Produce a research proposal that Clearly defined a research question or

hypothesis supports by literature review.

Student Name: Siman Rana
Centre Name: ISMT College
Tutor: Admit Acharya
Units: Computing Research Project
Research topic: Impact of excessive use of social media on student

Introduction
Social media is an internet-based form of communication. Social media refers to websites and
online tools that facilitate interaction between user by providing them opportunities to share
information, opinions and interest. There are many forms of social media, including blogs,
micro-blogs, wikis, social network sites, photo- sharing sites, instant messaging, video-
sharing sites, podcasts, widgets, virtual worlds, and more. In the recent years the use of social
media has grown substantially in these years. Nowadays many people spend their time on
online gaming, Facebook, TikTok, twitter, etc.
In the past years, social media websites have become common giving young people a new
way to interact with each other and communicate with the world. Facebook along has over
2.91 billion members and it is still growing and approximately 88% of undergraduate
students are Facebook users. These numbers are expected to grow since Facebook users will
continue to grow. And this is not only true for Facebook, many other social media like
TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, etc are also follow as well.
Social networking provides several ways to interact with our family, friends, co-workers,
acquittances etc. takes away from the person socialization that has been around forever.
Social networking websites have affected our social interaction by changing the way we
interact face-to-face, how we receive information, and the dynamics of our social groups and
friendships
Aims and Objectives
The aim of my research is to find out what kinds of impact will cause by excessive use of
social media on s in mental and physical health of users.
Objectives
• To identify social media addiction on its users.
• To find out the negative impacts of excessive use of social media on mental and physical
health on its users.
• To find out how its user’s behaviour and emotional intelligence is affected due to
excessive use of social media.
Some of the question that can occur during my research are:
• Is there any benefit with using social network.
• The impact of social media on their health and study could be positive and negative at
same time

Why I chose this topic

The rapid advancement of media technology has had a great impact on the way people
communicate on a daily basis. The growing dimension of the use of the social media among
the student of today cannot be over emphasized. Over the years, social networking among
students has become more and more popular. It is a way to make connections, not only on
schools but with friends outside of school. Due to the increased popularly of it, economists
and professors are questioning whether the study of students will or not be affected by how
much time is spent on these sites. Many parents and guardians are worried that students are
spending too much time on Facebook, TikTok, twitter and other social media sites and have
not enough time to study. Though parents are worried about students’ constant use of the
social media sites, many students continue to utilize these sites on a daily basis.so to find out
the changes and impacts of it I chose this topic.
Literature review
According to Junco al et (2010), social media are a collection of internet websites, services,
and practices that support collaboration, community building, participation, and sharing”. The
growing dimension of the use of social media among the youth of today cannot be over
emphasized. Over the years, social networking among second cycle students has become
more and more popular. It is a way to make connection not only on campus, but with friends
outside of school. Social networking is a way that helps many people feels as though they
belong to a community. Due to the increased popularity of it, economists and professors are
questioning whether students are being affected or not by how much time is spend on these
sites (Choney, 2010). According to Lenhart et al., (2010), about 78% of social network users
are 18-29 years old and have a personal profile on multiple social media websites. In a study
by Pempek, Yermolayeva, and Calvert (2009), the amount of time spent daily on social
network sites varied greatly. However, an analysis of the data indicated most participants
spent approximately thirty minutes a day socializing, mostly during the evening hours
between 9p.m to 12a.m students spent an average of forty-seven minutes a day on Facebook.
More than 50% of college students go on a social networking site several times a day
(Sheldon, 2008). Quan-Haase and Young (2010), found that 82% of college students reported
logging into Facebook several times a day. Younger students tended to use Facebook more
frequently than older students to keep in touch with friends from high school or from their
hometown (Pempek et al., 2009)
Many researchers such as Choney (2010), San Miguel (2009) and Enriquez (2010) studies on
students’ use of the social media sites revealed a negative effect of the use of social media
sites on students’ academic performance. Nielsen Media Research study conducted in June
2010 stated that almost 25% of students’ time on the internet is spent on social networking
sites (Jacobsen & Forste 2011). The American Educational Research Association conducted
research and declared at its annual conference in San Diego California (2009), that social
media users’ study less and generate lower grade (Abaleta et al, 2014).
A recent survey showed that approximately seventy-five percent of these teens use the
Internet more than once per day (Kist, 2008). This study also showed that approximately half
of all teens who have Internet access are also members of social networking sites, and use the
Internet to make plans and socialize with friends (Kist, 2008). In September 2005, out of the
total adult internet users (18-29 years) 16% were using social networking site but this
percentage increased to 86% in May, 2010.

