Impact of social media platforms on family and household interactions in Limuru town.

Abstract

Social networking sites (SNS) have gained great popularity in Kenya in recent times. Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, are some of the commonly used SNS in the country. This study sought to examine these social media platforms in order to establish if their usage has any impact on social interactions among family and household members within Limuru Town. Two main objectives which guided this research were: 1) To establish how social media platforms impact on social interactions within families. 2) To find out if social media platforms actually bring family members close and enhance interactions with the family. The study employed a descriptive survey design which involved questionnaires that were administered as research instruments. Limuru Town was used as the research site where a target population of 250 respondents was sampled owing to the fact that they have access to SNs at their homes. In selecting the 50 respondents for the research, simple random sampling technique was applied.