The effects of social media on interpersonal communication among university students in Klang Valley

Social media has emerged as a powerful tool for communication, empowering individuals to express themselves effectively and connect with like-minded people across the globe. However, despite its benefits, social media is causing people to spend more time in the virtual world at the expense of tradit...

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Main Author: Ong, Shu Wen
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2023
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description Social media has emerged as a powerful tool for communication, empowering individuals to express themselves effectively and connect with like-minded people across the globe. However, despite its benefits, social media is causing people to spend more time in the virtual world at the expense of traditional social interactions in the real world. Thus, this research aims to explore the effects of social media on interpersonal communication among university students in Klang Valley. 107 sets of questionnaires were distributed via Google Form and the collected data was analysed by Statistical Package for Social Science version 29 (SPSS). The findings of this research show that university students have a strong attachment to social media. They remained positive towards social media usage and agreed that social media helps them to enhance their interpersonal communication as well as improve relationships. Keywords: Social media, Interpersonal communication, University students in Klang Valley, Uses and gratifications theory, Effects of social media.
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spelling utar-63432024-04-16T11:22:19Z The effects of social media on interpersonal communication among university students in Klang Valley Ong, Shu Wen H Social Sciences (General) HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare Social media has emerged as a powerful tool for communication, empowering individuals to express themselves effectively and connect with like-minded people across the globe. However, despite its benefits, social media is causing people to spend more time in the virtual world at the expense of traditional social interactions in the real world. Thus, this research aims to explore the effects of social media on interpersonal communication among university students in Klang Valley. 107 sets of questionnaires were distributed via Google Form and the collected data was analysed by Statistical Package for Social Science version 29 (SPSS). The findings of this research show that university students have a strong attachment to social media. They remained positive towards social media usage and agreed that social media helps them to enhance their interpersonal communication as well as improve relationships. Keywords: Social media, Interpersonal communication, University students in Klang Valley, Uses and gratifications theory, Effects of social media. 2023 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6343/1/Ong_Shu_Wen_%2D_FYP.pdf Ong, Shu Wen (2023) The effects of social media on interpersonal communication among university students in Klang Valley. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6343/
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
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The effects of social media on interpersonal communication among university students in Klang Valley
title The effects of social media on interpersonal communication among university students in Klang Valley
title_full The effects of social media on interpersonal communication among university students in Klang Valley
title_fullStr The effects of social media on interpersonal communication among university students in Klang Valley
title_full_unstemmed The effects of social media on interpersonal communication among university students in Klang Valley
title_short The effects of social media on interpersonal communication among university students in Klang Valley
title_sort effects of social media on interpersonal communication among university students in klang valley
topic H Social Sciences (General)
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6343/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6343/1/Ong_Shu_Wen_%2D_FYP.pdf