Facebook 's Effect On Our Lives

My point of view is, yes I do believe that Facebook does have a positive psychological effect, of bringing more interactions into our lives with friends and family and to make new connections. We can be a part of people’s lives, through status updates or messages on a day to day basis. And be a part of a group for charity, or business purposes that you would not normally get, but because you have access to billions of people worldwide and not just in your community. In August of 2012, I created a Facebook page for my nephew who had Brain Cancer and the positive psychological effect it had on him was amazing he enjoyed sharing his experiences of his day to day routines, to his first day of school and receiving messages and photos from his family and new friends. When he passed away the friends on his page were there to help my sister and family, through the grieving process with positive words of encouragement which they still receive to this day. It helped

In the modern and technological society which we live in today social media plays an integral part in everyday life. Social media is an online tool which allows people to communicate, share data and form groups with others sharing common interests. On social media platforms users can forms virtual communities or networks exchanging information. (Kaplan and Haenlein, 2010). Social media has become such a big part of life that the term ‘Facebook addict’ has been introduced into the urban dictionary.

Social media has connected us in unimaginable ways, and introduced us to a world much larger than our humble backyards. Nowadays, nearly everyone has a Facebook, an Instagram, or a Twitter account. Grandparents, teenagers, children, and even some pets are a part of one social network or another. While websites like Facebook are great for sharing pictures, stories, and interests, but they are also capable of raising awareness about important issues that may have been overlooked. Recently, the overuse of Facebook was thought to promote negative psychology well-being, including depression and loneliness. It 's safe to say that the world has become hopelessly addicted to social media. Plenty of people can 't make it through the day or in extreme cases a few hours without popping on their computers or scrolling through their smart phones to check the newsfeed on Facebook. As Stephen Marche says in his article, "Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?”, Facebook makes us miserable and lonely. In fact, even though there is evidence showing that we 're more detached or lonely than ever because given Facebook is about social relationships; however, the site also offers an extraordinary number of ways to connect with others. This is just a taste of what Facebook can do, and with a huge number of people utilizing them, its possibilities are only growing. Facebook does not replace real human relationship or create loneliness, but it does not exterminate it either. It all depends on ones usage.

Manjoo’s essay 'Is Facebook a Fad' provides extensive insight into various social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. Based on statistics derived from Manjoo’s essay, we get to know that Facebook has over one billion active users and one half of them log into their accounts each day (Manjoo p.223). William Deresiewicz also eludes to this in his essay 'Faux Friendship'. As a result of so many people opting to turn to social networking sites, this in turn has made friendship to smoothly be integrated into the various new electronic lifestyles. One way that these sites poses an imminent threat to our ability to communicate face to face, is that,

As it was insisted before, technology has become a very essential component in our daily lives and towards the betterment of the society in general. Particularly Facebook is playing a very great role since it is known by almost everybody in the world. People are able to share information and write some interesting stories on the social network. These have improved the communication between individuals where it have become effective and assured. So long one has an internet connection, they can talk with anyone

Nowadays, there are many people who are addictive to technology very much, especially some social networks, like Facebook. An article from World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology shows that, “Facebook has become an essential part of many people’s lives. Surveys have shown that 71.2% of Internet users in the U.S. are also Facebook users, and that almost adolescents check Facebook first thing in the morning. Facebook ranked first in a survey of the 100 most popular websites in Taiwan. Nearly 90% of the Facebook population is made up of students, particularly university students”. At the same time, we have to notice that technology brings us a lot of fun. For example, communication has been made easier and the Internet has brought email and chatting facilities. Instead of sending letters to respective destinations, it is very easy to send an e-mail, which will be received instantly. New technology makes people to contact each other easily. If you are very busy and have no time to see your parents, you can call them or text them anytime, even during the 10 minutes break of the meeting. If you go to other country to study or work, and get far from your friends, you can have Internet video with them, in this way you can see them easily. All of those I said are the benefits and convenience that new technology bring us. In this way, technology makes people get closer, but not be alone. Without new technology, people have to see each other face to face or

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

Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg while studying at Harvard University in 2004. Prior to founding Facebook, Zuckerberg had already developed a number of social networking sites for students including Coursematch, and Facesmash. It was originally known as “The Facebook” and was launched exclusively for Harvard students and staff. Within 24 hours, 1,200 students had signed up, and after one month, over half of the undergraduate student body had a profile. The Facebook continued to expand to other Boston, Ivy League, and eventually all US universities.

