Navied U, Rashid N, Sultan Q.
Implication Of Facebook Usage On Social Behavior Of Teenagers In Public And Private Institutes Of Lahore.
Biomedica Jan ;33(1):14-9.

Background and Objectives: Face book has become the ideal mode of socialising and keeping up to date with ones social circle. With its rising popularity, trends in social behaviour have started to change. The objectives of this study were to study the impact of social networking sites on social behavior interactions and disruptive behaviour and also to see the consequences of maintaining the privacy settings and influence of bullying on social networking sites in teenagers of Lahore. Methods: A sample of 384 persons was collected. They were teenagers from 13-19 years of age, through a questionnaire online. 48.4% of participants were from private institutes and 51.6% were from public institutes. Results: It was observed in our study that most of the individuals do not care about privacy while using Face book. In our study 51.9% of total participants disagreed, while 44.8% did not show any opinion and the remaining 3.4% of total participants set their privacy settings. Lack of privacy settings may predispose individuals to bullying and blackmailing. It was observed in the study that 213 (55.5%) participants stay in touch with their previous colleagues and friends through Face book. Conclusion: Our research highlighted that 85.4% of total participants from public institutes were of the opinion that Face book never affected their time spent with their family. This research suggested that Face book is a useful and informative communicative tool as long as its usage is controlled. The concurrent research should be used as a platform to carry out further researches on the various effects of Face book especially in Pakistan.

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