A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF THE USAGE PATTERN OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES BY ADOLESCENT STUDENTS

Abstract

Social Networking Site is a platform to build social networks or social relations among people who share interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections. Adolescents use Social Networking Sites for different reasons. They use them for entertainment and sharing other social and political issues. This paper focuses basically on the major activities they perform by using Social Networking Sites. The present study is made on 400 adolescent students of Meerut City where 211 respondents are male and 189 female. Questionnaire method is used to collect the primary data and secondary data is collected from the studies which are conducted earlier in this field. The Social Sites considered for the study were Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter and Instagram, The data is analysed using SPSS software and Chi-test is used to find the association among categories regarding usage pattern while using Social Networking Sites.