Influence of Social Media on Kannada and English Literature Students

In the present study was conducted to examine the influence of social media on Kannada and English literature students. In recent decade’s social media is very popular in Indian population especially in youths. Social media it refers to online platforms where the users can share and chat more information and connect with virtually to others through text message, video messages, photos, images and other content. It includes many types of apps or websites formed for messaging and chat, social platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok etc. finally this study measure influence of social media on Kannada and English literature students. The sample for the study consisted of 50 Kannada and English literature students (25 Kannada literature students and 25 English literature students), aging between 22-25 years. The participants completed the Bergen social media addiction scale (BSMAS) developed by Andreassen et al. (2016). The obtained data was analyzed by using mean, SD and ‘t’- test. Further, Spearman’s coefficient of correlation was applied. The result of the study concluded that there is no significant difference between influence of social media on Kannada and English literature students. Also, there is no significant relationship between Kannada and English postgraduate literature students