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Social networking has become a common trend which has reached to almost every corner of the world. Currently, it has become essential to determine the impact of social media on the overall life of young people. From one year to the other the rate of technology is increasing at a very rapidly and the youth is the ones trapped in this rapid change. The use of social networking sites has detonated and grown into an online platform where people create and share content, bookmark it and network at a remarkable rate. Among the prominent users of the social networking sites are the youth. This research evaluates the impact of social media sites on youth’s quality of life in different aspects. Social networking is changing the conduct with which young people communicate with their parents, friends and along with that how they make use of technology. To achieve this, an online survey was conducted which was filled by 95 respondents. The major findings revealed that social media has significant impact on youth life.
Social networking sites grabs their attention and then focus it towards inappropriate actions that results in youth’s distraction from studies and poor academic performance, depression, anxiety and other physiological issues.
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