Facebook : The Negative Effects Of Facebook

In the age of technology social media has become a very impactful thing in our society. It has evolved and brought our society the use of how we receive Information and communicate with one another. Some may say it enhances our interpersonal relation because of it easy access to many people globally. But on the other hand social media can be very detrimental to people's interpersonal relationships because its negative effects like people being more prone to isolation. Overall social media in my opinion does hinders interpersonal relationships because it causes the lack of ability to socialize effectively in real life, cause isolation between children and teens, and the danger that occurs online.

It goes to show that the more time spent using the internet, specifically social connection sites, the more depressed a person feels over long periods of time. According to these results it is hard to notice any change in emotion at first, making it hard for the general population to see the slow, gradual decline of productivity and enjoyment of life. Based on a plethora of different studies the idea that the internet is just a useful tool to help connect others to information and each other is a world-wide lie that is easier to believe than the truth; the internet, specifically social connection sites, are slowly eating away at productivity and positive self

In addition, if an individual is incapable of connecting with others, they will lose our sense

Jonathan Pan Professor Brendan Olivia ENGL 1303 23 September 2015 Strong Response to “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” by Stephen Marche Making friends is a very important aspect to a person’s social life. With the introduction of fast growing technologies, our very idea of making friends has been altered very much. Websites such as Facebook or Twitter allow for social interactions to take place virtually. Can a website such as Facebook actually hurt a person’s social life instead of what it was made to do – improve social lives?

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.

The addiction to social media use destroys our mental health just as much as it does to only avoiding the urge to look at it. Social media addiction is a classified mental health issue that can require professional treatment. Researchers at Nottingham Trent University in 2011 concluded that this issue leads to an assortment of problems such as relationship dilemmas, academic decline, and less participation in physical interactions in which our social media will replace our ties in real life (Brown 6). In the article “Smartphones: Uniting the World’s Children for Better, or Worse?”, an addictive behavior is defined as when one compulsively repeats the same behavior that subjects things in his or her life to. The addictive behavior social media can bring upon a person is as detrimental as drug or alcohol addictions (Smartphones: Uniting the World’s 2). Being addicted to this will impair your mental state and your sole desire will be to log back onto your feed. Your mind will become bogged down with social interactions 24/7 and your mental health will deteriorate from social media

A recent study, published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, suggests the social networking giant Facebook is causing us to feel more lonely and depressed.

Jessica Rosenberg’s article, “Is Facebook making us lonely?” finds how us, while enjoying the convenience that Facebook brings to us, we feel “lonely” after overusing it. Probably, Facebook is a central reason that people are discordant in communication with each other, while the initial objective of Facebook is making collaboration. Rosenberg suggests that she has “over 900 people I’m ‘friends’ with on Facebook”, albeit she felt “miss those deeper conversations” and miss “knowing more”. Moreover, she felt the distance between “friends” are prolonged and “Facebook gives us a false sense of connection and friendship.” Essentially, Facebook is bringing us down and slowly scatter our world into pieces. Perhaps, even the most gregarious people

Internet addiction is a growing epidemic in today’s society. The general public began using the internet in the early 1990s. The internet can be useful for finding information or entertainment, but too much of the internet can be harmful. Many people carry a cell phone with them all the time, so they always have access to the internet. Servidio (2014) stated that the internet has greatly improved since it became popular, and now the internet is a vital part of many people’s lives (p. 85). Since the internet has become a bigger part of people’s daily lives, internet addiction has become more prevalent. Social media is a part of the internet that became popular with the invention of Facebook in 2004. Social media addiction has become an issue

In today’s world where technology is at its peak. However, there was a time when things were getting evolved and websites were created to connect people with each other, and make them socialize. Facebook created with intend of connecting to people which it became successful, but not successful. Libby Copeland’s essay addresses some key factors on how Facebook makes us sad, according to the research and some expert testimony.

Using social media disturbs make deep relationship with others. When they are using social media we do not need to move a lot. It is okay just to stay. We do not need to active a lot. As a result, it leads naturally mental and physical disorders.

One social networking service has taken the Internet by storm. The world's most popular and well-known social networking web site, Facebook enables users to connect with friends, colleagues, and family by sharing updates about their status, personal photos and videos, and other items of interest . The site also allows sending personal messages or chats with other users, make public an event and invite guests, promote various public pages, and interaction with members with common interests (Rouse). Mark Zuckerberg, a student at Harvard University, launched “The facebook,” as it was initially know, in February 2004. It extended to various United States High Schools and other universities in the United States such as the Ivy League, and eventually began to spread worldwide. As of September 2006, Facebook can be used outside of educational institutions, as the site can be used by anyone (Phillips). As of June 2017, web site has two billion monthly active users, making it the most popular and used social networking web site (Welch). Facebook has changed the world in numerous ways, such as faster assimilation of information, how we keep in touch with others, express yourselves and our sentiments, and share moments of our lives in a click of a button, how we interact each with each other, and how it displays the current events of the world (Wagner). Facebook also has a fair share of its positive and negative effects. Some of the positive effects are it allows people to keep in

One form of social media that has highly impacted the way we interact with others is Facebook. Facebook has caused us to devalue ourselves and devalue others, resulting in less authentic interpersonal relationships. This social media site has blurred our self concepts as we seek fulfillment through others. Social media allows us to create the image of the person we want to be rather than the true person we are.

In a world filled with spectacular inventions and technology, people thrive on communication. Men and women everywhere must know what is going on globally and constant conversations with people in different continents occur. How can this happen? Of all the new ways to talk, Twitter emerges as one of the best ways to interact with anyone from almost anywhere. From its powerful search engine to its trends and hashtags, the microblog grants people access to news about any huge occasion. With its orderliness and efficiency, the app aids careers and future generations. Launched in 2006, Twitter is the latest, most valuable gizmo men and women of different generations use to communicate events or quickly publicize new ideas, thoughts, and opinions.

Children can also get mental and physical disorders through social networking easily. People think that social media doesn’t contribute to disorders and they argue that it is good for mental diseases because it can help with expressing their feelings and emotions more easily. Though social media can be an outlet to become more connected with each other, however if children become addicts, we automatically assume they have some sort of emotional instability. This networking offers very limited real interaction through online contract. On the Mental Health blog, Aric Sigman, a psychologist claimed ““Spending too much time online could lead to social isolation, loneliness and a negative outlook. These types of psychological symptoms could eventually lead to more serious health concerns, such as heart disease, cancer and dementia.” (Sigman) Using social media disturbs the making of deep relationships with others. When using social media, they don’t have to move or be active in order to communicate which results to mental and physical disorders. Another story is of a suicide incident because a person couldn’t meet up with someone they meet from online.