Abstract
With the present era being technology driven, social media has become an indispensable part of many people irrespective of their age. Among different age groups, the maximum users are adolescents and among different social networking sites (SNS), Facebook shares the major part of usage by them. Many adolescents are tending towards excessive usage of Facebook leading to its addiction. Does this addiction have negative influence on adolescents or it actually helps them to keep up with their counterparts and be socially connected to them for their betterment? This question is unanswered specifically when it concerns the impact that it has on the study habits and academic achievement of adolescents. The hypotheses were tested in order to explore the impact of six dimensions (mood modification, deficient self-regulations, salience, loss of control, withdrawal, and relapse) of Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD) using Bergens' Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS), developed by Andreassen (2012). The results are based on the survey conducted on 200 adolescents studying in different schools of India. The findings indicate that there is a significant negative impact of Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD) on study habits and academic achievement of adolescents. The major implication derived is that the higher the addiction to Facebook the study habit become poor and academic achievement decreases resulting in lower grades.
Highlights
In 21st century the communication has become faster, better and efficient
In order to identify Facebook addicted adolescents, the Bergens' Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) questionnaire was distributed to participants of study
The null hypothesis is rejected and it was found that there is a significant impact of Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD) on study habits of adolescents
Summary
In 21st century the communication has become faster, better and efficient. The credit goes largely to spurt in the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Internet is a prime source to connect people beyond geographical boundaries. All internet users say that one of their primary purposes of going online is for communication (Gemmill & Peterson, 2006). The primary tools that enable social organization on internet are social networking sites and instant messages (Ellison, Steinfield & Campe 2007; Jones 2009; Lenhart, 2009; Raacke & Bonds, 2008 as cited in Correa, Hinsley & Zúñiga, 2009). Social Networking Sites (SNS) allow individuals to construct a public or semi-public profile within a boundary system by articulating a list of other users with whom they share the connection (Boyd & Ellison, 2008). Some of the popular SNS includes Myspace, Twitter, Youtube, Meetme, LinkedIn, Hike and Facebook. Facebook is believed to be the most commonly used SNS
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