Understanding the Impact of Social Media on Cognition and the Emotional Aspects using IA Test

The use of social media is increased in day to day life. Social media is used for communication among people for business purpose, for sharing thoughts, photos, videos etc. This paper covers study of impact of social media on cognition and emotional aspects using internet addiction test. The database contains 20 questions related to use of internet in daily life. The questions are classified in four groups. Each group of questions contains some impact of cognitive and emotional features. Group I contains impact of expectancies, withdrawal features, Group II contains denial, craving features, Group III contains impulsivity, and annuity and Group IV contains obsessive preoccupation features. The database is collected for three different age groups of male and female namely, 12-18, 18-24, 24-30. From result analysis we come know that, the users from 16-24 age groups are having more impact of cognitive and emotional features.