FACEBOOK and its impact on youth Submitted To: CT Institute of Management and IT Studies, Jalandhar.

In partial fulfilment of the Post Graduation In Management Project Guide: Miss. Shivani Gagneja (Lecturer in Management) submitted by: Amanjot kaur Ajay kumar Jaspreet kaur Mohit sareen

(Session 2011- 2013) CT Institute of Management and IT Studies Jalandhar STUDENT DECLARATION We are (Amanjot kaur, Ajay kumar , Jaspreet kaur , Mohit sareen) student of MBA-2ndyear, had made a project report on the topic*(Facebook and its impact on youth)* and we hereby declare that this is our original work and has not submitted earlier in this or any other university.

CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY

This is to certify that,( Amanjot kaur, Ajay kumar, Jaspreet kaur, Mohit sareen ) student of MBA 2nd semester.

RollNo.. respectively, has undertaken research work and my on its the impact topic on and

FACEBOOK youth under

supervision

guidance. During this course they both are found to be sincere and hard working. To the best of my knowledge, the work is original and has not been presented anywhere else.

Date: Miss Shivani Gagneja (Assistant Prof.) M ANAGEMENT DEPT INSTITUTE OF MGT & IT CT

J alandhar

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We feel immense pleasure to give the credit of our project work not only to one individual as this work is integrated effort of all those who concerned with it. We want to owe our thanks to all those individuals who guided me to move on the track. This report entitled* The preference of the people towards Media* is the outcome of our research to know about the views of people who like to listen media.

Last but not least, we would thank all my friends, faculty members and all respondents who rendered their precious time for contributing their skills and to fill the questionnaire, which made my project more appealing and attractive.

Ajay kumar

Amanjot kaur

Mohit sareen

Jaspreet kaur INDEX

SR. NO. PARTICULARS

1.1 1.2 2.1 3.1 3.2 4.1 5.1 5.2 6.1 7.1

INTRODUCTION TO STUDY Introduction to topic Impact of facebook on teenagers OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY Objectives of the Study RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Research Methodology Sample Description DATA ANALYSIS AND ITS INTERPRETATION Data Analysis and Its Interpretation FINDINGS AND SUGGESTIONS Findings of the Study Suggestions LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY Limitations of the Study CONCLUSION Conclusion BIBLIOGRAPHY Bibliography ANNEXURE Questionnaire

ABOUT THE PROJECT TOPIC

Facebook is a social site which started working on February 4, 2004 by its young

producer Mark Zuckerberg. He designed Facebook in his room at US Harvard University and started it as a social website for Harvard students. But very soon his site was taken into consideration outside the university and it became so popular that by the end of the second week of its operation, over half of Harvard students registered in Facebook and used it as a way of contacting with each other; and in a short period, millions of people became Facebook members and founded a broad and influential network. Although this social network paves the way for finding new friends or communicating with old friends, it is a site for exchanging views and ideas among the youths. The capability that a youth can communicate with other youths in different countries has turned the social networks including Facebook into a site for introducing and discussing new ideas. Actually with the spread of social networks, relations have become closer and wider than the past to the extent that the social sites have turned into an inseparable part of our life and its positive and negative impacts affect our life. Some experts believe that with the help of these sites, relations have entered a new phase and people can become aware of each other better and more quickly. But on the

other hand, some other experts are of the opinion that the social sites, especially Facebook have created many problems. .

