Personal Constructs Tertiary Students Adopt with Respect to Johari Window on Facebook Pages

Nowadays, most people prefer to use the most popular social network site, Facebook. Some people may not be able to express themselves in real life,but, can express to other Facebook users in virtual life. This study is designed upon the personal constructs (Kelly, 1950) the EMU students who study in 2015 Spring term adopt with respect to the interpersonal communication continuum put forth by Buber (1974) and Johari Window (Joseph Luft, Harry Ingham; 1955). For the present study, data have been collected through a survey which has 60 questions. It is related to students‟ demographic information and usage habits related to Facebook. 28 questions are prepared as 5-point Likert Scale questions, and based on personal constructs students adopt in real and virtual life with respect to the 4 areas mentioned in the Johari Window. The t-test run with respect to sex and all 5-point Likert Scale questions indicate there is a statically significant relationship with respect to at p≤ 0.05 level. This is only found at one question. One-way ANOVA test results indicate with respect to questions of, 3,4,5,6 and 15 questions and all 5-point Likert Scale questions show a statistically significant difference with respect to 15 questions at p≤0.05 level. This is found only in 16 questions. It is observed that students use Facebook parallel to four areas of Johari Window. In terms of communication and people mostly share their interests and likes on Facebook while hiding their personal information and relationship status participants show difference in the personal constructs they adopt according to 4 areas of the Johari Window in real and virtual life. Keywords: Interpersonal communication continuum, personal construct, johari window, Facebook and real and virtual life