Activities and timescales

The time for the research project is about 9 to 12 months which can be considered as 46
weeks, so I will try to finish the project within a years
S. N Task Name Start Finish Duration
1 Research 2/1/2022 2/20/2022 3w
2 Development 2/21/2022 4/3/2022 6w
3 Analysis of ideas 4/4/2022 5/8/2022 5w
4 Date Collection 5/9/2022 6/7/2022 4w
5 Numerical analysis 7/24/2022 8/28/2022 5w
6 Tutor meeting 2/1/2022 12/18/2022 6w
7 Production of final outcome 8/29/2022 10/8/2022 6w
8 Evaluation 10/9/2022 11/8/2022 4w
9 Writing the report 11/9/2022 12/18/2022 6w

In the Gantt chart of activities that I will be flowing in my research project which will cover a
year of duration. The activities that I will he flowing are research topic, development,
analysis of ideas, data collection, numerical analysis, tutor meeting, production of final
research, evaluation and finally writing the report. Once every step is completing. I will be
writing the report. Initially, I will choses the research topic and I gave given 3 weeks of time
for it. Then I will give 6 weeks of time to develop the idea what to do and how to proforma it.
After that I will be analysing the data which will include the research and methodologies and
it will be 5 weeks of duration. Analysing which approach and methodology will be used is an
important task and should be done effectively. This will help me to collect the date that will
be easier and can be performed as planned. As per the plan I have assigned 4 weeks for date
collection program. I have to do research and collect appropriate date that will be helpful for
my project. After collecting the date, I have assigned 5 weeks of time for numerical analysis.
Tutor meeting is the most significant step of my research. I have to stay keep in touch with
the tutor, and discuss about the research project. when everything is done, then production of
final outcome will begin and I have assigned 6 weeks. Once the final outcome is completed. I
will be moving forward to the next step which will be evaluation. evaluation play important
role in the completion of the research project. Once every data is collected or not. When the
evaluation of the data and outcome is over, the final step that is writing the report will be
started. The report writing should be completed in 6 weeks as per my plan and finally writing
report will be complected by the end of December 2022.

Research approach and methodologies

So, all the research data I am going to do is related to the research papers that was done
previously by other researchers. In additionally, I also done some real-life research around
my home which include interview, survey and observations. What I believe is, since internet
spread global because of this it became easily accessible and cheap compared to decade
before, the data that is gathered a decade before and present will be different from each other.
A part from that the research approach and methodologies that I am going to use are
background analysis is which I will be finding out negative impacts of social media on
mental and physical health of student and what behaviours have changed after the excessive
us of social media, in addition, how family are responding in that.
Research methodologies is the specific procedures or techniques to identify, research design,
the sources of data that includes the locale of the study and research population,
instrumentation and data collection, and tools used for data analysis. In a research paper, the
methodology selection allows the reader to critical evaluate study overall validity and
reliability. Self- research is some of the research methodology. Here are some of the
appropriate research approaches and methods to primary and secondary research on the
project scenario.

Qualitative research methodology

Qualitative research is used to understand how people experience the world. While there are
many approaches to qualitative research, they tend to be flexible and focus on retaining rich
meaning when interpreting data.
Common approaches include grounded theory, ethnography, action research,
phenomenological research, and narrative research. They share some similarities, but
emphasize different aims and perspectives.
Some qualitative research methods are:
• Qualitative research methods usually collect data at the sight, where the participants are
experiencing issues or problems. These are real-time data and rarely bring the participants
out of the geographic locations to collect information.
• Qualitative researchers typically gather multiple forms of data, such as interviews,
observations, and documents, rather than rely on a single data source.
• This type of research method works towards solving complex issues by breaking down
into meaningful inferences, that is easily readable and understood by all.
• Since it’s a more communicative method, people can build their trust on the researcher
and the information thus obtained is raw and unadulterated.

