Abstract
The Influence of Social Net Working Sites (SNS) is being so widely discussed around the world and range of studies conducted with the usage of SNS among higher secondary students is negligible in India. The purpose of the study was to determine the Influence of Social Networking Sites on the study habit of higher secondary students. The researcher is followed descriptive research design for this study. A semi structured research questionnaire was designed to determine the factors of social networking sites that have influenced on higher secondary students. Objectives were to study about socio demographic profile of the children and understand the positive and negative influence of SNS with respect to study habits, identify the study habit among the respondents. The investigator used random sampling method and the total sample size was 40 students. The target population of this study was defined as the students belonging to the higher secondary students in Mammalashery govt. higher secondary school Piravom, Ernakulam. Findings of the study indicated that SNS had been greatly influenced among adolescents. The extend usage of media, usage pattern of SNS, the level of and study habit have been dealt scientifically in this paper. The study was also undertaken to determine how much time students actively use social media and if there has been an increase or decrease in usage over time and its impact on their study and academics.Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-4: 339-342
Highlights
Children and adolescents with good mental health are able to achieve and maintain optimal psychological and social wellbeing
Majority of the respondents (75%) were using internet through mobile recharging, 20% of adolescents were using internet through broadband and rest 5% of respondents were using social networking sites through Wi-Fi
Regarding time for study 70% of the students have regular timings for study daily at home and rest 30% were didn’t have regular timing for study. 82 % of them were clarifing doubts with teacher directly and other 18% were not clarifying doubts to teachers.77% of the respondents referring study material and rest 23% were not using study materials from Social Net Working Sites (SNS). 77 % of students would share the notes through SNS sites and rest 23 % of the students were not sharing through SNS sites. 72 % of the pupils were getting sufficient time for study daily but the other 23% of the students were not getting sufficient time for study due to over usage of SNS
Summary
Children and adolescents with good mental health are able to achieve and maintain optimal psychological and social wellbeing. They have a sense of identity and self-worth, sound family and peer relationship, an ability to learn and a capacity to tackle developmental challenges and use cultural resources to maximize growth. It offers a way to keep in touch with new and old friends, network, follow brands and companies, and offers a mini biography of each user’s life All these leads to the researcher to carry out a study on the influence of social networking sites on the college students and adding
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