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A Study on use and Awareness of Social Network Sites by Engineering Students

Jai Prakash H L

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Indian Journal of Library and Information Sciences 16(3):p 215-219, September-December 2022. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.16322.6

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Jai Prakash H L/A Study on use and Awareness of Social Network Sites by Engineering Students/Indian J Lib Inf Sci 2022;16(3):215–219.

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Received : July 28, 2022         Accepted : August 28, 2022          Published : December 25, 2022

Abstract

This Article focuses on the awareness and use of social network sites by engineering graduates of C. Byregowda Institute of Technology, Kolar, Karnataka (CBIT). The main aim is to know the devices used to connect internet, how often students access Social Network sites and purpose of using SNS etc. The study adopted a survey design and data was collected from the respondents using a questionnaire. The major finding of the study are majority of the respondents are using mobile phone to connect internet. Majority of the respondents comes to know the social network sites from their friends. Face book places first of the favorite Social network site for the respondents.

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All authors contributed significantly to the work and approve its publication.

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Jai Prakash H L/A Study on use and Awareness of Social Network Sites by Engineering Students/Indian J Lib Inf Sci 2022;16(3):215–219.

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Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

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Received Accepted Published
July 28, 2022 August 28, 2022 December 25, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.16322.6

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Social mediaUser surveyEngineering studentsCBIT

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Received July 28, 2022
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