The Relationship between Social Media Usage and Students’ Self-esteem among Wolaita Sodo University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 62-73
Author(s):  
Million Desalegn Tassew
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Wolaita Sodo ◽  
The Relationship

Online Reputation and Stress: Discovering the Dark Side of Social Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-192
Author(s):  
Faseeh Amin ◽  
Mohammad Furqan Khan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Media Dependency ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Online Reputation ◽  
The Relationship

The research on social media has mostly focused on its utilitarian aspects for both businesses and individuals. With growing embedment of social media in our individual affairs, it is important to study its negative impact on its users. This study provides an important perspective by studying social media user’s concern for online reputation and its relationship with stress which is moderated by social media dependency. This study was conducted on university students in India on a sample size of 350. Using Structural Equation Modeling, the relationship between ‘concern for online reputation’ and ‘social media stress’ was tested which revealed there is a positive relationship between the two variables. The results also suggest positive moderating role played by social media dependency in the relationship between ‘concern for online reputation’ and ‘social media stress’. This study has important implication for sociologist, psychiatrists and psychologists who will be keen to study this domain. Since this study was conducted on university students, it also has implications for parents and guardians who want to keep a check on their wards to prevent them from stress caused by social media usage.

Social Media Usage among University Students: A Study on Selfie and Its Impacts

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-132
Author(s):  
Jaslina Mohd Tajuddin ◽  
Nor Azlili Hassan ◽  
Rahilah Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Media Type ◽  
Technological Convergence ◽  
Empirical Paper ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Impacts

Objective This study examines the impacts of selfie on university students.Media convergence is more than simply a technological shift. Convergence alters the relationship between existing technologies, industries, markets, genres and audiences. 'Selfie' as defined by the Oxford (2013) is a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically via the smartphone and uploaded to social media website. The term is relatively new to our vernacular however the phenomenon is not an entirely new one. In fact, it has become the "Word of the Year" in 2013. Selfie is a result of technological convergence where it's integrated two or more devices into one platform. Methodology/Technique Two variables have been used to measure impacts; positive and negative impacts. A questionnaire was developed based on previous literatures and a total of 187 respondents participated in this study. Findings The findings disclosed that there are positive impacts of selfie for both genders whereby respondents believe that selfie can increase one's perception and confidence. It is also found that negative impacts for both genders in the areas of wasting time and editing photos before posting to social media. Type of Paper Empirical paper Keywords: Social Media, Selfie, Impacts, University Students

HUBUNGAN ANTARA INTENSITAS PENGGUNAAN MEDIA SOSIAL INSTAGRAM DENGAN HARGA DIRI

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Firda Dalila ◽  
Asri Mutiara Putri ◽  
Prida Harkina
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Spearman's Rho ◽  
Spearman’S Rho ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INTENSITY OF INSTAGRAM SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE WITH SELF ESTEEM  Self-esteem is formed by interactions with other people. At present, social interaction can not only be done in the real world but can also be done in the virtual world, through social media such as Instagram. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the intensity of Instagram social media usage and self-esteem. This research is a quantitative study with a correlational design. The sample in this study were 205 undergraduate students of Malahayati University, aged between 17 to 25 years. The data in this study were obtained using an Instagram social media intensity usage questionnaire and a self-esteem scale. The results of data analysis using Spearman's rho show that there is a significant positive relationship between intensity of Instagram social media usage and self-esteem. Keywords: Intensity of Social Media Usage, Instagram, Self Esteem Harga diri terbentuk dari interaksi dengan orang lain. Saat ini untuk melakukan interaksi sosial tidak hanya dapat dilakukan didunia nyata namun juga dapat dilakukan didunia maya, melalui media sosial seperti instagram. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara intensitas penggunaan media sosial instagram dengan harga diri. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain korelasional. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 205 mahasiswa S1 Universitas Malahayati, berusia antara 17 sampai 25 tahun. Data dalam penelitian ini diperoleh menggunakan kuesioner intensitas penggunaan media sosial instagram dan skala harga diri. Hasil analisis data menggunakan Spearman’s rho menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan positif yang signifikan antara intensitas penggunaan media sosial instagram dengan harga diri. Kata Kunci: Intensitas Penggunaan Media Sosial, Instagram, Harga Diri

scholarly journals The impact of social media usage intensity on self-esteem: survey on emerging adulthood of instagram user

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
Lili Mira Julia Rahma ◽  
Setiasih Setiasih
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Emotional Attachment ◽  
Measuring Instrument ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Self ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Social media can be used to increase individual popularity, one of which is Instagram. Instagram can be used to increase individual self-popularity or increase self-esteem. The purpose of this study, namely to determine the relationship between the intensity of using Instagram and self-esteem in emerging adulthood. This research is a quantitative-survey research, with 259 students at “X” University as many as male and female participants aged 18-25 years. The measuring instrument used is the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale and the Instagram Intensity Scale. The analysis used was the Spearman non-parametric correlation test. The results show that there is a significant correlation between the intensity of using Instagram and self-esteem on emerging adulthood, there is also a correlation between emotional attachment to Instagram and self-esteem on emerging adulthood. Thus the higher the intensity of using Instagram or the higher the emotional attachment to Instagram, the higher the self-esteem of emerging adulthood. The higher the intensity of a person using Instagram, the higher the desire or motivation of the individual to become more prominent.

Social Media Usage, Psychosocial Wellbeing and Academic Performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 0272684X2110334
Author(s):  
Beneyam Lake Yimer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Psychosocial Wellbeing ◽  
Dire Dawa ◽  
The Relationship

Psychosocial wellbeing questionnaires were administered to Dire Dawa Polytechnic college students ( n, 204) to examine the interrelationship of social media usage, psychosocial wellbeing, and academic performance. The result revealed that male students use social media for the reason of making new relationships and female participants used social media to maintain the relationship, those students who spend more time on Facebook followed by telegram and Whatsapp. Results of the Pearson correlation indicated that the academic performance of students negatively correlated and significantly with social media usage (telegram, Facebook, and Whatsapp), while they are positively correlated with self-esteem. Besides, depression correlated positively with telegram, Facebook, and Whatsapp usage. Facebook usage was significantly and negatively correlated with students' self-esteem and social anxiety. Moreover, female students were low self-esteem and more depressed than male students regarding social media usage. Students who had a low level of social media usage are better in their psychosocial wellbeing than those students who had a high and moderate level of media usage.

scholarly journals Impact of Social Media on Self-Esteem

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muqaddas Jan ◽  
Sanobia Anwwer Soomro ◽  
Nawaz Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
The Self ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
The Relationship

Social media has gained immense popularity in the last decade and its power has left certain long-lasting effects on people. The upward comparisons made using social networking sites have caused people to have lower self-esteems. In order to test the hypothesis 150 students from institute of business management were surveyed through questionnaires and interviews. This research was limited to the students of IoBM and Facebook, being the most popular social networking site was used as the representative of social media. Correlation and regression model was applied to the data with the help of SPSS statistics to test the relationship between social media and self-esteem. The major findings suggest that approximately 88% people engage in making social comparisons on Facebook and out of the 88%, 98% of the comparisons are upward social comparisons. Further this research proves there that there is a strong relationship between social media and selfesteem. Increase in social media usage causes the self-esteem of individuals to decrease. One hour spent on Facebook daily results in a 5.574 decrease in the self-esteem score of an individual.

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