Negative Effects Of Facebook Addiction

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

“A study. . . found that people experienced the psychological symptoms of withdrawal when they stopped using [social media]” (Walton). With this comparison, by the end of the article, the audience has a sense of fear of addiction to social

Facebook is the most popular social networking site of all time. Within six years, Facebook has experienced dramatic growth. For many, Facebook has become an integral part of day-to-day life. However, while the social media site can be very useful, it is important to avoid becoming addicted to it. This term paper will investigate and feature a comprehensive list of the advantages and disadvantages of using Facebook in daily life and the way to use Facebook wisely.

Social media has become deeply embedded as a part of today’s American culture and lifestyles, changing the way people interact and communicate with one another. Americans use social media every day; to not only communicate, but to express themselves. These online media sites and blogs serve as entertainment for its users and give them a sense of a social life if they do not already have one. Some users become so obsessed with their online lives that they lose the ability to successfully communicate with people in real life. Their craving for the use of social media becomes an addiction to where they can spend countless hours on their social sites. Facebook, a popular social media cite, has been proven to cause Facebook Depression, a sickness in which a person is emotionally depressed and in self denial. Studies have shown that sites such as Facebook, are a direct link to an individual’s physical and emotional well being.

As time changes almost everyone around the world spends time using internet instead watching television these days. They seek help from internet, communicate through internet, and play games online and many more. People starting from minor to adult, they all love to be in the very popular social networking sites such as “Facebook” and “Twitter”. Actually, these sites are very helpful to us only if we know how to use it in a proper way like medicine becomes drug if we don’t know how to eat. But, as we all say “Too much of anything is not good” people waste a

When thinking about a drug, most people think to substances like heroin and cannabis; however, there is new substance that has been sweeping nations. A drug is a substance that has a phycological effect when introduced to the body. Though people don’t think of social media as a drug, it has the same addictive side effects. Upon reading article “Addicted to Distraction” by Tony Schwartz, which talks about the addiction society has to social media and its effects, I realized what a drug social media is. This generation has experienced technology like never before, and it has led to advantages and disadvantages. Although social media can be fun, there is a developing addiction that has causes, effects, and solutions.

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.

T. Sawchuk in his essay “Dating and Relating in the Internet Age” tells us about the psychological need of gathering and enjoying information about the other person through social media. For example – Facebook is the biggest social medium that helps to anonymously (most of the cases) find out pictures, thoughts, friends and interests of other people. My reaction isn’t as skeptical as the previous one, but still, psycho-Facebook-addiction isn’t really for me. I’m not interested in this topic and as well I’m not addicted to any social media, especially Facebook.

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.

Simon Dumenco takes a different turn on how people complain about being so sick of Facebook but yet, they still can’t seem to stop using it. Giving his reasons on how Facebook have ways on presiding you to continue to use the site in his essay “If We’re all So Sick of You, Facebook, Why Can’t We Quit you?” These two essays compared together gives it’s reading an insight on how technology and social media takes place in a person's life and develop into a hobby, and then becomes addictive. Although “Students Addicted to Social Media” by the ICMPA who focus on digital technology and how students are addictive to social media, while “If We’re All So Sick of You, Facebook, Why Can’t We Quit You?” by Simon Dumenco who discuss how Facebook manipulate people to use its site, they both explain how technology and social sites are addictive and an everyday morality of a person’s life. These readings are both worthy of attention, because although people stay connected to the world by using social media to communicate the less they interact and communicate face to face

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.

Many students are addicted to social media. According to the article, “College Students ‘Addicted’ to Social Media, study Finds,” the students were “addicted” to the social ties- friendship and relationships- with other(Nauert). Students have become so addicted to social media that it is arduous for them to live without it. In fact, “students describe their feelings when they have to abstain from using media in literally the same terms associated with drug and alcohol addictions: in withdrawal, frantically craving, very anxious, extremely antsy, miserable, jittery, and crazy” (Nauret). Students get so much involve in social media that they forget almost everything else. According to the researchers, “The risk, they say, is that developing brains can become more easily habituated than adult brains to constantly switching tasks — and less able to sustain attention” (Richtel). Young students are more likely to become an addicted very quickly. Many students get most of their information via social media because they are constantly using social media in their daily life. For instance, “For most of the students reporting in the study, information of all kinds comes in an undifferentiated wave to them via social media. If a bit of

Forest park students slowly wonder through the halls trying to make it to their next class. They are oblivious to their surroundings because of their eyes glued to their social media apps on their phones. It almost looks like they are zombies feeding their social media brains with their phones.

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.

Today’s youth generation, has a strong attachment to the online world. Many adolescents spend most of their time online versus offline. Therefore, one can consider these adolescents as a social network addict, a person who spends a fair amount of time on one or many social platforms. Throughout the three articles, “Social Networking Addiction: An Overview of Preliminary Findings” by Mark Griffiths, “Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship” by Nicole B. Ellison and “Taking Risky Opportunities in Youthful Content Creation: Teenagers’ use of Social Networking Sites for Intimacy, Privacy, and Self-expression” by Sonia Livingstone, show how this addiction has changed people’s communication among people. While there are