Open AccessTHE TREND OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA BY COLLEGE STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY AT SAMTSE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BHUTAN.
Author(s) -
Lekh Raj Ghalley
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2019.v04i02.007
Subject(s) - social media , mathematics education , college education , psychology , sociology , medical education , political science , demographic economics , medicine , economics , law
Social media usage by students has become so rampant in the recent years because of easy access to devices. It makes the communication and interaction with various people effective and easier all over the world. Therefore, this study was designed to provide information on the usage of social media by Samtse college students. The research survey was carried out at Samtse College of Education with Fifty undergraduate students taken randomly from the various disciplines. The findings from this study revealed that face book, twitters, MySpace, blogs, we chat, messengers, LinkedIn, you tube, window live, yahoo group, Google search, and flicker are the common sites prevailed among the students. The most popular sites of social media are googling and face book which are used by 100% of the college students. Google search, yahoo, email, We Chat and you tube are basically used for the academic purpose. Majority of the (88%) students in the college used smart phones to access social networking sites while, 68% used laptop, 48% iPod/iPad and 54% college computer. Above all, 54% of respondents strongly agreed that social media plays vital role in learning and exploring for college student.