Nowadays, with the rapid developments in technology, more and more people are using their computers, smart phones etc. to browse the web. Moreover, many people are browsing social networking sites, especially Facebook. Facebook is a social networking website that was founded in 2004. There are over 500 million active users (users that have returned to the site in the past 30 days) and it is estimated that people spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook. (http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics) So what is that Facebook has that attracts so many people to visit its site? While older social networking websites like Twitter only allows the user to share text messages, photos or videos with others, Facebook has even more

In this 21th century, Facebook is one of close friend that we spend time with. Sometime I wonder if we see Facebook’s page more often than see our parents’ face. Every time, I sit in the computer, I see almost every student open their Facebook’s page. Or, sitting in the hallway, face down with their phone or walking with it. Last night, I was talking my younger sister about her friends on Facebook while driving from St. Cloud back home in St. Paul. She told me that she never be lonely because she could talk with her friend wherever she been to. I asked her if she is talking with her friend now while we drive home, then she said no. I told her that she should be back to the reality because when her Wi-Fi, phone, or iPad die she will a black screen friend. Anyway, Facebook is not that bad. It is a new world open an opportunity with other new story and it is fast to share news cross different place with different time. However, it is not always be good all the time. It is information cannot be 100% trust.

Facebook and other social media has changed everyone’s day to day life. According to Newsome in “7 Ways Social Media Can Affect Your Self-Esteem,” she mentions the following reasons which have affected our social habits: the ads, the perfect life, the curating of our online stuff, the battle for likes, the false connections, the folly of the tutorial, the interruption of our emotional lives. All these reasons are contributing to the same outcome that everyone is incapable of living their lives the way they are. Facebook teaches everyone that their lives are not complete if they are not perfect. Everyone gets influenced by other Facebook users and wish to adapt to certain things that other users are achieving. Our social habits change, they become more focused for likes and more followers on social media rather than enjoying the actual event they attended. According to Newsome, we do not completely engage ourselves in social habits as social media becomes an interruption because we tend to document everything that we interact in and wish to make it look interesting on social media for attention. New social media world affects social habits because it takes attention and time and people feel secure while using Facebook because, according to Newsome, for an introvert the connection to the social media world is much easier than a normal conversation. Also Facebook gives a false connection which is easier to connect with.

Facebook is one of the most widely used social sites in the world, and due to its broad reach and usage, it has dramatically influenced lives in the world. Internet has made everything so easy. The advances in mobile and network connectivity in the world’s recent times have led to an increased number of people on social networks with Facebook taking the lead. Products are easily accessible and easy to use, regardless of the location of the user, and this has led to a constantly increasing numbers of users. Since its invention, it has been a tool of communication and connecting with friends, and it has made us feel so good that we no longer notice ourselves already sunken in its powerful that we become addicted. According to Psychology Today “People who have developed an addiction may not be aware that their behavior is out of control and causing problems for themselves and others.”, so addiction to Facebook makes us no longer live without Facebook it has become unhealthy, and this problem has concentrate that we need to do something about it. Therefore, this research paper will discuss what Facebook addiction is, what impact that Facebook addiction can cause, why people should withdraw from Facebook addiction, and ways on how to do it.

Who knew that one little bird could change the world? According to the encyclopedia, since the early 2000s social media has taken the internet by storm, and by 2015, it accounted for an estimated 28 percent of all time spent online in the United States. (Patrick G. Cooper, Social Media) Twitter, whose trademark is a little bird, plays a huge part in this social media storm. Twitter does have a positive impact on the social media frenzy, but many people find that Twitter has a negative influence on today’s culture. Although many people believe the social med app, Twitter affects society negatively, the truth is Twitter is beneficial because it is a good connection source.

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.

In fact very few of us can live without using gifts of technology. Social media like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat are few examples of modern technology and are used by billions of people around the globe. Today social networking sites playing important role in our life. However the use, may be excessive use, of Facebook might be harmful to us to some extent. A study conducted by University of Michigan researchers claimed that “Facebook causes depression”(Kross 2). Facebook use predicts declines in subjective well-being instead of enhancing it. It is generally believed that socialization is good for psychological health. In fact this is true subject to some pre-set criteria. But socialization through Facebook is harmful. The study is the first published research that examined influence of Facebook on young adults. The focus was how happy they are and how satisfied with their lives over time. They researchers claimed that the more people used Facebook during one time period, the worse they subsequently felt. On the surface, Facebook provides communication tools for fulfilling the basic human need for social connection. But instead of enhancing human well-being these findings suggest that Facebook undermine it.