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Facebook has become an integral part of the routine activities of almost everyone now days. Excessive use of Facebook can cause its addiction to the individuals. The study has done to identify consequences of Facebook addiction on victims and their families. Methodology applied for research is qualitative research following case study method. Data has been collected from 22 respondents via semi-structured in depth interviews of 20-25 minutes of Facebook addict students and/or their family members of Punjab and analyzed in software NVivo version 11 to apply Word Frequency, Text Search and Tree Map queries after thematic analysis. Facebook addiction can cause various difficulties and troubles for not only addict students but also for their family members, that may include social and personal problems. This study has found low performance in study, wastage of time and money, anti-socialism, stress and anxiety, family conflicts, ignoring, less family concerns, low attention to siblings and relationship break up as results of Facebook addiction. Keywords: Facebook Addiction, Students, Consequences, Family, NVivo
INTRODUCTION Facebook is the most recognized social networking site that has become the global phenomenon of recent years (Foregger, 2008). It was created by Mark Zuckerberg, a student at Harvard [...]