The impact of social networking services (SNS) on college students’ social relationship and private life
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Social Networking Services (SNS) have played a significant role on the relationship among college students. They benefit a lot from such convenient tools; however, some drawbacks also have emerged. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of SNS in order to help students take full advantage of such tools, as well as to help students avoid similar problems. A questionnaire was employed to explore this issue and 259 college students participated in the questionnaire. The findings revealed that participating in SNS frequently contribute to students’ social capital and social inclusions, and also enhance their self-esteem. Moreover, students are lack of the awareness of privacy protection when using SNS. Finally, more kinds of functions were proposed to be applied to the use of SNS according to the results of the questionnaire.
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