1.2 Effects of Facebook on Teenagers

Most of the teenagers dont realize the negative impact of Facebook on their life. And, the main reason is because they are already addicted to it. And, this addiction can lead to several negative developments. You will find 7 negative effects of this social networking site that should encourage you to start avoiding it. The first negative effect of Facebook is that a teenage user starts losing interest in his or her surroundings. You would be addicted to

Facebook and the only thing you would be concerned about will be your own world, which is inside Facebook. The second negative effect is that your realworld social interaction will start diminishing. There is no doubt that you are going to have hundreds of friends on Facebook, but with how many of them would you be interacting out in the real world. As a human being, you are a social creature and you naturally require real-world social interaction. When you are going to spend maximum of your time on the Internet, you are going to decrease your communication and social skills. Another negative impact will be on your health. There is a very high chance that excessive use of Facebook leads to the users becoming obese. You would be sitting most of the time in front of the computer, eating snacks and without any physical activities. And, over a period of time you are going to accumulate all the extra pounds. Facebook is also going to minimize your study time. Rather than spending your time on Facebook, you would better start browsing some educational sites that relate to your school course. For Facebook users, family doesnt come first, but Facebook does. For them their online

friends are more important than their family members. The sixth negative effect of Facebook is that your personal data becomes public on this social site, threatening your privacy. This is not reasonable, unless you want to be contacted by hundreds of people that dont know you. The seventh negative effect of Facebook is that it increases the chances of online conflict. Facebook is populated with immature individuals who create bizarre statuses, upload awkward images and carry out absurd actions. And, this can lead to conflicts between people.

.Objectives

of the study

To know importance of Facebook in youths life. To know the addiction level of youth.

To study the impact of Facebook on the emotional level of an individual.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Definition: Research methodology is a careful investigation or inquiry in a systematic manner and finding solution to the problem in a research. It includes of defining and redefining problems formulating hypothesis or researching conclusions to determine whether they fit the formulating hypothesis. Research design: Research design is an arrangement of conditions for collection and analysis of data in a manner that aims to combine relevance to the research purpose with economy in procedure. The research problem have been formulated in clearcut terms, helps the researcher to prepare a research design. The

preparation of such a design facilitates in conducting research in an efficient manner. The function of research design is the collection of relevant evidence with minimal expenditure of efforts, time and money.

Followed research design: In this Descriptive Research method will be adopt

Data Collection: The objectives of the project are such that both primary and secondary data is required to achieve them. So both primary and secondary data was used for the project. The mode of collecting

Primary data is questionnaire mode and sources of secondary data are various magazines, websites etc. (a) Primary Data Collection: The primary data was collected by means of questionnaire and analysis was done on the basis of response received such a from manner the customers. the The questionnaire has been designed in that customer satisfaction and awareness level can be measured and consumer can enter his responses easily. (b) Secondary Data Collection: The Secondary data refer to those data which are gathered for some other purpose and are already available in the internal records and commercial, trade, books, newspapers, &

or

government the by

publications. through

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project, collected web sites.

Secondary going

data

various

newspapers, magazines, journals and

Universe: The survey was conducted in the area of Jalandhar city. Sample size: The sample size of 100 was taken. Sampling Tool: The survey was conducted through Simple random sampling and Mixed type.

(The questionnaire is structured with combinations of various close and open

ended questions. Close ended questions already have the possible answers and the open-ended questions allow the respondents to answer in their own .)

DATA INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS

Data interpretation and analysis is

basically deals with the data which is collected for the research purpose is here evaluated and then the data which is relevant is to be used for the research purpose and finally is should be used for

the data interpretation with help of various diagrams and tables which is being used for the properly defining the data which is collected from the various respondents accordingly.

PERSONAL DETAIL (1) Age of Respondents Age (Rs) No. of % of Responden Responden ts ts

10yrs 15 yrs 15 yrs 20 yrs 20yrs -25yrs al Tot 0 0

2 8 9 % %

2 8 3

10 0%

INTERPRETATION: As per the sample &collected data after representing it in tabular & graph form we get that most of the respondents are from 20 25 age.

(2) Gender of Respondents Ge nder le male al Tot 0 No. of % of Responden Responden ts ts Ma 5 5 0 0% Fe 50 10 0% 5

INTERPRETATION: -

As per the sample &collected data after representing it in tabular & graphic form, we get that the respondents male and Female are equal.

