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Social Media Usage and Moral Behavior among Students of Islamic University in Uganda.
(2015) Na-Jega, Muhammad. Murtala
This study sought to investigate the Relationship between Social Media Usage and Moral Behaviour (i.e. privacy and honesty traits) among students of Islamic University In Uganda. The study was guided by the following objectives: To examine the purpose for which IUIU students use social media; to find out the relationship between social media usage and students' privacy trait; to find out the relationship between social media usage and students' honesty trait. The research design employed was correlation research design. The population of the study was the students of IUIU 2014/15 academic session, comprising both male and female, totalling 4761 students. Using stratified sampling technique, a total of 350 samples were drawn to represent the target population of the study. 225 were males and 125 were females students. Thus, a total of 350 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents. The major findings of the study revealed that IUIU students use social media mainly for communication, and sharing of pictures or videos. Also, using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r = .513) (sig. = .000< p = .05), it was concluded that there was moderate relationship between social media usage and students' privacy. However, the finding indicated that there was moderate relationship between social media usage and students honesty (r = .463) (sig. = .000