Abstract
Social networking sites (SNS) is a very popular application in today’s world society. SNS, to certain extent has change the way people communicate with each other. This kind of technology has become a trend among the users regardless the impact of the technology to the users either positive or negative. The level of SNS usage among the adolescents has started to raise concern among the parents and also the society. SNS addictions are becoming problematic in certain countries especially in United States and lately this issue has started to spread all over the world. Malaysia is also one of the country affected with SNS addiction. SNS addiction is not an isolated phenomenon as it is started from high engagement on the SNS usage and it originates from habitual behavior. Therefore, it is important to seek and understand habit and addiction of SNS among adolescents in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to analyze and explore the usage of SNS among the adolescents in Malaysia, specifically in Klang Valley. It examines the SNS usage behavioral, which is habit and addiction. The data was collected from a sample of 60 respondents using an online survey. The data were analyzed using SPSS for descriptive analysis. From the analysis, it was found that most of the adolescents used SNS in daily basis and majority of them use it for more than two hours per day. Patterns on habits and addiction on the SNS usage shows that some adolescents experienced certain habit and addiction behavior.
Highlights
The Internet World Statistics [1] demonstrates that Malaysia is among the 10 Asia Top Internet Countries with more than 20 million Internet users
A several demographic questions were used in the preliminary online survey and 60 feedbacks were recorded
90% of the respondents used the Social networking sites (SNS) more than 4 years as displayed in the table and they accessed and viewed the SNS more on daily basis (Table II), which means that they apparently are quite familiar in using the SNS platform
Summary
The Internet World Statistics [1] demonstrates that Malaysia is among the 10 Asia Top Internet Countries with more than 20 million Internet users. As indicated by Malaysian Communications Multimedia Commission (MCMC), the Internet Addiction (IA) and digital security issue are influencing youths in urban territories, as well as understudies in rustic zones, in schools where free portable workstations and Internet access are given. Other than influencing their psychological well-being, the Internet fixation has transformed the physical activity exercises into virtual activity among the youngsters. In Digital SouthEast Asia 2017 [3] report, the total number of active users of social media in Malaysia has reached 22 million. According to a local newspaper, Sunday Star in its report on Oct 8, 2017, this percentage went up to 67% for children aged between 10 and 12
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