Effects Of Facebook Addiction And Mood

Pantic, Igor. "Online Social Networking and Mental Health." Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, vol. 17, no. 10, Oct. 2014, pp. 652-657. EBSCOhost, DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0070. Doctor Pantic in “Online Social Networking and Mental Health” discusses various studies on Facebook and symptoms of depression, social

al., 639). Although readers of the article can comprehend what the researcher is asserting, it is simplified in the USA Today article to succinctly state the link between Facebook and depression: “Social media-linked depression potentially [stems] from not only what people do online but also how their experiences linger with them afterward. (Hatner, para 3). When the author of the USA Today source describes the link between depression and Facebook, they simply say that there is a lingering effect of using Facebook and making comparisons. Although the scholarly article is saying that Facebook can intrude on daily life, they use more complicated jargon. Whereas the scholarly source uses sources for almost every sentence, there is limited citation in the USA Today source. In the USA Today article, they only quote the author of the survey once. Since the researchers of the Baker and Algorta article present research based on the research of others, they heavily cite their evidence while the popular source only cited the basic idea of the lead researcher, David Baker. In these articles,

This article could be useful in my research introduction proving background information to further support my hypothesis stating that passive Facebook use decreases social interaction and well-being.

What’s more, in the article, the author shows us many other researchers and examples from the professional study prove his topic “Is Facebook making us lonely." For example, Moira Burke concludes that the effect of Facebook depends on what people bring to it. And her research does not support the assertion that Facebook creates loneliness.

“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

The article, “Is Facebook Making Us Sad” is written by Libby Copeland. The author argues that many Facebook users compare their lives to those of others on Facebook and this makes them feel worse and inferior. The article was published on 26th January 2011and is found in the text, Popular Culture, Chapter 27. In this article, Copeland argues that Facebook is the greatest cause of sadness among women and parents as they try to compare their life to that of others on Facebook.

1. Teenager who use Facebook more often show narcissistic tendencies while young adults who have a strong Facebook presence show more sign of other psychological disorders, including antisocial behaviours, mania, and aggressive tendencies.

No, these studies cannot be generalized to real- life situations, especially because Facebook is not a source that can represent all people, neither can Facebook compare to all the variable that influence a person daily mood experience.

While the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale has demonstrated its reliability and proved its valid psychometric properties across several studies when it comes to assessing behavior using addiction criteria, the authors used a generic version that captured the totality of all social networking sites. The authors did not discuss the generic version thoroughly nor explored its validity. Lastly, the generic version has not been used with other samples other than this study. Thus, the validity and reliability of the results are shaken and questionable.

So yes, it appears Facebook may play a small role in loneliness, however, the author does not explicitly state that Facebook is the only culprit. He is eager to recite numerous facts about loneliness and its negative effects but, it is hard for me to agree that Facebook is the sole contributor, if

It is becoming more frequent in today’s society to utilize social media to connect and stay in touch with others. In fact, one could say that social media has become an everyday part of our lives. More than 800 million individuals use Facebook daily (Fox & Anderegg, 2014). It is therefore of great significance, that one gives awareness to how the frequency of social media usage can affect our romantic relationships. This study consists of analyzing the amount of time one spends on Facebook and if the amount of time has an effect on the relationship satisfaction. Previous studies have gone over the aspects of the activities and concepts among individuals that can cause negative relationship outcomes but these studies have not extended beyond the concept of frequency. Moreover, previous research has suggested that individuals’ attachment status, individuals who have Facebook–related conflict, individuals who were in shorter term relationships, and individuals who have certain ideas of what normal behavior is when getting to know someone on the website can end up predicting negative relationship outcomes (Clayton, Nagurney, & Smith, 2013).

Hayes, van Stolk-Cooke and Muench (2015) suggest that age is a significant factor in exploring differences in how Facebook is used. This study looked at how participants utilise Facebook and participants’ perceived well-being outcomes. Data were collected via an anonymous survey that asked

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

Five studies were done through out this paper, but only three were very supportive of their theory. The first study focused on proving “social networking use increases self esteem primarily for those focused on strong ties while browsing the network” (Wilcox & Stephan, 2013, p. 93). They expected that those focused on strong ties would have a positive impact on self-esteem, but what they did not expect was the same for weak ties as well. The methodology for this was done by design, survey and experimentation. They took 100 random US participants and put them into four different groups. The groups were “browsing: Facebook versus no Facebook” (Wilcox % Stephan, 2013,

As people use social networking sites more and more, psychological symptoms, such as social anxiety and depression, can begin to develop overtime. Feinstein’s research found that “depressed individuals also tend to engage in specific interpersonal behaviors, such as excessive reassurance seeking, that account for their greater likelihood of being rejected.”  Other social anxiety symptoms that can be triggered from excessive amounts of social networking include becoming less assertive, avoiding conflict, and expressing less emotion.  Results from Feinstein’s research also found that users directly felt a “depressed effect following interactions with romantic partners” and an “anxious effect following interactions with romantic partners” depending on how much time they spent on social media outside of their relationship.  Not only can the amount of time we spend on social networking affect us now, but it can also cause and make an individual more vulnerable to possible psychological problems in the future (Nauert).