Utilization Pattern of Social Media for Education Among Veterinary Science Post-Graduate Students

Abstract

Social media proved decisive in keeping the people connected to one another, especially the academic community during the COVID-19 pandemic period across the world. The present study was conducted in Kerala by selecting two Veterinary Colleges i.e., Veterinary College, Thrissur and Wayanad respectively. Among the two colleges selected 120 Veterinary Post-graduate students were selected randomly. The result of the study indicate that majority of students had medium level of utilization pattern of social media (75.83%) for education. Youtube were the most frequently used social media site (MPS=86.29).Time on social media was 1–2 hrs per day. Preferred time for usage were, after college hours at 6.00pm to 9.00pm (MPS=63.79) for sharing and retrieving of Lectures, PPT, Notes, other Institutional materials related to field of study. Also Smart phones are preferable devices to access (MPS=91.84),data pack were the major mode of access (MPS=89.60). Hostels were the preferable place for accessing social media (MPS=77.97). PDF holds first in files for downloading from internet/Social media.