Abstract
The rising trend on the utilization of Social Network Sites (SNS) has become in a such popular, drastic way to the extent that it has almost inevitable for one to actually ignore to not own at least one accounts from those sites. Such uses shall result in the excessive fashion that would inhibit unintended, unhealthy consequences. The study examines on how the SNS would affect by the personality characteristic, health concern and social environment from the standpoint of students that would be the primary respondent along the study process since they are essentially one of the later generation that shall depend on the usage of SNS in the very daily routine. A stratified sampling technique had been used by taking a sample of 148 students of undergraduate degree from UiTM Cawangan Kedah has been selected in the study. In analyzing the findings, researchers used descriptive statistics and Pearson Correlation by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The personality, health concern and social environment factors of the students toward SNS were examined. The results indicate that there is negative relationship between personality characteristics, health concern and social environment towards SNS addiction. This study recommended that the researchers should more focusing on wider scope which are study on others campus or IPTA, use more methods
and use more independent variables to improve and get better results.
Metadata
Item Type: | Student Project |
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Creators: | Creators Email / ID Num. Azli, Mohamad Hisham 2014903833 Iberahim, Muhammad Iqram 2014723633 |
Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Educational psychology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Performance. Competence. Academic achievement |
Divisions: | Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah > Sg Petani Campus > Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies |
Programme: | Bachelor of Administrative Science (Honours) |
Keywords: | Social Network Sites (SNS); personality characteristic; UiTM Cawangan Kedah |
Date: | January 2017 |
URI: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/41715 |
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