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Use And Impact Of Social Networking Sites On Reading Habits Of College Students, Manzoor Hussain, Syed Uzma Kubravi, Fayaz Ahmad Loan
Use And Impact Of Social Networking Sites On Reading Habits Of College Students, Manzoor Hussain, Syed Uzma Kubravi, Fayaz Ahmad Loan
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The main objective of the study was to investigate how social networking sites (SNS) have shaped the reading habits of the degree college students in the Srinagar district of Kashmir, J&K, (India). Data were collected with the aid of a well-designed and structured questionnaire using Google forms. The results reveal that students use social networking sites for both academic and non-academic purposes. It was revealed that the majority of the students in all disciplines used social networking sites for exchanging reading material, communicating with teachers and classmates, obtaining information, and reading newspapers and magazines. The majority of the students also …
Impact Of Social Networking Sites On School-Going Adolescent Boys In Kashmir, India, Aadil Bashir, Sarafaraz Ahmed, Unjum Bashir, Sumeer Gul, Fayaz Ahmad Loan
Impact Of Social Networking Sites On School-Going Adolescent Boys In Kashmir, India, Aadil Bashir, Sarafaraz Ahmed, Unjum Bashir, Sumeer Gul, Fayaz Ahmad Loan
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The adolescent age group is one of the most vulnerable periods of life span. It is the period that develops identity and integrity among individuals. The environmental influx to this group includes the SNS’s as one of the major components, having a direct impact on the transition of adolescents to adults. It is in this backdrop, the need is to critically study the impact of SNS’s on adolescent’s life and identifying the key consequences that are emerging out of either using or misusing of same. Ranging from initial exposure of SNS’s to disturbed social life a detailed assessment has been …