INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES (IJMS)
SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON RURAL ADOLESCENTS
E-ISSN: 3349-4132
P-ISSN: 3349-5939
DOI: https://iigdpublishers.com/article/79
Today, social media is an inseparable part of individual‟s life. It is capable of transforming behavior, beliefs, skills, social insects and other things. Social media offers new skills and ways to participate in the world. This paper explores the psychological effects of social media on rural adolescents in Sri Muktsar Sahib and Mansa District of Punjab. The total sample size comprised of 120 respondents from all the eight villages were selected randomly. This paper shows that more than half (52.5%) of the respondents demanded expensive phones, tablets from their parents to playing video games. Most of the respondents (49.16%) used social media when nobody around them, ninety five percent of the respondents were used smart phone, Teenagers mostly use social media for entertainment.
