A Seminar Report On

SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND CHILDREN’S WELLBEING

Submitted to

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, ANANTHAPUR

In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

IN
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Submitted by

B.CHARAN
(16BF1A05D1)

Under the esteemed guidance of

Dr. P. Dileep Kumar Reddy M.Tech, Ph.D,
Assistant Professor

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
KARAKAMBADI ROAD, TIRUPATI- 517507

(2016-2020)
 SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(Affiliated to JNTUA & Approved by AICTE, Recognized under Sections 2(f) & 12(B) of UGC act
1956, Accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade,
Three B.Tech Programs CSE,ECE & EEE are accredited by NBA, New Delhi)
KARAKAMBADI ROAD, TIRUPATI- 517507

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Certificate

This is to certify that the Seminar report entitled

SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND CHILDREN’S WELLBEING

is the bonafide work carried out by

B.CHARAN
(16BF1A05D1)

Submitted towards the Partial Fulfilment Of The Requirements For The Award Of The Degree Of
Bachelor of Technology In Computer Science And Engineering from JNUTA, Anantapuramu
during the year 2016 – 2020.

This Work has been carried Out Under My guidance.

Guide: Head of the Department:

Dr. P. Dileep Kumar Reddy M.Tech, Ph.D, Dr. P.E.S.N. Krishna Prasad, M.Tech.,Ph.D
Assistant Professor in CSE Department. Professor& Head,
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am thankful to my guide Dr. P. Dileep Kumar Reddy M.Tech., Ph.D, Assistant Professor,
Department Of CSE for his valuable guidance and encouragement. His helping attitude and
suggestions have helped in the successful completion of the seminar report.

I would like to express my gratefulness and sincere thanks to Dr. P.E.S.N. Krishna Prasad,
Professor & Head, Department of CSE, for his kind help and encouragement during the course of
study and in the successful completion of the seminar report.

I would like to express my heartful thanks to Dr. N. Sudhakar Reddy, Principal, for successful
completion of this seminar report, which cannot be done without proper support and
encouragement.

I sincerely thank the Management for providing all the necessary facilities during course of study.

I would like to express my deep gratitude to all those who helped directly or indirectly to
transform an idea in to my working seminar report.

B.CHARAN
(16BF1A05D1)
 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the seminar entitled “SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND CHILDREN’S
WELLBEING”, submitted to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Sri
Venkateshwara College of Engineering, Tirupati, in partial fulfillment of requirements
for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and
Engineering.

This report is the result of my own effort and it has not been submitted to any other
University or Institution for the award of any degree or diploma other than specified above.

B.CHARAN
(16BF1A05D1)
TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDEX .

1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………......1
2. Social Media Use And Wellbeing…………………………………………
3. Data And Methodology…………………………………………………..
4. Results………………………………………………………..
5. Advantages of social media……………………………………
6. Disadvantages of Social media……………………………………….
7. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………16
8. Netcharts………………
9. References…………………………………………………………………….16
Abstract
Social Media Use and Children’s Wellbeing*
Childhood circumstances and behaviours have been shown to have important
persistent effects in later life. One aspect of childhood that has changed
dramatically in the past decade, and is causing concern among policy makers
and other bodies responsible for safeguarding children, is the advent of social
media, or online social networking. This research explores the effect of children’s
digital social networking on their subjective wellbeing. We use a large
representative sample of 10-15 year olds over the period 2010 to 2014 from the
UK Household Longitudinal Study, and estimate the effect of time spent chatting
on social websites on a number of outcomes which reflect how these children feel
about different aspects of their life, specifically: school work; appearance; family;
friends; school attended; and life as a whole. We deal with the potential
endogeneity of social networking via an instrumental variables approach using
information on broadband speeds and mobile phone signal strength published by
Ofcom. Our results suggest that spending more time on social networks reduces
the satisfaction that children feel with all aspects of their lives, except for their
friendships; and that girls suffer more adverse effects than boys. As well as
addressing policy makers’ concerns about the effects of digital technology on
children, this work also contributes to wider debates about the socioeconomic
consequences of the internet and digital technologies more generally, a debate
which to date has largely been based on evidence from outside of the UK.

JEL Classification: D60, I31, J13

Keywords: digital society, social media, wellbeing, children