Abstract
Facebook has become an integral part of the routine
activities of almost everyone now days. Excessive use of
Facebook can cause its addiction to the individuals. The
study has done to identify consequences of Facebook
addiction on victims and their families. Methodology
applied for research is qualitative research following case
study method. Data has been collected from 22 respondents
via semi-structured in depth interviews of 20-25 minutes of
Facebook addict students and/or their family members of
Punjab and analyzed in software NVivo version 11 to apply
Word Frequency, Text Search and Tree Map queries after
thematic analysis. Facebook addiction can cause various
difficulties and troubles for not only addict students but
also for their family members, that may include social and
personal problems. This study has found low performance
in study, wastage of time and money, anti-socialism, stress
and anxiety, family conflicts, ignoring, less family
concerns, low attention to siblings and relationship break
up as results of Facebook addiction.
Aasir Ali, Dr. Rab Nawaz Lodhi. (2017) How Facebook Addiction Affects the Personal Life of Addict Students and their Family: A Case Study of Pakistan, Paradigms , Vol 11, Issue 2 .
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