INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING ON SOCIAL INTERACTION AMONG UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES

Tobias Obiora Ozor, Solomon Amaechi Agu

Abstract


This study investigated the influence of social networking on social interaction among university undergraduates. 120 participants (60males and 60females) were randomly drawn from the Enugu State University of Science and Technology.  They are within the age range of 20 – 25 with a group mean of 22.17. A 41 items inventory with Likert-type response format designed by Lampard (1997) and validated in Nigeria by Amadi (2011) was used to collect data from the participants. A survey design was adopted A 2x2 (two-way) ANOVA was used for statistical analysis of data. Hypothesis I which states that there would be no significant influence of social networking on social interaction of students was rejected because the obtained value F (df=1)=39.92 was found to be greater than the critical value F (df=1)=3.92 at p<.05 level of significance. Hypothesis II which states that there would be significant influence of gender on social interaction of students was acceptable because the calculated value F (df=1)=51.18 was found to be greater than the critical value F (df=1)=3.92 at P<.05 level of significance.


Keywords


Social networking, social interaction, and university students.

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