The Impacts of Social Media on Adolescents of our Society A Case Study of the Liyari Town Karachi

Abstract

Social Media has brought drastic change in the life of the people. It has provided platform and bulk of information to them. But at the same time it has imparted negative impacts on adolescents in their different aspects of social life. This study aims to discover the impacts of social media on moral values, language and social relations of adolescents which have been deteriorated due to their frenzy involvement in various applications of social media. For the purpose of study a sample of five males and five females’ adolescents was selected between the ages of 10 to 19 years old, of the schools and colleges of the Liyari Town of Karachi City. The nature of research study is qualitative. Following this, some male and female adolescents were interviewed by open ended questions and their responses were recorded as findings of the study