SOCIAL MEDIA & ADOLESCENTS: TEEN-AGERS IN THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU POSSESS INTEREST TO SHARE SOCIAL AWARENESS RELATED CONTENTS

Abstract

Social Media is an instant cross platform messaging application, it is basically used for messaging through mobile phones, it can only be used through mobile phones and it has been distinctly designed and marketed for Smartphone, it is generally accessed in almost all type of modern smart phones which includes, Android phones, Blackberries, Windows Phone devices, iPhones, etc. Social Media ismuch widely used in Android based smart phonescomparativelyto other smart phones. It is actually a refined and contemporary text messaging tool which is way ahead of traditional text messaging applications and scarcely uses Internet to send data, which really relives people from spending money for quick sharing text message through mobiles.Social Media gives people a varied platform for sharing text, contact numbers, links, pictures, videos, etc. which helps them in providing multiple benefits like low cost, sharing Rich media messages, confirmation of messages for sending, delivering and reading and group chatting, etc. In such aspect Social Media being one of the most admired and acceptable media among users,  the access and usage of Social Media among users nowadays seems to be so random and high , where the concept of grouping and sharing particular information  also seems to be notable among many. People are sharing many different types of contents and also sharing many things,so in that aspect, it would be really inappropriate if there is no research study in understanding how adolescents use social mediain showingtheir interest insharing content. The research will examine the various types of contents shared by adolescents in Tamil Nadu.