ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ELECTRONIC MEDIA USE AND SLEEPING HOURS AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN

Mr. Sunil Thomas and Dr. Kishore Kumar. B. S. 

ABSTRACT

In today’s digital world, media is omnipresent,  and it is not possible to live without media. Digital  technologies   are  not  only  the  daily  tools  of  communication,   information   and entertainment   but  they  have  become  an  integral  part  of  peoples’  lives.  Many  factors contribute  to sleep  disturbance  among  young  adults.  Social  media  (SM)  use is increasing rapidly,  and  little  is  known  regarding  its  association  with  sleep  disturbance.   Here  the investigator analyzed the time spend by school students for electronic media as well as their sleeping hour. The investigator observed that there exists some relation between these factors. Most of the students spend more than 3 hours for electronic media. Only 36% of the students use electronic media for less than two hours.

Keywords: Electronic media, Sleep disturbance, Sleep quality, Technology and Health