Social Media Habits of Youth in Pakistan and the Role in Developing Social Capital

Autor: Malik Adnan, Rao Shahid Mahmood Khan, Muhammad Bilal Nawaz
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Global Social Sciences Review. :272-280
ISSN: 2616-793X
2520-0348
DOI: 10.31703/gssr.2021(vi-i).27
Popis: The core objective of the study was trifold in nature (i) to investigate the social media habits among youth. (ii) To analyze the magnitude and direction of relationship among communicative use, friending, self-disclosure, bonding and bridging social capital among youth. (iii) To investigate the magnitude regarding the impact of communicative use, this includes the phenomenon of bonding, friending, bridging social capital and selfdisclosure among youth. A cross-sectional research design was followed, and n=384 students were selected from 6 renowned public universities of Punjab, Pakistan. Data was collected through a questionnaire comprised of socioeconomic status, media habits, friending, and self-disclosure, bridging and bonding capital items. Acquired responses were analyzed through SPSS-21, and hypothesis was tested through Pearson Correlation coefficient p
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