(3) Occupation of Respondent Occupatio No. of % of n of Respondent Respondent Respondent s s s Busines 4 7% s man 8 17 Servic % es 88 61 Stude 0 % nts 100 0 House % wives Total

INTERPRETATION: As per the sample &collected data after representing it in tabular & graphic form, we get that most of the respondents are students.

Data Analysis and Interpretation

1. Do you have facebook account ? S.no A Options YES No. of Respondents 96 %age 96%

NO

4%

Interpretation: According to 100 respondents 96 % of them having facebook accounts and rest 4% them were not using facebook.

2. Why do you join facebook ? S.No. Options No. of Respondents %age

A B C D

To pass time

12

12% 17% 5% 12%

Chatting and 17 dating for getting knowledge for sharing views and ideas to remain in touch with friends 5 12

50

50%

19% 40% 13% 28%

A B C D

Interpretation :It is cleared from above analysis that maximum respondents are joined facebook to remain in touch with their friends .

(3) How long you have been a facebook user? No. of % of Respondent Respondent s s 0-6 months 6 6% 6-1 year 1-2 year 2-4year 4-year &above 14 32 32 12 14% 32% 32% 12% Particulars

INTERPRETATION:As per the sample &collected data after representing it in tabular & graphic form we get that most of the respondents are using facebook since from last 1 to 4 years. (4) Who inspired you to join facebook ? Par No. of % of ticulars Respond Responde ents nts Family 9 9 % Friends 68 6 Relativ 6 8% es 13 6 Out of % curiosit y 1 3%

INTERPRETATION: The above analysis states that most of the respondents are inspired from their friends for joining facebook.. (5) Do you have facebook activated on your cell phone ? Partic ulars YES NO No. of % of Responden Responden ts ts 67 67% 29 29%

INTERPRETATION: As per the sample &collected data after representing it in tabular & graphic form, we get that most of respondent activated Facebook services on its respective cell phones.

(6) How much time you spend on facebook per day ? Partic ulars No. of % of Responden Responden ts ts

less than 1 hour 13 hour 4 7 hour more than 7 hour

28 47 14 7 8

2 4 7 14 7

INTERPRETATION:As per the sample &collected data after representing it in tabular & graphic form, we get that most of the

respondents spends 1 to 3 hours daily on facebook. (7) How many friends do you have in your facebook account? Particulars 0-30 30-60 60-90 90-120 120-150 150 and above No. of % of Respondent Responden s ts 7 7 % 12 1 12 2% 19 15 31 2% 9% 5% 1% 3 1 1 1

INTERPRETATION: The above analysis states that most of the respondents having more than 150 friends added in their facebook accounts. (8) Do you surf facebook in your exam days also? Particulars For short period As per normal routine NO No. of % of Respondent Respondent s s 49 49% 25 13 25% 13%

INTERPRETATION:As per the sample &collected data after representing it in tabular & graphic form, we get that most of the respondents say that they use facebook for a short period in their exam days . 9) According to you, what phase of age is appropriate for a person to create a facebook account? Partic ulars No. of % of Respondent Respondent s s

Adoles ence Teena ge Adult

8 59 29

8% 59% 29%

INTERPRETATION: From the above analysis, we get that most of the respondents thought teenage is the appropriate phase of age to make a facebook account.

Q10 Do you think facebook is secured source for sharing your personal information? Parti culars Yes Some extend NO No. of % of Respondent Respondent s s 14 52 30 14% 52% 30

INTERPRETATION: -

As per the sample &collected data after form, we get that most of the respondents thought facebook is not fully secured for exchanging their personal information but up to some extend it would be favourable. 11. How do you feel when you are not able to use facebook? Partic ulars Frustra ted l d Norma Relieve No. of % of Respondent Respondent s s 27 61 8 27% 61% 29%

Interpretation : It is cleared from above analysis that most of the respondent feels normal even when they not able to use facebook.

