“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE ON LEARNING, SOCIAL INTERACTION AND SLEEP DURATION ON STUDENT’S LIFE IN SELECTED COLLEGES OF NADIAD CITY.”

Abstract

discussions among its participant.” Social networking sites have changed how we engage with each other in person, how we obtain information, and how our social networks and friendships operate.⁽¹⁾ Additionally, the amount of time students spends daily utilizing social networks decreases the quality of their sleep and increases depression as well as impact on learning ability and social interaction using of social media impact on college students both : positively & negatively in learning, social interaction and sleep duration^.(2)

AIMS: The essence of this research work is to primarily study the influence of social media on the learning ability, sleeping pattern and social interaction of students.

METHODOLOGY: A Quantitative research study was conducted. 100 college students from 1^st and 2^nd year were chosen for the study. A standardized questionnaire was used to examine their sociodemographic profile, structured 4-point Likert Scale to assess the impact of social media on learning, Social Interaction and Sleep duration. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.

RESULT: In this study total 100 students are participated the result revealed than 48(48%) students have moderate impact of social media on learning, 50(50%) students have moderate impact of social media on social interaction, 55(55%) students have moderate impact of social media on sleep duration.

CONCLUSION: The purpose of present study is to a Descriptive study to assess the effect of social media on learning, social interaction and sleep duration among students in selected colleges of Nadiad city. Based on the findings, social media occupies the most important part of the student’s life. It consumes most of their productive hours and results in anxiety, depression, loneliness, attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder and addiction. The students who addicted by dopamine spend excess time on social media sleeps only fewer hours in the night time. This makes them become stressed and sleepy in their daily classes which makes in the reduction of the concentration level of students. This study also reveals that student who do not have proper sleeping habit tend to be less interactive to lecture that result in poor academic performance