01873nam a22001577a 450000500170000000800410001704000080005810000260006624501490009226000520024130000150029349000310030850011450033965000580148485601730154220250408150120.0250408b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  cLDD  aRawat, Narinder Singh  aImpact of Social Media on the Reading Habits of Government Senior Secondary School Students in North District of Directorate of Education, Delhi  aNew Delhi : bDelhi Library Association ,c2024  bp. 253-264  aLibrary HeraldvVol. 62(2)  aThe present study explores the pervasive influence of social media on reading habits of government senior secondary school students of Delhi. Out of total 399 respondents, female students (57.4%), Class XI students (52.4%) and students from Arts stream (70.4%) predominantly form the majority of demography. The study reveals a high level of awareness and usage in social media tools like WhatsApp (87.28% awareness, 77.81% usage), YouTube (83.21% awareness, 79.90% usage) and Instagram (75.83% awareness, 60.31% usage) etc. While the social networking sites have the highest level of both awareness (70.93%) and usage (61.90%) among respondents, video sharing and streaming platforms are also popular along with. Despite the popularity of social networking sites, majority of the respondents access Facebook (115 respondents), Twitter (44 respondents), LinkedIn (34 respondents) and Email (71 respondents) rarely. Students primarily use social media for learning and socialization purposes. Apart from facilitating information retrieval, social media also poses distractions, leading to reduced reading habits and hindering in-depth study.  aSocial MediaaReading HabitszSenior Secondary School  yclick here to online accessuhttps://libraryherald.dlaindia.in/post/impact-of-social-media-on-the-reading-habits-of-government-senior-secondary-school-students-in-north