Does Facebook Make USccessful?

Abrams focused on the damage social media can cause on our mental health. One study that she pointed to is by the UK Disability Charity Scope. They found that of 1500 Facebook and Twitter users “62 percent [of users] reported feeling inadequate and 60 percent reported feelings of jealousy from comparing themselves to other users” (Abrams). Another study that she also points to is one by researchers at the University of

A study at Stanford University shows that people tend to “underestimate how many negative experiences their peers are having” and “overestimate how much fun those same peers are having” (592). Social Media lets people decide what they want their life to look like and how they want to portray themselves to others. The platforms allow one to put together bits and pieces of ones life in order to create a puzzle of optimism to hide the sadness they don’t want to show the world. “The site’s very design- the presence of a ‘Like’ button, without a corresponding ‘hate button’- reinforces a kind of upbeat spin doctoring” (592). Copeland says that even the design of the social media platforms encourages putting a positive spin on things that aren’t so attractive to the people on the other side of the computer. “The human habit of overestimating other peoples happiness is nothing new, of course” (591). While people will always look at others and see their happiness, and never their pain, Social networking gives a bigger platform for people to do so. In an everyday conversation at the grocery store, people tend to focus on the positive. It is no different on Facebook, other than the positive spin is done in larger

Facebook has become just another way of provoking emotions without talking to someone. When you read the article, you laugh because of the examples she uses. Like when she talks about how one of her friends said she is “In a relationship with Chinese food.” We have all seen that, we might even be those people. So, you feel happy because you can relate to her at that moment. How many of us have seen someone give a “soliloquy” to people that we don’t even know? We can all relate to the feeling of giving a speech over Facebook because we are behind a screen and we do not think that people are reading it. But she also made you feel guilty when she tells you that we have changed the idea of interpersonal relationships. How many of our “Facebook friends” are really our friends?

it of envy and depression. It begins explaining how Facebook works and how some options in it can affect our society in a negative way, but end the introduction saying that is up to us the purpose for which we use Facebook, but the main purpose of the author in this article refers to Instagram, which the author thinks is worst than Facebook because it only gathers the bad aspects about Facebook which the author says are “loitering around others’ photos, perfunctory like-ing, and “broadcasting” to a relatively amorphous group” an example will be that the photos on Instagram promote self-promote because when people look at one beautiful picture one way

Firstly, there have been significant links between our online presence and other aspects of our mental health, which has inspired the subject matter of many recent research studies around the world. There are many psychological and physical factors that affect our mental well-being due to the impact of social media. Depression and Body Dysmorphia being the leading causes, due to the content the individuals are exposed to while online. Even though researchers coined the correlation between social media use and depression as complex. Data was collected from a sample of 340 first year college students, and the findings were that the increase use of Facebook have been associated with higher levels of loneliness. Also the extensive use of Facebook has been associated with higher rates of disordered eating and body image insecurity.

“Is Facebook Making Us Lonely” is an article that try to explain how social media can affect us and make us feel lonely. The writer gives examples to support his article purpose, and he gives some statistics details shows how the world is changing from time and people that to use the internet more than before. The article begins with a short story about YVETTE VICKERS; she was a famous actor for horror movies, and they she found dead near her computer, they assume the cause of her death that she is lonely. Next, the article starts to describe how Facebook is affecting people with different reason, health, religion, and culture. People start to live alone, and the research state that loneliness is a psychological state, marriage, and belief in

“Is Facebooks the one to blame” The social media revolution that in part is led by Facebook has had many effects on the way its users live and interact. Stephen Marche tells us in his essay “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” , how much Facebook has helped make its many user lonely.

In today’s world, technology is at its peak. However, there was a time when things were getting evolved and websites were created to connect and socialize. For example, Facebook was created with the intent of connecting with people, but it rather forced people to compare each other’s live, which made some people sad. It became successful, but not completely successful. Libby Copeland’s essay, “Is Facebook Making us Sad,” addresses a key factor in how Facebook makes us sad, according to research and some expert testimony. One key factor that I would like to address in the essay, how humans compare their lives with others on Facebook, making themselves lonely and sad.

