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PROBLEM STATEMENT "A study to assess social media addiction on academic performance among adolescents in selected secondary school of city." BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The rapid emergence of social networking sites like Facebook Twitter, Instagram and others lead to some significant changes in how people connect and communicate. Over use of social media has been leaked to various problem like decrease in sleep hours, lack of appetite for a long time and limited physical activity leading to obesity. It can also interfere with other aspects of daily life of an individual. The amount of time one spends using social media is associated with their academic performance. MATERIALS AND METHOD: The Research Method adopted for the present study was Non-experimental descriptive research design, which was quantitative research approach. Non-probability convenient sampling technique used. The study aimed at assessing social media addiction on academic performance among adolescents in selected secondary school of city. Sample size was 134 adolescents. Standardized Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS) tool used for assessment of social media addiction among adolescents. RESULT In the present study, 35.07% of the adolescents were less addicted to social media. 34.33% of the adolescents were moderately addicted. In the present study shows the association of social media addiction score with academic performance of adolescents in selected secondary school of city. The calculated p =0.002 which was lesser than the acceptable level of significance i.e. 'p' = 0.05. Hence, it was interpreted that academic performance of adolescents in selected secondary school of city was statistically significant with their social media addiction score. p value-0.002 which was less than 0.05 standard deviation for social media addiction was 27.15 & academic performance was 1.92.