FACTORS INFLUENCING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ADDICTION AMONG THE ADOLESCENTS IN ASIAN COUNTRIES

Social Networking Sites (SNS) addiction among the adolescents has begun to getting attention among the scholars. Previous studies have focused on the factors influenced SNS addiction mostly among the adults compared to the adolescents. Furthermore, studies on SNS addiction that integrate different perspective from different theoretical foundation is very scarce. This study has taken a systematic literature approach to identify factors that contributes to SNS addiction among the adolescents in Asian countries. Based on the systematic literature approach, ten papers were found to be significantly highlighted factors that contributes to SNS addiction in Asian countries which is Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and China. Subsequently, the factors were categorized into three different perspective which is Information System, Sociology and Psychology. These factors are hoped to be guidance for future research in SNS addiction context among adolescents in Asian countries