SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

Abstract

This research has been conducted to discover if peoplearebecomingaddicted of social media these days during coronavirus. Additionally, it has also beenanalyzed in this study that as people are having much free time so if they get stressedandanxietywhen they spend less time on socialmedia in this time of Covid-19. These two are the main goals of this investigation.For collection of data, there has been formed a questionnaire that contains six different questions. The questionnaire has been sent to people via social media as the situation does not permit to meet people physically and get responses from them due to coronavirus and lockdown.Questionsof this survey are not specific for any area whereas these are for worldwide responses.The questionnaire was sent to 1092 people for getting their feedbacks and 404 people conveyed their valuable feedbacks through questionnaire. This study is important as it is going to assist in determining whether people are spending their free time on social media and becoming addicted of it during Covid-19. The data for this study has been presented in charts and graphs.The outcomes obtained through this study shows that most of the people agree that they are using social media higher than ever before during Covid-19 because of staying at home.