How Does Facebook Play a Role in the Process of Socialization of Teenage Students in the Rural Areas of Nepal?

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Social Networking Sites have become part of daily life for teenagers and can shape how they grow socially. This qualitative phenomenological study investigates rural Nepal teenage students’ perceptions of how Facebook supports socialization, focusing on secondary-level views. Semi-structured interviews with 15 students from three rural community secondary schools in Devdaha Municipality show Facebook plays a significant socialization role, enabling global connection and learning, while also reducing study attention.

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Abstract

Introduction

Facebook as a communication medium

Facebook’s role in learning and social relations

Research questions and study focus

How Does Facebook Play a Role in the Process of Socialization of Teenage Students in the Rural Areas of Nepal? Hiranya Lal LAMSAL [1] To Cite: Lamsal, H. L. (2024) . How does Facebook play a role in the process of socialization of teenage students in the rural areas of Nepal? Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 12(3), 107-117. [http://dx.doi.org/10.52380/mojet.2024.12.3.546](http://dx.doi.org/10.52380/mojet.2024.12.3.546) ABSTRACT Social Networking Sites have now become a part of daily life for every teenager. It makes them to grow up socially through connecting with people in a short span of time. Considering this matter, the study aims to explore the perceptions of teenage students about how Facebook plays a role in the process of socialization from rural areas of Nepal. It attempts to examine secondary level students’ views about the significance of Facebook in the domain of socialization and how it assists students to socialize. This study is based on qualitative in nature. It follows phenomenological research design and conducts semi-structured interview through open-ended research questions. The data is collected from 15 teenage students’ of three rural community secondary schools in Devdaha Municipality. The finding indicates that Facebook plays a significant role in the process of socialization of teenage students. With the help of social networking sites, teenagers connect to the entire world and show their acquaintance through their social networking participation and intellectual achievement. Although Facebook makes teenagers pay less attention to their study and find their love and relation in the strangers, its users are more satisfied because they learn new things; connect with people all around the world, and connect it as e-learning resource. Keywords: Facebook, socialization, teenage students, e-learning, rural area [1][lamsalhiranyalal@gmail.com](lamsalhiranyalal@gmail.com), [orcid.org/ 0009-0003-5815-7879](orcid.org/ 0009-0003-5815-7879), Nepal Open University,Nepal Article History: Received: 10 February 2024 Received in revised form: 2 May 2024 Accepted: 24 June 2024 Article type: Research Article INTRODUCTION Facebook has become a part of life among social networking sites to connect the world people in one place. That means it emerges as a medium of communication(Chaka & Govender, 2020) . In this digital era, Facebook has appeared a good means to show people’s identity and their daily life activities (Ainin et al., 2015) . However, Teenage students are very curious to handle different components of social sites, includingthe Facebook(Dholakia et al., 2004)which allows users to share portraits, articles, music, videos, thoughtsand opinions(Jin, 2015) . Nowadays, social media platform especially Facebook is an influential system in cultivating energetic learning and interactive communication(Chan, 2020) . On the other side, it provides a good platform of playing different sorts of games (Allen, 2012),which helps to develop social relations among the people and can also support to improve students’ educational performance. Besides this, Facebook builds social presence in online learning through Facebook group (Akcaoglu & Lee, 2018) .So, it can be seen that Facebook is flourishing among the people that plays very supportive role in the age of mass media and technology. With the growing popularity of social networking site among teenage students, Facebook has captured its dominant in social networking site among U.S teens from 12-17 aged and that 93 percent of teens have set up Facebook account(Feng & Xie, 2014) . However, Teens have high craze in using Facebook with their peers and friends. In the context of Nepal, due to excessive use of Facebook, teenage students pay less attention to their study .Students participation in a subject related Facebook page and group can be used positively as a supportive gadget for teaching and learning in an e-learning atmosphere

FAQs

What is the study’s main aim regarding Facebook and teenagers in rural Nepal?

To explore rural Nepal teenage students’ perceptions of how Facebook plays a role in socialization and how it supports students in socializing.

What research design and data collection method does the study use?

The study uses a qualitative phenomenological research design with semi-structured interviews using open-ended questions.

What are the key findings about Facebook’s effect on teenage students’ socialization?

Facebook enables teenagers to connect with people worldwide, express acquaintance through participation, and learn new things, while users may also pay less attention to study.

Oct 15, 2026

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