The Fact of Using Modern Social Media and Its Impact on the Investment of Leisure Time of University Youths

Abstract

The progress of societies is known in individuals’ conceive of the time value. What they are doing in order to control time reflects the cultural context of society. The time value can be organized and controlled to some extent. We can see it in how any society evaluate time through individuals’ activities and their ability to take advantage of it in general and in leisure time in particular. Youth face a big problem of spending their leisure time. Leisure time has multiple negative dimensions, and affects economic aspects. Hence, developed countries are seeking to fill the leisure time of the youth by providing jobs in holidays, developing technical and technological programs, preparing various activities and announcing them in the media. Our society faces a great cultural openness where social media raises many divisive issues and concepts about modern social media and its effect on taking advantage of leisure time of the youth. Modern social media is characterized by many features such as integration, participation, openness and the absence of borders. The great growth of modern social media imposes many challenges in terms of its negative or positive effect on taking advantage of leisure time for its users.