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THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND EFFECT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS

11 Pages : 117-126

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-III).11      10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-III).11      Published : Sep 2024

The Use of Social Media and Effect on the Mental Health of Students

    Today Mostly students using social networking sites for interaction with one another have significantly increased. Due to this their daily routine of life has been changed. The use and gratification hypothesis looks at how social media use affects university students' sleep patterns as well as how it increases their anxiety and unhappiness. Social media users make and share content for a brief period of time, adding content that enables them to project the perfect image that has a significant impact on their mental health and life satisfaction.

    Social Media, Students, Mental Health, Depression, Satisfaction, Sleeping Disorder
    (1) Muhammad Iftikhar
    Research Scholar, Department of Mass Communication, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ashraf Iqbal
    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Qaisar Shehzad
    Ph.D, Centre for Media and Communication Studies, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.

Cite this article

    CHICAGO : Iftikhar, Muhammad, Ashraf Iqbal, and Qaisar Shehzad. 2024. "The Use of Social Media and Effect on the Mental Health of Students." Global Sociological Review, IX (III): 117-126 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-III).11
    HARVARD : IFTIKHAR, M., IQBAL, A. & SHEHZAD, Q. 2024. The Use of Social Media and Effect on the Mental Health of Students. Global Sociological Review, IX, 117-126.
    MHRA : Iftikhar, Muhammad, Ashraf Iqbal, and Qaisar Shehzad. 2024. "The Use of Social Media and Effect on the Mental Health of Students." Global Sociological Review, IX: 117-126
    MLA : Iftikhar, Muhammad, Ashraf Iqbal, and Qaisar Shehzad. "The Use of Social Media and Effect on the Mental Health of Students." Global Sociological Review, IX.III (2024): 117-126 Print.
    OXFORD : Iftikhar, Muhammad, Iqbal, Ashraf, and Shehzad, Qaisar (2024), "The Use of Social Media and Effect on the Mental Health of Students", Global Sociological Review, IX (III), 117-126
    TURABIAN : Iftikhar, Muhammad, Ashraf Iqbal, and Qaisar Shehzad. "The Use of Social Media and Effect on the Mental Health of Students." Global Sociological Review IX, no. III (2024): 117-126. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-III).11