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DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2018.091179
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Social Networking Sites Habits and Addiction Among Adolescents in Klang Valley

Author 1: Yazriwati Yahya
Author 2: Nor Zairah Ab. Rahim
Author 3: Roslina Ibrahim
Author 4: Nurazean Maarop
Author 5: Haslina Md Sarkan
Author 6: Suriayati Chuprat

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), Volume 9 Issue 11, 2018.

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Abstract: Social networking sites (SNS) is a very popular application in today’s world society. SNS, to certain extent has change the way people communicate with each other. This kind of technology has become a trend among the users regardless the impact of the technology to the users either positive or negative. The level of SNS usage among the adolescents has started to raise concern among the parents and also the society. SNS addictions are becoming problematic in certain countries especially in United States and lately this issue has started to spread all over the world. Malaysia is also one of the country affected with SNS addiction. SNS addiction is not an isolated phenomenon as it is started from high engagement on the SNS usage and it originates from habitual behavior. Therefore, it is important to seek and understand habit and addiction of SNS among adolescents in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to analyze and explore the usage of SNS among the adolescents in Malaysia, specifically in Klang Valley. It examines the SNS usage behavioral, which is habit and addiction. The data was collected from a sample of 60 respondents using an online survey. The data were analyzed using SPSS for descriptive analysis. From the analysis, it was found that most of the adolescents used SNS in daily basis and majority of them use it for more than two hours per day. Patterns on habits and addiction on the SNS usage shows that some adolescents experienced certain habit and addiction behavior.

Keywords: Social networking sites; habit behavior; addiction behavior; SNS usage

Yazriwati Yahya, Nor Zairah Ab. Rahim, Roslina Ibrahim, Nurazean Maarop, Haslina Md Sarkan and Suriayati Chuprat, “Social Networking Sites Habits and Addiction Among Adolescents in Klang Valley” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 9(11), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2018.091179

@article{Yahya2018,
title = {Social Networking Sites Habits and Addiction Among Adolescents in Klang Valley},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2018.091179},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2018.091179},
year = {2018},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {9},
number = {11},
author = {Yazriwati Yahya and Nor Zairah Ab. Rahim and Roslina Ibrahim and Nurazean Maarop and Haslina Md Sarkan and Suriayati Chuprat}
}



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