| No | Title of the Research | Author, Year | Significant Contributions | Critical Remarks with researchability gapes |
| 1 | A Quantitative Research on the Level of Social Media Addiction among Young People in Turkey | Ali Murat Kirik, Ahmet Arslan, Ahmet Çetinkaya, Mehmet Gül1, September 2015 | Researcher aims to determine the level of social media addiction in young people in Turkey, and to make suggestions on the prevention of the addiction while stating the current work carried out on the subject in Turkey. | The findings of this research paper are relevant and related to the proposed study. It assesses the addiction of social media among young people; but still there is no contribution to control among close user group. |
| 2 | Cyber psychology, Behavior And Social Networking (Online Social Networking and Mental Health) | Dr. Igor V. Pantic, 2014 | This concise review paper focuses on the recent findings regarding the suggested connection between SNS and mental health issues such as depressive symptoms, changes in self-esteem, and Internet addiction. | In this research Researcher aims only to conduct a concise review focuses on the recent findings regarding the suggested connection between SNS and mental health issues such as depressive symptoms, changes in self-esteem, and Internet addiction, rather than finding some framework or guideline to prevent addiction and abuse. |
| 3 | Prevalence of Social Networks Addiction among Ethiopian Youths | Shafaat Hussain1, and Mohd. Arasad Volume 4 Issue 3, March 2015 | This study explores how far the Ethiopian youths are addicted to social networks. The objective of this research is to analyze the age and gender dynamics of youths regarding social networks addiction. In Addition There is a greater possibility that some innocent youths may engage in the unlawful communications, unintentionally which may put them into troubles | In this research paper scope is somewhat close to the current study since it is in Ethiopia; but again there is lack of proposing the framework to reduce the addiction nature of social media. |
| 4 | Social Media Network Participation and Academic Performance In Senior High Schools in Ghana | Mingle & Adams, 2015. | The study revealed that majority of respondents used WhatsApp and Facebook for making friends and chatting. In addition, the majority of respondents experienced negative effects such as poor grammar and spelling, late submission of assignments, less study time and poor academic performance due to the heavy participation on social media networks. | This research paper is focused on how students networked and participated on social media networks, time invested by students on social networks, the effects of social media on students’ grammar and spelling as well as the effects of social network participation on the student’s academic performance But there is no any addressed framework for controlling such adversities. |