Authors – Sakshi Prabhu
Sneha Patel
Rutuja Nalawade
Introduction –
Social media has become an important part of daily life, especially among young people. Platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter help us communicate, share ideas, and stay connected. However, excessive use of social media can lead to a serious problem known as social media addiction. This addiction occurs when a person feels a strong need to constantly check social media, even when it affects their studies, work, relationships, or mental health. Social media addiction can cause stress, anxiety, lack of concentration, and reduced real-life interactions. Therefore, understanding social media addiction is important to create a healthy balance between online and offline life.
Objectives –
To understand the social media addiction
Literature Review –
Yap Jing Xuan and Muhammad Asyraf Che Amat (2020) The study concludes that social media addiction among young people is strongly linked to unmet real-life social needs and mental health issues such as stress, anxiety, and depression. It emphasizes that counselors and mental health professionals must be well-trained to identify social media addiction and apply appropriate interventions, such as cognitive behavioral strategies, to support young people effectively.
Giuseppe Schimmenti (2019) The paper concludes that excessive social media use negatively affects students’ mental health and academic performance. It highlights that social media addiction is associated with increased depression, anxiety, and reduced self-control. The study suggests that improving self-regulation skills and promoting healthy social media habits can help reduce addiction and its harmful consequences.
Data Collection –
To suggest effective ways to reduce social media addiction and promote healthy usage. The Following 5 questions are framed on Likert scale (5-point scale). A google form was framed with linear scale 1 to 5. Data was coded as 5 for strongly agree, 4 for agree, 3 for neutral, 2 for disagree and 1 for strongly disagree. 100 students of ITM were surveyed and data was downloaded as excel sheet. For each question mean, standard deviation, standard error and t statistics was calculated.
Data Analysis –
|
Particulars |
Q.1 |
Q.2 |
Q.3 |
Q.4 |
Q.5 |
|
Mean |
3.30 |
3.25 |
3.38 |
3.63 |
3.41 |
|
Standard Deviation |
1.28 |
1.18 |
1.10 |
1.18 |
0.99 |
|
Standard Error |
0.13 |
0.12 |
0.11 |
0.12 |
0.10 |
|
T- Stat |
2.34 |
2.13 |
3.46 |
5.35 |
4.16 |
|
Results |
Agree |
Agree |
Agree |
Agree |
Agree |
All the t stats values are more than 1.96 so people agree with all the statements.
Conclusion:
Students agree that they use social media as soon as they wake up.
Students agree they use social media during meals, classes, or work.
Students feel they lose focus on studies/work due to social media usage.
Students experience restless or anxious when they cannot use social media.
Students agree that they spend more time on social media than they intend too.
References:
Yap, J. X., & Che Amat, M. A. (2020). Social media addiction and young people
Schimmenti, G., Passanisi, A., Caretti, S., & La Barbera, V. (2019). Addiction to social media and attachment styles