A Study to Evaluate the Impact of Social Media on Aggression Among Teenagers in Selected School of Tilda, Raipur (C.G.)

Abstract

Background: Social media is a tool that has becoming quite popular these days because of its user-friendly features. It includes platforms like face book, Instagram, twitter. Billions of people around the world use social media to share information and make connections. According to the General Aggression Model, repeated exposure to violent content reinforces hostile structures by means of learning processes, leading to an overall more aggressive personality. Foulk et al., 2016 in his study concluded that violent media not only make its consumers, but also make their friends and family more aggressive, even its excessive use can ultimately harm their mental health. Aim: The present study is aimed to assess impact of social media on aggression among teenagers. Setting and Design: A quantitative research approach with non-experimental research design was adopted for the study. The study focused on teenager students from selected school of Tilda, Raipur (C.G.) Material and Methods: Totally 60 students between age 13-19 were enumerated from the selected schools of Tilda, Raipur (C.G.) after obtaining informed consent. Data was collected using 58 questionnaires covering the area, i.e., Modified Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire (3-point rating scale) to assess aggression among teenagers and Self -Structured Questionnaire to assess the impact of social media among teenagers (3-point rating scale). Results: As the present study aimed to find out the impact of social media on aggression. Correlation between the two variables was calculated to find out the significance in the relation and r was found to be +0.62. Hence, moderate positive correlation (0> r <1) between aggression (x̄±SD 22.2±7.9) and usage of social media (x̄±SD 23.86±10.72) is identified that means as impact of social media increases, aggression also increases among the teenagers. There is significant association between aggression and type of parenting (X₂cal 12>X₂ tab 9.49). There is significant association between usage of social media and age (X₂cal 8.42>X₂ tab 5.99) and type of parenting (X₂cal 10.07>X₂ tab 9.49).