Quantitative research methods

Quantitative research is defined as a systematic investigation of phenomena by gathering
quantifiable data and performing statistical, mathematical, or computational techniques.
Quantitative research collects information from existing and potential customers using
sampling methods and sending out online surveys, online polls, questionnaires, etc., the
results of which can be depicted in the form of numerical. After careful understanding of
these numbers to predict the future of a product or service and make changes accordingly.
An example of quantitative research is the survey conducted to understand the amount of
time a doctor takes to tend to a patient when the patient walks into the hospital. A patient
satisfaction survey template can be administered to ask questions like how much time did a
doctor takes to see a patient, how often does a patient walk into a hospital, and other such
questions.
Quantitative outcome research is mostly conducted in the social sciences using the statistical
methods used above to collect quantitative data from the research study. In this research
method, researchers and statisticians deploy mathematical frameworks and theories that
pertain to the quantity under question.
Qualitative research methods characterise
1. Sample size: Sample size is a research term used for defining the number of individuals
includes in a research study to represent a population. It conducted on a significant
sample size that represents the target market. Appropriate sampling methods have to be
used when deriving the sample to fortify research objective.
2. Prior studies: Various factors related to the research topic are studied before collecting
feedback from respondents.
3. Qualitative data: Usually, quantitative data is represented by tables, charts, graphs, or
any other non-numerical form. This makes it easy to understand the data that has been
collected as well as prove the validity of the market research.

4. Structured tools: Structured tools such as surveys, polls, or questionnaires are used to
gather quantitative data. Using such structure methods helps in collecting in-depth and
actionable data from the survey respondents.

5. Close-ended questions: Closed-ended questions are created per the objective of the
research. These questions help collect quantitative data and hence, are extensively used in
quantitative research.

6. Generalization of results: Results of this research method can be generalized to an entire

population to take appropriate actions for improvement.

Primary research
Primary research is defined as a methodology used by researchers to collect data directly,
rather than depending on data collected from previously done research. Technically, they
“own” the data. Primary research is solely carried out to address a certain problem, which
requires in-depth analysis. The distinct feature of primary research is that the researcher
focuses on collecting data directly rather than depending on data collected from previously
done research.
Businesses or organizations can themselves conduct primary research or can employ a third
party to conduct research on their behalf. One major advantage of primary research is, this
type of research is “pinpointed”, research is carried around only a specific issue or problem
and all the focus is directed to obtain related solutions.
For example, a brand is about to launch a new model of mobile phone and wants to conduct
a research about the looks and features mobile phone they are soon going to introduce.
Organizations can select a qualified sample of respondents that closely resembles population
and conduct primary research with them, to know their opinions. Based on this research, the
brand can now think of probable solutions to make necessary changes in looks and features of
mobile phone.
Primary Research Methods with Examples
1. Interviews (telephonic or face-to-face): Conducting interviews is a qualitative research
method to collect data and has been a popular method for ages. These interviews can be
conducted in person (face-to-face) or over the telephone. Interviews are open-ended
method which involves dialogues or interaction between interviewer (researcher) and
interviewee (respondent). Conducting face-to-face interview is said to generate a better
response from respondents as it is a more personal approach. However, the success of
face-to-face interview depends heavily on researcher’s ability to ask questions and his/her
 experience related to conducting such interviews in the past. The types of questions that
are used in this type of research are mostly open ended questions. These questions help to
gain in-depth insights into opinions and perceptions of respondents.
Personal interviews usually last up to 30 minutes or even longer depending on the subject
of research. If a researcher is running short of time conducting telephonic interviews can
also be helpful to collect data.

