Abstract—In recent years, Social Networking Sites (SNSs)
have become a major communication vehicle in all societies.
Facebook has become the most popular social networking site
with more than 2.2 billion users. The pleasure that Facebook has
brought has led to some addictive behavior among its users. This
study employed the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale to
investigate Facebook addiction among students. In this study,
we selected a sample of 441 students in Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia as respondents. Results show that 47% of the
participants were addicted to Facebook. This ratio is almost the
same among postgraduate and undergraduate students, and
interestingly, among Malaysian and non-Malaysian. Much
speculated factors such as religion, level of income, ego strength
and locus of control do not show significant influence on the risk
of Facebook addiction. Lastly, the results suggest that as people
spend more time on Facebook, there is a greater chance of
addiction.
Index Terms—Facebook addiction, social networking sites,
students.
H. Jafarkarimi is with Univeristi Teknologi Malaysia. He is also with
Department of Computer, Damavand Branch, Islamic Azad University,
Damavand, Iran (e-mail: hoseinkarimi@gmail.com).
A. Sim is with the Department of Information Systems, Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.
R. Saadatdoost is with the Department of Computer and Information
Technology, Parand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Parand, Iran.
J. Hee is with the Department of Educational Foundation and Social
Science, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.
Cite: Hosein Jafarkarimi, Alex Tze Hiang Sim, Robab Saadatdoost, and Jee Mei Hee, "Facebook Addiction among Malaysian Students," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 465-469, 2016.