12. How will you priorities facebook in your life ? Partic ulars No. of % of Respondent Respondent

s Import 33 19 24

s 33% 19% 24%

ant

Very important Least important

Interpretation: The above analysis states that facebook become an important part of life of maximum respondents.

Finding s

FINDINGS OF THE STUDY

Majority of the respondents having their facebook accounts. It is found from the analysis that most of the respondents join facebook to remain in touch with their friends. Most of the respondents are using facebook since from last so many years and now it becomes an important part of their life . In the survey it is evident that most of the respondents are inspired from their friends for joining facebook. Most of respondent activated Facebook services on its respective cell phones. Most of respondents spends their lot of time daily and also having more than 150 friends added in their facebook accounts, that shows they are interested in communicated more and more people. Maximum students admitted that they use facebook for a short period

in their exam days ,that shows the adverse effect of facebook on their education. Majority of the respondents think that teenage is the appropriate phase of age to make a facebook account. Majority of the respondents think that facebook is not a secured source of sharing personal information.

Limitation s

LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

The study is to be limited in Jalandhar city only because of limited time and financial resources. So results of the study may not be generalized for India as a whole. The sample size is limited to 100 respondents, so complete knowledge about subject is not possible.

Another factor could be the existence of biasness in the respondents mind. Many times these biasness have greater bearing on the responses put forward by respondents. Human weaknesses such as in

attentiveness cannot be ignored.

 Indifferent attitude : different people have different attitude : towards some different things. Biased information respondents give biased information as they do not wants to mention their names.

Conclusio n

CONCLUSION:Social networking sites, most notably

Facebook have become so popular today that they are the leading words on the lips of every teenager. Facebook has more than 750 million users today. You love to spend most of your time checking your Facebook updates, but do you know that there are many negative effects of using Facebook. Most of the teenagers dont realize the negative impact of Facebook on their life. And, the main reason is because they are already addicted to it. And, this addiction can lead to several negative developments.

Bibliography

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Annexur e

QUESTIONNAIRE
Dear respondent, We are student of master of business administration at CTIMT, Jalandhar are undergoing a project on Facebook and its impact on youth for the purpose of which we need questionnaire filled. Your cooperation would be highly appreciated. PERSONAL DETAILS: Name : Gender: (b) Female (a) Male

Occupation: (a) Student (b) Housewives (c) Businessman (d) Service Age group:

(a) 10-15 (c) 20-25

(b) 15-20

QUESTIONS: 1. Do you have a facebook account? ( ) YES ( ) NO

2. Why do you join facebook? ( ) To pass time 12 Chatting and dating ()

( ) for getting knowledge ( ) for sharing views and ideas ( ) to remain in touch with friends

3. How long you have been a facebook user? ( ) 0-6 months 6months - 1year ( ) 1-2 years 4 years ( ) 4 years and above () ( ) 2-

4. Who inspired you to join facebook? ( ) family friends ( ) realities curiosity () ( ) out of

5. Do you have facebook activated on your cell phone? ( ) YES ( ) NO

6. How much time you spend on facebook per day? hour ( ) less than 1 hour ()13

( ) 4 7 hour ( ) more than 7 hour 7. How many friends do you have in your facebook account? ( ) 0-30 ( ) 90-120 ( ) 30-60 ( ) 120-150 ( ) 60-90 ( ) 150 and above 8. Do you surf facebook in your exam days also?

( ) For short time normal routine ( ) No

( ) As per

9. According to you, what phase of age is appropriate for a person to create a facebook account? ( ) Adolescence ( ) Adult ( ) Teenage

10. Do you think facebook is secured source for sharing your personal information? ( ) YES EXTEND ( ) SOME ( ) NO

11. How do you feel when you are not able to use facebook ? ( ) frustrated ( ) relieved ( ) normal

12. How will you priorities facebook in your life ? ( ) important important important ( ) very ( ) least

Your views about facebook .... . ................................................................ ..........................

THANKs.....