2. Online surveys: Once conducted with pen and paper, surveys have come a long way
since then. Today, most researchers use online surveys to send it to respondents to gather
information from them. Online surveys are convenient and can be sent on emails or can
be filled out online. These can be accessed on handheld devices like smartphone, tablets,
iPad and similar devices. Once a survey is deployed, a certain amount of stipulated time
is given to respondents to answer survey questions and send it back to researcher. In order
to get maximum information from respondents, surveys should have a good mix or open
ended questions and close ended questions. Survey should not be lengthy, else
respondents lose interest and tend to leave it half done.
It is a good practice to reward respondents on successfully filling out surveys for their
time and efforts and valuable information. Most organizations or businesses usually
giveaway gift cards from reputed brands that respondents can redeem later.

3. Focus groups: This popular research technique is used to collect data from a small group
of people, usually restricted to 6-10. Focus group brings together people who are experts
in subject matter, for which research is being conducted. Focus group has a moderator
who stimulates discussions among the members to get greater insights. Organizations and
businesses can make use of this method specially to identify niche market to learn about a
specific group of consumers.

4. Observations: In this primary research method, there is no direct interaction between

researcher and person/consumer being observed. Researcher observes the reactions of a
subject and makes notes.

Secondary research
Secondary research or desk research is a research method that involves using already existing
data. Existing data is summarized and collated to increase the overall effectiveness of
research. Secondary research includes research material published in research reports and
similar documents. These documents can be made available by public libraries, websites, data
obtained from already filled in surveys etc. Some government and non-government agencies
also store data, that can be used for research purposes and can be retrieved from them.
Secondary research is much more cost-effective than primary research, as it makes use of
already existing data, unlike primary research where data is collected first hand by
organizations or businesses or they can employ a third party to collect data on their behalf.

Secondary Research Methods with Examples

1. Data available on the internet: One of the most popular ways of collecting secondary
data is using the internet. Data is readily available on the internet and can be downloaded
at the click of a button. This data is practically free of cost or one may have to pay a
negligible amount to download the already existing data. Websites have a lot of
information that businesses or organizations can use to suit their research needs.
 However, organizations need to consider only authentic and trusted website to collect
information.
2. Government and nongovernment agencies: Data for secondary research can also be
collected from some government and non-government agencies. For example, US
Government Printing Office, US Census Bureau, and Small Business Development
Centres have valuable and relevant data that businesses or organizations can use.
There is a certain cost applicable to download or use data available with these agencies.
Data obtained from these agencies are authentic and trustworthy.
3. Public libraries: Public libraries are another good source to search for data for this
research. Public libraries have copies of important research that were conducted earlier.
They are a storehouse of important information and documents from which information
can be extracted. The services provided in these public libraries vary from one library to
another. More often, libraries have a huge collection of government publications with
market statistics, large collection of business directories and newsletters.
4. Educational Institutions: Importance of collecting data from educational institutions for
secondary research is often overlooked. However, more research is conducted in colleges
and universities than any other business sector. The data that is collected by universities is
mainly for primary research. However, businesses or organizations can approach
educational institutions and request for data from them.
5. Commercial information sources: Local newspapers, journals, magazines, radio and TV
stations are a great source to obtain data for secondary research. These commercial
information sources have first-hand information on economic developments, political
agenda, market research, demographic segmentation and similar subjects. Businesses or
organizations can request to obtain data that is most relevant to their study. Businesses
not only have the opportunity to identify their prospective clients but can also know about
the avenues to promote their products or services through these sources as they have a
wider reach.

Conclusion
The study was conducted to examine the addiction of social media on student. The study
revealed that majority of the respondents had mobile phones with internet facility and had
knowledge of the existence of social media sites. As a result, they visit their social media
sites and spend between one hours to five hours every day. In addition, the study revealed
that the use of social media had affected their health and academic performance of the
respondents negatively and further confirmed that there was a strong positive relationship
between the use of social media in their health and academic.
Comments and agreement from tutor
Comments(optional):

I confirm that the project is not work which has been or will be submitted for another
qualification and appropriate
Agreed: Name: Siman rana Date 11/04/2022