Use of Social Media: A Study on Some Selected College Students in South 24 Pargana District, West Bengal

The term "social media" is a compilation of two important terms, social and media. Social means to get in touch with others, maintaining the norms and protocol developed by society, and the Media generally refers to advertising and the communication of ideas or information, through implies the interaction of individuals within a group of community. Social media is a technology based on computers for sharing ideas, thoughts within communities using a virtual network. The study normally based on primary data, was collected by creating a Google form. The main objective of this study is to show the reasons and patterns of using social media among the students of South 24 Pargana District, West Bengal. The study showed the problems of using social media in a continuous time too. It can be said that using social media may be good for the students, but definitely under control situation otherwise it may cause adverse effects on their career.