This study examined the usage of social media by students at the FJMU Lahore. A questionnaire was distributed to 415 students to gather data on their social media usage patterns and behaviors. The results found that 95.9% of students used social media daily, with 77% spending 1-2 hours per day on social media. Major purposes of usage were communication (94%) and entertainment (93%), though 46% also used it for studying. Students reported social media could waste time and distract from studies, but could also be useful for sharing medical videos, knowledge and study guidelines. The study concludes social media distracts students and encourages more non-educational activities, so students should utilize it more for academic purposes and limit entertainment usage

2. USEAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
BY STUDENTS AT FJMU LAHORE
BY
DR. MUHAMMAD MUSTANSAR
PROF.DR ASMA MALIK
DR. SAIMA KHAN
Department of Biochemistry
FJMU, Lahore.

3. INTRODUCTION

4. Social Media is the interaction
among people in which they create
share or exchange information and
ideas in virtual communication.

5. •Internet is a very important element of life which
cannot be ignored. Internet is used for educational
purpose by a large community but unfortunately
we have a large community including majority of
youth and teenagers who use Internet for only
social networking sites.
•The phenomena of social network is quite simple
to understand, it is a web based facility which
allows individuals to build a profile identity and
generate subjective associations and connections
among themselves and communicate.

6. •The social network websites grab attention
of the students and then diverts it towards
non-educational and inappropriate actions
including useless chatting.
•On the basis of the above statement we
can say that social networking sites may
badly affect the academic life and learning
experiences of the student.

7. OBJECTIVES OF STUDY:
 To explore the tendency of using
social media by the students at
FJMU
 To explore the awareness regarding
beneficial usage, danger and evils
of social media

8. METHODOLOGY

9. METHODOLOGY:
In this cross sectional study survey method
was applied. A structured questionnaire was
developed after the review of latest studies
on this subject.
Questionnaire was pre tested to check the
understanding ability of respondents.
The copies of Questionnaire were distributed
to the MBBS classes of 2nd year and final year
of FJMU, Lahore.
The data was analysed by using the
21version of SPSS programme

10. USEAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY MEDICAL STUDENTS AT FJMU, LAHORE
Class (MBBS): ____________________________
Academics
Marks obtained in F.Sc:- ___________________ Total Marks in F. Sc:- _______________
Marks obtained in 1st
Prof Part I:-________________________________ Annual / Supply
Marks obtained in 1st
Prof Part II:-_______________________________ Annual / Supply
Marks obtained in 2nd
Prof:-____________________________________ Annual / Supply
Marks obtained in 3rd
Prof:-____________________________________ Annual / Supply
Use of Social Media:-
1. For studies purpose:- Yes No
If yes time spent daily:-______________________ weekly:- _______________________
2. For entertainment:- Yes No
If yes time spent daily: - _____________________ weekly: - ______________________
3. Use of social media for communication with friends & family members:- Yes No
If yes time spent daily: - _____________________ weekly: - ______________________
4. For time killing:- Yes No
If yes time spent daily: - _____________________ weekly: - ______________________
5. In my opinion use of social media is:- Useful distractive
6. Are you aware of Evils of using social media:- Yes No
If yes specify the dangers:-__________________________________________________
7. Medical students should use social media:- Yes No
If yes explain:-___________________________________________________________

11. RESULTS

12. N = 415
Table – 1 Daily usage of social media
Use Numbers Percentage
Yes 398 95.9
No 17 4.1

13. RESULTS
The Questionnaire was given to 600 students.
Three hundred of 2nd year and three hundred of final
year MBBS classes at FJMU, Lahore
Out of these there were 217 second year who
responded and 198 from final year gave their
responses. So there were 415 out of 600 students
with a response of 69%.
Table-1 shows the usage of social media on daily
basis. In the present study (398) 95.9% were using
daily & only 4% were not on daily usage of social
media

14. Table – 2 Approximate time consumed daily
N = 398
Time
usage
Numbers Percentage Cumulative
percentage
½ – 1 hr 144 36.1 36.1
1 – 2 hrs 162 40.8 76.9
More
than 2
hrs
92 23.1 100.0

15. • Table-2 shows approximate time consumed on
social media on daily basis, it is quite evident
that almost 77% of the students were consuming
½ - 2 hours on social media on daily basis and
23% were consuming more than 2 hours on daily
basis

16. Table – 3 Purpose of using social media
Communication
with friends &
relatives
374 94%
Entertainment 370 93%
Study purpose 183 46%
Time killing 84 21

17. • Majority of the students reported that they were
using social media for the entertainment and
communication with friends and relatives. There
were (183) 46% of the students who reported that
they used the social media for study purpose. How
ever there were 21% of students were using the
social media for the purpose of time killing. (as
shown in table – 3)

18. EVILS ASSOCIATED WITH SOCIAL
MEDIA USEAGE

19. Table – 4 Awareness of evils associated with
social media N=398
Evils Percentage
Wastage of time 92
Insecurity and threats 42
Lack of concentration 32
Distraction from studies 30
Leakage of personal
information
18
Misuse of personal
information
18

20. • The students were asked about the evils
associated with the usage of social media. The
students narrated the wastage of time, security
threats, fraud & distractions from study. They
also described the hazard of leakage of personal
information and misuse of the same (as shown in
table – 4).

21. Table – 5 Beneficial usages of social media
as suggested by students N=398
Beneficial usages Percentage
Study guide lines & help study
purpose
100
Medical videos 60
Sharing of knowledge 56
Research 10
Video conferences and live
lectures
10
Recent advances 5

22. • The students were asked about the beneficial
usage of social media. The responses given
are shown in table-5. Almost all students
described the beneficial usage for study
guidelines and help. They also described the
beneficial usage of sharing of knowledge
with other students and viewing the medical
videos/conferences on various topics of
interest. They were also aware of the usage
of social media for getting knowledge on
recent medical advances and research
purposes.

23. CONCLUSIONS

24. Conclusion:
• The study shows that most of the students
were using the social media for entertainment
and communications.
• They are well aware of the evils and beneficial
usage of the social media.
• The students are being distracted by the social
media and they are alarmingly involved in
socializing and entertainments.
•

25. RECOMMENDATIONS

26. Recommendations:
•The students should be guided and advised to
utilize these services more for study purpose and
try to avoid the excessive usage for entertainment
•They should not be distracted from their studies
and engage themselves some indoor games for
time killing.
•The students should be encouraged to make
study groups for sharing of knowledge and
information

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