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Use of Social Networking Sites among Engineering students at Sri Vidya College of Engineering & Technology, Virudhunagar: an Awareness Study

P Gowri, P Padma
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu & India

Abstract: Social media have become increasingly popular among different user groups. The purpose of this study was to examine social media usage among engineering students and how it affects their communication with others. Now a dayÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s social media occupied a major role in the daily life of a common man. With the advents of the social media many people are capture the information very easily. This study attempts to trace out the awareness and use of various social networking sites by the engineering students of sri vidya engineering college. A survey was conducted and for that a structured questionnaire was designed and distributed to 100 participants, out of that 96 respondents responded to the questionnaire. The Data Analysis done MS-Excel and the follow-up interpretation revealed that; 86.45% of the students aware of the face book. Face book is used by the maximum number of the respondents. Most of the respondents 64.58% to access the social networking site at home. 46.87% used by positive effect of their academic performance.

Keywords: Social Networking Sites, Communication Networks, Facebook Use of Social Networking Sites among Engineering students at Sri Vidya College of Engineering & Technology, Virudhunagar: an Awareness Study

DOI:https://doi.org/10.6025/jdp/2020/10/3/83-92

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