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International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 5
First page : (625) Last page : (630)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-6978

A Comparative Study on Friends on Social Network Sites (SNS) and Friends in Reality of Adolescents

Amruta Malatesh Gonal¹*, L. Umadevi² and P. Sreedevi³

¹Post Graduate Student, ²Professor, Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies,  
³Assistant Professor, Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Professor Jayashakar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India,
*Corresponding Author E-mail: amrutagonal00@gmail.com
Received: 2.07.2018  |  Revised: 29.08.2018   |  Accepted: 6.08.2018  

 ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted to know the number of friends an adolescent has in the social network sites and in person. Social network sites have become one of the larger ground for making friends instantly and it also helps for the social development during adolescence and the transition to adulthood. Now a days it’s a pride symbol to show the more number of friends in social media than in reality. The study was conducted in Hyderabad and Secunderabad twin cities using ex-post facto research design. The sample consisted of 200 adolescents aged between 18-20 years who were studying professional and Non-professional under graduation. Majority of professional course students have 200-300 friends whereas maximum number of Non-professional course students have more than 500 friends in their SNS sites. There are no significant differences between boys and girls in number of friends they have in the social networking sites. Number of friends the adolescents have in person is very less in comparison to their friends list in social networking sites.

Key words: Social Network sites (SNS), Adolescents, Friends, Professional, Non-professional

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Cite this article: Gonal, A.M., Umadevi, L. and Sreedevi, P., A Comparative Study on Friends on Social Network Sites (SNS) and Friends in Reality of Adolescents , Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.6(5): 625-630 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6978