Abstract
In the 21st Century, the most practical and fastest way to reach information is undoubtedly the usages of social media platforms. These platforms have advantages such as volunteering, aid, charity organizations, performing and sharing art works, discussing ideas and projects with experts. Besides its advantages, social media platforms do create an addiction. The aim of the questionnaire-based survey study is to determine the social media addiction and its effect on mental health of the University students (20-28 years old) in Bangladesh. The study was designed as an online questionnaire survey which was distributed among the university students of Bangladesh via email and social media platform (Facebook). A total of 100 participants answered the questionnaire. The results of the survey found that the self-worth, self-esteem and overall mood of 93.2% of the students are affected if their shared social media contents are criticized. The result also indicated that 52.7% made unsuccessful attempts to cut back time from social media but failed and 47.3% did not attempt. An overall of 78.4% felt that they waste their time on social media platforms. 70.3% students indicated that they check their notifications on the social media apps whenever the notifications pop up. The major three responses from the study identified that the participants have severe social media dependence which is a leading factor to harming self-esteem and self-worth. Also, most spend their times on these platforms more than 60 hours per week which, by the definition of addiction, falls under the category. Thus, the study testified to the effect of social media addiction among university level students in Bangladesh.
Highlights
In the 21st Century, the most practical and fastest way to reach information is undoubtedly the usage of social media platforms with the blessings of the internet technology (Tektaş, 2014; Kirik, 2015)
Research Methodology The study was designed as an online questionnaire survey which was distributed among the private university (East West University) students of Bangladesh via email and social media platform (Facebook)
The study was conducted by the quantitative method using selfadministered questionnaire, descriptive analysis and the social media addiction of the University Students of Bangladesh were interpreted based on the result of the study and in the support of the studies that are previously executed
Summary
In the 21st Century, the most practical and fastest way to reach information is undoubtedly the usage of social media platforms with the blessings of the internet technology (Tektaş, 2014; Kirik, 2015). Social Media Platforms have massive advantages such as volunteering, aid, charity organizations, performing and sharing art works, discussing ideas and projects with experts who are not accessible in real life. Social media plays an important role in the students' learning actions in the area of sustainable education today. The effect of social media is becoming an important and motivating force for sustainable education. The world is a global village and technology usage has made it a smaller world through social media. There has recently been a debate on the adverse effects of the use of social media on people, especially young people and school groups worldwide
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