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- Title
Dynamics of WhatsApp Usage by University Students.
- Authors
Ramzan, Muhammad; Ahmad, Dilawaiz; Asif, Muhammad
- Abstract
Social media have entered into our life and have become pervasive. Youth, especially grown up students have a craze to adopt and use new technologies, including the social media. WhatsApp have become popular text messaging technology and it has its own benefits and adversaries. This study investigated, patterns, frequency and purposes of usage of WhatsApp among university students of Lahore. Data was collected through quota sampling from 204 students of two public and two private universities of Lahore. It was found that a large majority of participants were regular and continues users of WhatsApp. Majority of the participating students have become addictive of WhatsApp use. Findings of the research are of high significance for teachers, parents, students and society at large to analyze the purpose, extent and both positive and negative consequences of using WhatsApp by our university students.
- Subjects
COLLEGE students; WHATSAPP Inc.; INSTANT messaging; INTERNET users; SOCIAL media; ACQUISITION of data
- Publication
Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 2019, Vol 50, Issue 2, p2
- ISSN
1994-3059
- Publication type
Article