Article: Impact of social media networking on young adolescents: a primary survey of school going children in Delhi-NCR, India Journal: Electronic Government, an International Journal (EG) 2025 Vol.21 No.6 pp.634 - 649 Abstract: In the contemporary higher education setting, adolescents are not only using electronic devices for understanding the topic better or to do school assignments, instead they are spending a lot of time on social networking through social media networking (SMN) sites, like, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp and others. The present study seeks to assess if use of social media has led to any positive or negative impact on the mental, and physical development of the children. A structured questionnaire is used to assess the impact of social media networking on children between the age of 10 to 16 years from schools across Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), India. The study, through literature review, analysed that there are various mediating factors which influence the impact of usage of SMN by children. One of the major findings was the negative correlation between time spent on social media and academic grades. Also, with increased time on social media, physical activities were ignored by respondents as shown by negative correlation between the two. However, students felt more socially connected and confident through social media. Girls were found to be less affected by social factors and parental influence. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Impact of social media networking on young adolescents: a primary survey of school going children in Delhi-NCR, India

Authors: Sangeeta Dodrajka; Rasleen Kaur

Addresses: Department of Commerce, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, University of Delhi, India ' Department of Commerce, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, University of Delhi, India

Abstract: In the contemporary higher education setting, adolescents are not only using electronic devices for understanding the topic better or to do school assignments, instead they are spending a lot of time on social networking through social media networking (SMN) sites, like, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp and others. The present study seeks to assess if use of social media has led to any positive or negative impact on the mental, and physical development of the children. A structured questionnaire is used to assess the impact of social media networking on children between the age of 10 to 16 years from schools across Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), India. The study, through literature review, analysed that there are various mediating factors which influence the impact of usage of SMN by children. One of the major findings was the negative correlation between time spent on social media and academic grades. Also, with increased time on social media, physical activities were ignored by respondents as shown by negative correlation between the two. However, students felt more socially connected and confident through social media. Girls were found to be less affected by social factors and parental influence.

Keywords: social; networking; perception; school going children; social media sites; social media; adolescents; addicted; social networking sites; academic; higher educational institutes; India.

DOI: 10.1504/EG.2025.149238

Electronic Government, an International Journal, 2025 Vol.21 No.6, pp.634 - 649

Received: 26 Feb 2024
Accepted: 06 Sep 2024
Published online: 20 Oct 2025 *

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