Engagement With Social Networking Sites (Sns) And Its Relation To Study Habit Among Undergraduate College Students In Kolkata

Abstract

In the age of advancement, the world is impacted in several ways by Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The study aims to assess the engagement with SNS and the study habit among the students, compare both in terms of gender and subject stream and finally correlate engagement with SNS and the study habit. The study has adopted survey based quantitative method of research and two standardized tools have been employed on undergraduate college students in Kolkata. The results showed no significant difference in the mean scores of engagement with SNS irrespective of gender and subject-stream. With respect to gender, no significant difference is found out in study habit. But the students under humanities group performed better than the students under science group with respect to their study habit. No significant interaction effect is found between gender and subject-stream upon the Engagement with SNS and study habit among the students. A moderate negative correlation is found between Engagement with SNS and study habit among the students.