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WhatsApp: A Trend of Communication among Youth

Author(s):

Pradnya Mahanand Desai , LOKMANYA TILAK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING KOPARKHAIRANE; Shubhangi Waman Sonkusare, LOKMANYA TILAK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING KOPARKHAIRANE; Sudhakar Jadhav, LOKMANYA TILAK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING KOPARKHAIRANE

Keywords:

WhatsApp, Addiction, Habit, Youth, Communicate, Information, Education

Abstract

In today's world WhatsApp has become a key part of youth’s life. Rather we can say it has become an addiction or habit. Through WhatsApp everyone stays in touch with their friends and family. Whether or not the youth agree it has become a true fact that they find it difficult to stay without WhatsApp. People use WhatsApp to communicate, to share their feelings, their thoughts, emotions, daily life activities, etc. They use it as a mode of information, entertainment, also for educational purpose. After going through various articles it was observed that people having smart phones spend almost quarter of the day using WhatsApp. They do so to convey the information, messages to their friends, relatives. They share images, audios, videos, contacts, locations. They create various groups like family groups, friend circle group, college group, class group, etc to stay in touch with each other.

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Paper ID: IJSRDV4I21520
Published in: Volume : 4, Issue : 2
Publication Date: 01/05/2016
Page(s): 1798-1799

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