Impact of Communal Broad Casting on Academic Assignational So Performance: A learning of Non-Government Medical Colleges Students in Uttarakhand

Authors

  • Usha Research Scholar, Banasthali Vidyapith Rajasthan, India Author

Keywords:

Smartphone; Medical students; Uttarakhand; Dehradun; Social Media; Sleep; Stress

Abstract

: In present times, the usage of Communal Broadcasting and internet facilitates & daily and academic work of students. Through the internet, students have been able to speed up their academic work. Along with the positive effects of internet and social media, there are many types of physical, mental and intellectual side effects on students. The primary motivation of the researcher behind conducting this research study was to find out the attitude of students towards the use of social media in medical colleges located in the state of Uttarakhand in which 330 MBBS students who were MBBS (final year, third year, second year and first year students) were included, studying in the medical college located in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand state were selected and included for research work. Only those students were included in the study that worked on social Networking sites using smart phones. In this research study, pre-tested and self-made semi-structured questionnaires were used to assess the total time of social Networking sites use by students and the contribution of Social networking sites in their academic and daily college work or their attitude towards the use of social networking to complete their academic and routine tasks. The results of the study show that the age of most of the students is around 20-22 years. Out of the students included in the study, 60% of the students had less physical activity due to the use of Phones. About 52% of the students were found to have the habit of looking at and checking their phones every 30 minutes. 80% of the students were also found to have insomnia and were able to sleep only for 6 hours every day. During the study, 54% of the students also shared their experiences of physical problems faced while using social media, which included insomnia, neck pain, headache and blurred vision. The data and results of the study show that the frequency of using the phone has increased due to the use of social media in most of the medical students, due to which medical students are advised to reduce the use of mobile and social media

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Published

2025-12-31