, which has looked into this issue in the context of students in Bangladesh. Primarily, the study is qualitative in nature, skillfully supplemented by quantitative data, collected through interviews (about 200) and focus group discussion (FGDs) (with about 48 participants). The findings of the study suggest that most of the students addicted to using social networking sites, sleep late into the night, indicating thereby that SNSs do have an impact on the traditional ‘sleeping time’, which in turn could be detrimental to the health and study of university students in Bangladesh.