Exploring college students' generational differences in Facebook usage

In recent years the usage of social networks among students has become the subject of numerous studies. In this study we were interested in differences in patterns of online behaviour and the use of Facebook (FB) among the second and third generation of students. The results showed that 66% of the second year students had a FB account, while in the third generation all of the respondents had a FB account. One third of the second year students avoid any involvement in FB. Lack of interest was one of the main reasons the respondents indicated for not being engaged in FB, as well as their unwillingness to put personal information online. Currently, most of them are satisfied using FB, and do not plan to turn off their profile. The newer generations of students use FB mainly for overcoming boredom. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the time spent online increases, as well as the number of FB users, and also the number of virtual friends increases in order to exchange information. We concluded that the number of users of Facebook increases among older students in comparison to younger one.We found that increasing the number of friends on Facebook is more pronounced among older students.Membership in groups is more popular within older students.Most students do not consider that they are addicted to Facebook.

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