Social Media Addiction Among Senior High School Students in Mother of Mercy Academy

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

People use social networking as a means to stay connected in a relationship with other. According to (Walker,2011), social media addiction is a term used to describe a situation where a user spends too much time on social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, instagram) such that it negatively affects other aspects of his or her daily life like school, work or relationship with others. Addiction as described by the American Psychological Association refers to a compulsive behavior that leads to negative effects.

METHODS

The study employed the quantitative methodology of research under which a descriptive survey was used to investigate the phenomenon of social media addiction among students in Mother of Mercy Academy. Probability sampling was used for this study and under this method; the stratified sampling technique was used to divide students into strata after which the simple random sampling was used to select participants in the survey.

RESULTS

Many students participated in our survey in terms of answering the given questionnaire. One of the questions asked as part of the items which were used to Test for Addiction. The findings revealed that the most popular social media platform used by students in Mother of Mercy Academy is Facebook with almost all respondents subscribing to it and using it on a regular basis. The study confirmed the existence of addiction to social media among students is in shocking rate.

DISCUSSIONS

The results of this study demonstrate that the social media addiction is very alarming in Mother of Mercy Academy. In order to minimize this case, parents and school admin should take an action regarding the situation, and the school must strictly implement a Gadget Limitation Policy to discipline the student and lessen, if not eliminate, the addiction cases.