TITLE:
Analysis of Social Networks among Students in Abidjan City
AUTHORS:
Aliou Bamba, Aladji Kamagaté, Moussa Koivogui, Douatia Koné
KEYWORDS:
Social Network, Social Media, Applications, Network Structure View, Status Structure View, Statistics, Digital Platforms, Online Harassment
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.12 No.8,
August
18,
2022
ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the social networks usage by students in Abidjan
city, Côte d’Ivoire. We focus on a descriptive or quantitative analysis to
understand the motivations and how students
make use of internet and social networks. More than six hundred forms were
distributed to persons we have deemed as students. In return, we received more
than 93% of the forms that have been processed. The study highlights the
materials and the digital platforms that students used the most. The majority
of the respondents reported to have access to the social networks in their
mobile phones, with WhatsApp leading this application ranking, followed by Instagram,
Facebook, YouTube, and Tik Tok. The survey shows that two third of our respondents are aged from 19
to 25 years old and almost half of the respondents spend daily 2 to 5 hours on digital platforms. The investigation
also reveals that the main online activities are the e-commerce, chatting,
information, and entertainment. The paper addresses also the online harassment
of the students and it shows that more than one tenth of them have been victims
of cyber-bullying. This study might be useful for governments, institutions,
academia, individuals and professionals in order to communicate efficiently
with a given population for a better use of social networks and to prevent
students from harassment.