The document discusses a study conducted on social media addiction among Pre-University college students in Bengaluru, India. It found that social media addiction is an emerging health problem, especially among adolescents who have greater access to smartphones at a younger age. A survey was conducted of 1870 students using a semi-structured questionnaire to assess social media usage patterns and associated physical and mental health issues. Students were classified based on their scores as normal, mildly addicted, moderately addicted or severely addicted. The study found no significant difference in addiction rates between government and private college students, contrary to the assumption that private college students would be more prone to addiction.
The document discusses a study conducted on social media addiction among Pre-University college students in Bengaluru, India. It found that social media addiction is an emerging health problem, especially among adolescents who have greater access to smartphones at a younger age. A survey was conducted of 1870 students using a semi-structured questionnaire to assess social media usage patterns and associated physical and mental health issues. Students were classified based on their scores as normal, mildly addicted, moderately addicted or severely addicted. The study found no significant difference in addiction rates between government and private college students, contrary to the assumption that private college students would be more prone to addiction.
The document discusses a study conducted on social media addiction among Pre-University college students in Bengaluru, India. It found that social media addiction is an emerging health problem, especially among adolescents who have greater access to smartphones at a younger age. A survey was conducted of 1870 students using a semi-structured questionnaire to assess social media usage patterns and associated physical and mental health issues. Students were classified based on their scores as normal, mildly addicted, moderately addicted or severely addicted. The study found no significant difference in addiction rates between government and private college students, contrary to the assumption that private college students would be more prone to addiction.
The document discusses a study conducted on social media addiction among Pre-University college students in Bengaluru, India. It found that social media addiction is an emerging health problem, especially among adolescents who have greater access to smartphones at a younger age. A survey was conducted of 1870 students using a semi-structured questionnaire to assess social media usage patterns and associated physical and mental health issues. Students were classified based on their scores as normal, mildly addicted, moderately addicted or severely addicted. The study found no significant difference in addiction rates between government and private college students, contrary to the assumption that private college students would be more prone to addiction.
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follow : Social media addiction is an emerging health problem in India, especially among the young population. Nowadays, irrespective of their socioeconomic background, adolescents have greater exposure to electronic gadgets like smartphones at a much younger age. The introduction of internet and the launch of low cost data packages in 2016/2017 has put India on a global map for large scale consumption of mobile data with active social media users going up to 197 million (14% of population). For adolescents, phone based communication is an important way to maintain their social relationships. The use of social media websites thn is one of the most common activities that has become integral part of their day to day lives. Hence, making them more prone to social media overuse or addiction which may have deleterious effect on physical and psychological health. Hence, it became important to study the pattern of social media usage and associated physical and mental health issues among Pre University college students as they are the vulnerable group. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Government and Private PU colleges situated in urban Bengaluru city Karnataka ,India, during July to December 2016.The objectives of the study were to assess and compare the prevalence of social media addiction in different organizations, to assess the health problems related to social media usage, and to assess the various factors associated with social media addiction. A total of 1870 study participants were recruited from both Government and Private PU colleges. Each participant was administered a pretest and a semi-structured questionnaire as the study tool. They were asked to answer about non- academic usage of social media. Scale comprised 10 questions, each given a score ranging from 0-4(0-never, 1-seldom,2- occasionally, 3-often, 4-always), with a minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 40.Participants were classified based on scores as :Normal(<12),mild addiction (13-20), moderate addiction (21-32) and severe addiction (>_33). Distribution of study subjects According to Grading of Social Media Addiction *
Figures of parenthesis indicate percentages
There was no difference in the prevalence of Social media addiction between Government and Private PU colleges study subjects contrary to the assumption that Private college subjects will be more prone to social media addiction due to higher social status and purchasing capacity. On the basis of the understanding, answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate answer : (i) What are the probable reasons for the increasing rate of Social Media Addiction? a) Increasing social media apps b) low rate data package availability c) Decreasing price range of gadgets (ii) What do people generally assume regarding social media? a) Social media has more advantages than disadvantages b) Students of private school are more addicted to social media c) none of the above (iii) Why were the Pre University College students selected for the survey. a) They are more vulnerable b) They are more addictive to social media c) both a & b (iv) Based on the table given in the passage, choose the option that correctly states the depiction of distribution of study subjects.
(v) The objectives of study conducted are a) to assess the health problems related to social media usage b) to assess the various factors associated with social media addiction c) All of the above (vi) What make social media addiction an important topic of study today? a) Increasing physical and psychological problems b) increasing juvenial crimes c) Increasing cyber crimes (vii) The students were classified into 4 categories based on their............ a) habits b) scores c) netiquettes (viii) The score of the students who were found to be normal was........ a) Less than or equal to 12 b) Less than or equal to 15 c) Between 12 -15 (ix) The study tool used in survey comprised of...... a) yes-no questions b) a scale based questionnaire c) some physical and IQ based tests. (x) Which of the following statements can be concluded from the given data? a) There are students who are not addicted to social media . b) Private schools have relatively higher rate of addiction. c) More than 70% of students are only mildly addicted to social media.