Title
Experience of Students with ‘Facebook’ Addiction
Authors
Anchal Sharma, Ankita Gharat, Priyadarshani Harijan
Introduction
Many students today are experiencing a problem that’s become quite common: Facebook addiction. This means they spend a lot of time on Facebook, sometimes so much that it affects their daily lives and studies. In this discussion, we’ll explore the experiences of students who struggle with this addiction and how it can impact their well-being and academic performance. Let’s learn about their experiences.
Objectives:
To understand the underlying phenomena of “Experience of students with Facebook addiction” .
Literature Review:
Studies conducted on Social Networking Sites (SNSs) addiction have to a large extent focused on Facebook as a prototypical example of SNS. Nonetheless, the evolution of SNSs has spawn conceptual and methodological controversies in terms of the operationalization of SNS addiction. In order to bring more clarity to this field the present study aimed to investigate the construct validity of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) in comparison to the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) among 1099 young subjects (146 Facebook-only users and 953 who had an account on Facebook and at least one additional SNS). Furthermore, the study aimed to investigate the unique contribution of SNS addiction to stress and general well-being above and beyond personality characteristic and Facebook addiction specifically. Participants completed a survey assessing SNS addiction, Facebook addiction, demography, Big Five personality traits, perceived stress, and general subjective well-being. Moreover, SNS addiction was positively associated with perceived stress and negatively associated with subjective well-being after controlling for Facebook addiction and other study variables. Theoretical and methodological implications of the findings are discussed.
2. Facebook use among Teenagers has become a very common phenomenon. Its use can resuly in Facebook addiction .To estimate the prevalence of problematic Facebook use among a sample of school-going adolescents.This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study carried out among 110 school-going adolescenthe at 2 state colleges in Sidi Bouzid. We used a pre-established self-questionnaire containing 2 parts: a part exploring the socio-demographic data of the adolescent and a psychometric part: Bergen Facebook addiction Scale.Study participants had a mean age of 14.4 years with extremes of 12 to 17 years. The sex ratio (M / F) (46/64) of the participants was 0.71.In our population, 13 students (11.8%) were smokers. Two students (1.8%) consumed alcohol. Cannabis use was noted in only one student.The majority of students (102), or 92.7%, had been online for more than a year.The daily Facebook connection time was more than 4 hours for 20.9%. Boredom was the number one reason for logging into Facebook for 82 students (74.5%) followed by curiosity for 45 students (40.9%). Fifteen students (13.6%) were addicted to Facebook (score> 10 on the Bergen Addiction Scale.
Data collection:
1. I spend excess time on Facebook
2. I feel anxiety while not using Facebook
3. my sleep-deprived due to Facebook addiction
4.I feel a day is incomplete without using Facebook
5. I delay my daily chores due to Facebook addiction
Data analysis:
After getting the responses on google form the mean ,SD,SE, were calculated ; Which are reflected in the below table . And Z value calculated with the hypothesised mean as 3.
Question Number Question 1 Question 2 Question 3
Question4 Question 5
Mean (X) 1.81 1.91 1.9 1.8 1.89
S.D 1.21 1.24 1.23 1.28 1.21
SE 0.96 0.98 0.98 1.02 0.96
Z -1.30 -1.14 -1.16 -1.15 -1.23
Result Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral
Conclusion:
1. Students are neutral towards spending time on Facebook.
2. Students are neutral towards delaying their chores due to Facebook addiction.
3. Students are neutral towards feeling anxious while not using Facebook.
4. Students are neutral towards depriving their sleep due to Facebook addiction.
5. Students are neutral towards feeling a is incomplete without using Facebook.
Reference:
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/is-meaningful-distinguish-between-facebook/docview/2639124110/se-2?accountid=28682
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/prevalence-facebook-addiction-teenage-population/docview/2708706318/se-2?accountid=28682