There are two possible ways that the use of social networking sites can affect a person’s self esteem. According to a study conducted by Amy L. Gonzales and Jeffrey T. Hancock, Facebook helps amplify students’ level of self-esteem. They explained in their study that when people post something on their profile, they have the opportunity to filter the negative information that they would not like to be exposed, and only publicize the information that they consider as positive. By doing this, people can build an ideal image of themselves online, which consequently increase the level of their self-esteem (Gonzales and Hancock, 2011). On the other hand, the study conducted by The University of Gothenburg in Sweden, which

Is Facebook Making Us Lonely In the article written by Stephen Marche, “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” He answered the impact of Facebook on general society in various ways. According to Marche, technology today connects us to every corner of the world. Today, we can get the information about the economy of any country in the world just by one click.

Depression is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think, and how you act (American Psychiatric Association, 2015). The main goal of the article was to see how Facebook elicits depressive responses among online users. Also, to determine if the features of Facebook lead to depression. Facebook was created in 2004 for users to exchange messages with friends and a personal profile page for updates. (Blease, 2015) Later in the years of Facebook, users started to update their status like “just eating the biggest bowl while watching Breaking Bad.”(Blease, 2015) These type of statuses led to harmful comments from other users. Which usually are what influence the person mind to think that the statuses are true. According to the article, one of the many causes of the depression from Facebook are not having many friends, not enough likes on Facebook, and being on the site for extended period of time. The article states that if Facebook is used when individuals are alone, then the depression levels will rise. For instance, the user will log on into the website and the user will observes success, great social lives, and random activities of other users. If the user is not in a great place in life, these status updates can increase the depression in the user. Another prediction was a user will suffer more from depression when more friends

At first, I agreed with Stephen Marche, author of “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?”, but after doing some of my own research I would like to retract my original position. We cannot blame technology for our own human condition. However Stephen Marche begs to differ. “At the forefront of all this unexpectedly lonely interactivity is Facebook, with 845 million users and $3.7 billion in revenue last year” (Marche). Stephen Marche believes Facebook is making us lonely because it is changing the dynamics of traditional friendships (Marche). He also blames Facebook for the rise in human isolation. From 1950 to 2010 a 17 percent increase in households of one were reported (Marche). Does Marche not realize that many happy Americans

Recent article even states that, “Facebook can also have a positive impact on young adults’ lives by helping them be more empathetic” (Turgeon).

Facebook is currently largest social networking site in the world based on monthly unique visitors – attracting 130 million unique visitors every day (Alexa Inc. 2012). The site’s popularity exploded in 2007 and it bypassed its social networking rival, MySpace, in April 2008 (Phillips 2007). Over the last few years Facebook has impacted people’s social lives in various ways. With its availability on modern smart phones, Facebook enables users to continuously stay in touch with friends, relatives and peers wherever they are in the world as long as they have internet access. It can also group people together who share beliefs and interests and has been known to even reunite lost family members and friends through its enormous social reach

As technology progress, humans evolve to the advanced technology and enhance our lives via technology. We connect to our families, friends and others through social media such as Facebook. Social media takes up a huge part in our lives. Social media infest us with information that are relevant and irrelevant to us. Marry Marrow wrote, “It was Facebook that changed the face of e-communication; in fact, it was the first electronic social media” (para 1). She assumes that Facebook is playing a huge role in electronic communication. In the journalist Maria Konnikova, “How Facebook makes us unhappy?”, Konnikova divulges many aspects of people on social media through researching and experience, and finds how social makes us unhappy. I agree with Konnikova findings after reading her article. In addition, she concludes that if you are engaged, active, and creative you will not sorrowful on Social media, however if you are passively browsing and defuse to engage, you will be depressed.