期刊名称：Revista de Administratie Publica si Politici Sociale
印刷版ISSN：2067-1695
出版年度：2011
卷号：2
期号：7
出版社：Vasile Goldis Western University, Arad
摘要：Facebook is used widely by the students in fulfilling their basic needs and interaction. It wasbecoming a popular medium for socializing online and tools to facilitate friendship. Femalestudents used Facebook for different kind of motives from social interaction to communication. Thefrequent use of Facebook brought an addiction toward the site and simultaneously influentstudents’ daily life at large. The phenomenon of Facebook addiction in Malaysia is rising amonguniversity students especially female. The objective of this study is to identify the relationshipbetween female students’ motives for Facebook use and Facebook addiction. The five motivesidentified were social interaction, passing time, entertainment, companionship, and communication.This study involved 380 female students (Facebook users) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysiaand Universiti Tenaga Nasional. Findings of the study showed that there are significantrelationship between female students’ motives for Facebook use and Facebook addiction. As aconclusion, social interaction, passing time, entertainment, companionship and communicationmotives were among the major contributor to the addiction of Facebook site. It is hoped that theresults of the study will be applicable to service providers, current users, and potential users ofSharifah Sofiah S. Z, Siti Zobidah Omar, Mohd Nizam Osman, Jusang Bolong - Facebook Addiction Among…………….
