Virtual engagement of lives has been made possible with the advent of social media. Almost 80% of the day are spent virtually on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat, etc. Usage of social media to connect to and communicate with the ones we care about is always healthy, termed as social networking. Social dysfunction occurs when the constant communication leads to the point where our real or offline life gets replaced by virtual or online life. There is a slight boundary between social networking and social dysfunction. When social networking is advantageous, social dysfunction affects emotional well-being. When emotional well-being is affected, many users experience a compulsion to dissociate from the real world as they find virtual world, full of fantasy and enjoyment. When the Internet was created, perhaps no one was aware of its potential. More than the convenience for sharing of information it has brought the world so close to crumbling the geographical boundaries. The more people-to-people communication is, the more is the strengthening of relationships, bonds grow stronger with ‘more’ social media platforms. Being on ‘more’ social media platforms has become a benchmark for living amidst the younger generation. Either as an activity of happiness or as an activity of pleasure, users tend to use social media at varying levels. This paper aims to conceptualize the the intricacies of social media in young lives and to discern whether their association is happiness or pleasure activity. The research method of this paper has a mixed-methods research design combining data from structured survey with information outputs from in-depth interviews.

随着社交媒体的出现，虚拟参与生活成为可能。几乎80％的一天几乎都花在了Facebook，Instagram，Twitter，YouTube，Snapchat等上。使用社交媒体与我们关注的对象进行连接和交流始终是健康的，这被称为社交网络。当不断的交流导致我们的真实或离线生活被虚拟或在线生活所取代时，就会出现社交功能障碍。社交网络和社交功能障碍之间存在微小的界限。当社交网络有利时，社交功能障碍会影响情绪健康。当情感幸福感受到影响时，许多用户在发现充满幻想和乐趣的虚拟世界时会感到与现实世界脱节。建立互联网后，也许没有人意识到它的潜力。共享信息不但带来了便利，还使世界濒临破碎的地理边界。人与人之间的交流越多，人际关系的加强就越多，“更多”的社交媒体平台之间的联系也就越牢固。处于“更多”社交媒体平台上已成为年轻一代生活的基准。无论是作为快乐活动还是作为娱乐活动，用户都倾向于在不同级别上使用社交媒体。本文旨在概念化社交媒体在年轻人中的复杂性，并辨别它们是幸福还是快乐活动。本文的研究方法采用混合方法研究设计，将结构化调查的数据与深度访谈的信息输出相结合。