Addictive Facebook Use among University Students

Abstract

The Facebook has become an essential part of almost every university students daily life.Comment: 10 page

A Qualitative Exploration of Facebook Addiction: Working toward Construct Validity

“…In general, it seems as though Facebook is commonly used as a tool to procrastinate or distract from important tasks. Similar themes also emerged in a small qualitative study on Facebook addiction (Zaremohzzabieh, Samah, Omar, Bolong, & Kamarudin, 2014).…”

“…This result was expected, given that the recruitment advertisements asked for participants who felt that they spent too much time on Facebook. Furthermore, Zaremohzzabieh et al (2014) reported that excessive Facebook users were personally aware of their high frequency of use. In general, responses coded within this theme simply acknowledged that the individual was aware that they use Facebook too much.…”

Who gets hooked on Facebook? An exploratory typology of problematic Facebook users

“…Thus far, many studies of problematic SNS use have focused specifically on Facebook (e.g., Hong, Huang, Lin, & Chiu, 2014;Zaremohzzabieh, Samah, Omar, Bolong, & Kamarudin, 2014). This is unsurprising, considering the high proportion of Facebook use compared to other forms of SNSs.…”

“…In one qualitative study of problematic Facebook users, a female respondent admitted that limiting her Facebook checking to once a day left her feeling overwhelmed with information (Zaremohzzabieh et al, 2014). As a result, she spent most of her time checking Facebook for updates in order to more efficiently monitor what was happening with her friends.…”

Impact of Entertainment Motivational Drivers on User Acceptance of Online Social Network Banner Advertising: A Gratification Perspective

“…Similarly, past gratifi cations studies (e.g. Zaremohzzabieh et al, 2014) identifi ed signifi cantly positive association between SNSs motivations and the amount of time (duration) which users' spend on SNSs. However, the infl uence of frequency and duration on users' attitude towards SNA as well as on their behavior to click on ads appearing on SNSs is still unaddressed.…”