Att alltid vara tillgänglig : En kvalitativ studie om hur högskolestudenter påverkas av sociala medier

Sammanfattning: A technological community has hastily been developed and nowadays it is a majority of the Swedish population available. This study is about the constant accessibility of social media from a health perspective. The purpose of the study is to examine why university students use social media and how they feel that the health is affected through constant availability. The method used is qualitative with seven semi-structured interviews. The study result shows that university students consider that constant accessibility through social media affects the health in several ways, both positively and negatively. Positively by facilitating contact and communication, for example, study contexts and that it contributes to tighter social networks. Negatively as it contributes to stress, creates insomnia and low self-esteem. The conclusion to be drawn from the study is that university students seeing social media as a natural part of the life and the mental and physical health is negatively affected, while the social well-being positively affected.