Opinions on Aggression in Using Social Media of Undergraduate Students, Mahasarakham University

Abstract

The purposes of this study were 1) to study the attitude towards an aggression in using social media 2) to compare the attitude towards an aggression in using social media and perception on aggression in using social media of Mahasarakham University students by classifying gender and personality. The samples were 800 bachelor degrees’ students of Mahasarakham University who were studying in academic year 2017 by using Multi - Stage Sampling. The instruments were the Likert’s scale questionnaires which has the reliability at 0.83 – 0.93. The statistics were percentage, mean, standard deviation and one – way MANOVA. The results were as follows: 1) The attitude towards an aggression in using social media and perception on aggression in using social media of Mahasarakham University students: The attitude towards the aggression was at the high level (= 3.93, S.D. = 0.53) and the aggressive perception on using social media of bachelor’s degree students was at the high level ( = 3.85, S.D. = 0.59). 2. The comparison of the attitude towards an aggression in using social media and perception on aggression in using social media of Mahasarakham University students by classifying gender and personality: On the attitude towards the aggression, female students (= 3.97, S.D. = 0.49) were statistic significantly higher than male students (= 3.88, S.D. = 0.57) at 0.05 level. On the aggressive perception, the male and female students did not differ. The extroverted and introverted students did not differ towards the aggression and aggressive perception on using social networking services.