ITIHAS The Journal of Indian Management
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2

Understanding the social media usage pattern and behavior of generation y users-An exploratory study

  • Author:
  • K.S Kalavathy1, Anitha Ramachander2
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Published Online: Jun 22, 2018
  • Page Number: 16 to 23

1Research Scholar, Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

2Research Supervisor, Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

Abstract

Social media has emerged as a very important topic during the past two decades.Its opportunities and challenges have been widely acknowledged by marketers today. The key to social media are the people who use it. Social networks provide a platform for users to consume content, participate and produce content. These activities have to be thoroughly understood. This research study is an endeavor to understand the usage pattern and usage behavior of social media among Generation Y users.

Keywords

Social media, Social networking sites, Usage pattern, Usage behavior