doi: 10.7763/IJIET.2016.V6.733
Facebook Addiction among Malaysian Students
Hosein Jafarkarimi1,2
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- 1Univeristi Teknologi Malaysia
- 2Department of Computer, Damavand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Damavand, Iran
- 3Department of Information Systems, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.
- 4Department of Computer and Information Technology, Parand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Parand, Iran.
- 5Department of Educational Foundation and Social Science, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.
Abstract
In recent years, Social Networking Sites (SNSs) have become a major communication vehicle in all societies. Facebook has become the most popular social networking site with more than 2.2 billion users. The pleasure that Facebook has brought has led to some addictive behavior among its users. This study employed the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale to investigate Facebook addiction among students. In this study, we selected a sample of 441 students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia as respondents. Results show that 47% of the participants were addicted to Facebook. This ratio is almost the same among postgraduate and undergraduate students, and interestingly, among Malaysian and non-Malaysian. Much speculated factors such as religion, level of income, ego strength and locus of control do not show significant influence on the risk of Facebook addiction. Lastly, the results suggest that as people spend more time on Facebook, there is a greater chance of addiction.
Keywords
- Facebook addiction
- social networking sites
- students
How to Cite
Hosein Jafarkarimi, Alex Tze Hiang Sim, Robab Saadatdoost, and Jee Mei Hee, "Facebook Addiction among Malaysian Students," International Journal of Information and Education Technology, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 465-469, 2016. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJIET.2016.V6.733
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Copyright © 2016 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).