A study on facebook usage and gratification by youths of Tripura

India is one of the few countries that have more youths than any other countries in the world. But the youths of India are increasing getting hooked up day and night on the internet. Researchers are of the opinion that excessive indulgence in the internet may lead to a new kind of addiction. Literatures says that social networking sites (SNS) is one the few sites visited most of the time by the youths when they are online. The present research paper is an attempt to dissect what the youths of Tripura do when they are using social media and what gratification do they derive from using it.