摘要：World Wide Web is a huge storehouse of knowledge which can be accessed through internet.These technologies have significantly influenced daily activities and quality of life ofindividuals. Social Networking Sites have become a revolutionized way of communicationespecially among youth. SNS count millions of members these days. For a growing number ofInternet users, maintaining a profile on a SNS is part of their everyday life today especiallyadolescents. Thus what are the motivations of adolescents (age group 14-18 years) – maleand female for using social networking sites? The study has conducted a survey comprising of200 school students - 100 boys and 100 girls. The respondents were selected from the schoolssituated in Chandigarh. The study has established that there exists insignificant differencebetween male and female adolescents on variable of social connectivity, recognition,entertainment, information dimension of motivation for use of social networking sites.Teachers and parents, therefore, should not consider boys and girls on different footageregarding information technology
