Impact of Social Media on Sleeping Schedule of Youths with Special Reference to Southern India

The pervasive influence of social media on various aspects of modern life has raised concernsabout its potential impact on sleep patterns, particularly among young individuals. This paper investigates the relationship between social media usage and the sleeping schedule of youths in Southern India. Drawing upon a mixed-methods approach, including primary data and secondary data, data was collected from a sample of youths aged 18-25 years residing in urban and semi-urban areas of Southern India. The study reveals significant correlations between excessive social media engagement and disruptions in sleeping patterns, including delayed sleep onset, reduced sleep duration, and poor sleep quality. Discussing such issues can help youngsters to analyse their usage of social media to be able to lower the percentage of sleep deprivation among themselves to some extent and how much time they should be spending on this networking site so that they can get enough of their sleep. This research has evaluated the connection between social media usage and sleep deprivation. The study’s findings reveal thatyoungsters with high usage of social media sleep late at night and wake up early, which meansthey get to sleep for a shorter period and don’t get enough sleep, implying that social media usage impacts sleep, which could be harmful. Internet use has become a possible contributor to sleep disruption. Sleep delay and sleep duration shortening are two effects of social media consumption. This study found that people who used social media for longer and spent more time on it had lower sleep quality.