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Addictive Facebook use among university students

The Facebook has become an essential part of almost every university students’ daily life, and while a large number of students seem to get benefits from use of the Facebook by exchanging information for educational goals, make friends, and other activities, the literature indicates that this social...

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Main Authors: Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab, Abu Samah, Bahaman, Omar, Siti Zobidah, Bolong, Jusang, Kamarudin, Nurul Akhtar
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Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36327/1/36327.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.363272017-10-20T09:30:56Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36327/ Addictive Facebook use among university students Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab Abu Samah, Bahaman Omar, Siti Zobidah Bolong, Jusang Kamarudin, Nurul Akhtar The Facebook has become an essential part of almost every university students’ daily life, and while a large number of students seem to get benefits from use of the Facebook by exchanging information for educational goals, make friends, and other activities, the literature indicates that this social networking site can become addictive to some university students’ users, which is one of the today’s higher education matters. The aim of this study, therefore, is to explore the phenomenon of Facebook addiction among university students. Qualitative study using interview is used to gather data from nine International postgraduates of Universiti Putra Malaysia and the data established three themes (Compulsion to check Facebook, High frequency use, and Using Facebook to avoid offline responsibility) relied on the participants interviews. The findings from these three themes showed that these users considered their Facebook dependency, are known as salience, tolerance, and conflict. These results also lead to the conclusion that like most activities, moderation and controlled use are key. So, the best approach to preparing students for life in a knowledge-based society is to help them exercise self-control and achieve a level of balance when using Facebook. It is believed that the findings of this study would help other Facebook researchers by contributing to the limited academic literature in this area. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36327/1/36327.pdf Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Omar, Siti Zobidah and Bolong, Jusang and Kamarudin, Nurul Akhtar (2014) Addictive Facebook use among university students. Asian Social Science, 10 (6). pp. 107-116. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/34670 10.5539/ass.v10n6p107
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description The Facebook has become an essential part of almost every university students’ daily life, and while a large number of students seem to get benefits from use of the Facebook by exchanging information for educational goals, make friends, and other activities, the literature indicates that this social networking site can become addictive to some university students’ users, which is one of the today’s higher education matters. The aim of this study, therefore, is to explore the phenomenon of Facebook addiction among university students. Qualitative study using interview is used to gather data from nine International postgraduates of Universiti Putra Malaysia and the data established three themes (Compulsion to check Facebook, High frequency use, and Using Facebook to avoid offline responsibility) relied on the participants interviews. The findings from these three themes showed that these users considered their Facebook dependency, are known as salience, tolerance, and conflict. These results also lead to the conclusion that like most activities, moderation and controlled use are key. So, the best approach to preparing students for life in a knowledge-based society is to help them exercise self-control and achieve a level of balance when using Facebook. It is believed that the findings of this study would help other Facebook researchers by contributing to the limited academic literature in this area.
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author Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
Kamarudin, Nurul Akhtar
spellingShingle Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
Kamarudin, Nurul Akhtar
Addictive Facebook use among university students
author_facet Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
Kamarudin, Nurul Akhtar
author_sort Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab
title Addictive Facebook use among university students
title_short Addictive Facebook use among university students
title_full Addictive Facebook use among university students
title_fullStr Addictive Facebook use among university students
title_full_unstemmed Addictive Facebook use among university students
title_sort addictive facebook use among university students
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36327/1/36327.pdf
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http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/34670
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