“Facebook becomes dangerous” How much is too much information when it comes to sharing on Facebook? Many people have at least one Facebook account. Adults use Facebook to keep in touch with their high school friends, co- workers or with others involved in their lives. Teenagers use Facebook to connect with their friends and post documentation of their life by posting pictures and statuses. Facebook is the most popular social media site for people in all ages, but many of them don’t realize what danger Facebook can bring. That could be robbery, identity theft, Facebook addiction, or even kidnapping. If we want to make an easy target of ourselves for thieves, the simplest way to do so is to share our location information on the Facebook board. …show more content…
Spending more and more time with Facebook can lead to the next danger that Facebook brings- an “addiction”. It is a fact that the more an individual uses Facebook, the more likely he is going to suffer from mental health issues. Someone will ask: “What is wrong with using Facebook frequently? It is only one of the forms of entertainment!” There is nothing wrong; however we have to be careful, because this form of entertainment can easily interfere in our everyday life and become highly dangerous and could lead to addiction.
The first sign of “Facebook addiction” is checking Facebook whenever possible. This means fulfilling the free time on checking news, feeds, and comments. It’s choosing Facebook instead of different, more constructive activity. People with that kind of behavior are often distracted and find it hard to be fully present at the moments in real life. Moreover, they take significantly more time to complete simple tasks and they are constantly diverted to some Facebook notifications and
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Apart from the fact that Facebook gives an opportunity for using many addictive games such as Gourmet Ranch, Dessert Shop, Farmville, and Chefville; many Facebook users sacrifice their sleep hours for surfing on that social network to satisfy the Facebook cravings. Consequently, the lack of sleep affects their performance at work, school, and home. Continuing that kind of behavior eventually will lead to so called “Facebook addiction”. Facebook addiction often occurs because some users are constantly pleased with that the social media site has to offer them. Checking the site can become a compulsion for some users. For these people being off of Facebook causes them anxiety in their lives. The addiction many people feel to Facebook became so frequent in today’s society that Facebook Addiction Disorder is recognized by psychologists throughout the United
Who would have thought that in a few years facebook will become the main social meeting place for millions of people around the world? Facebook, is a social phenomenon with a dimensionless scale effects both positive and negative. Facebook has also generated interest among scholars and researchers who study its effects on the different layers of our life. As many studies suggested and my own life experience, Facebook can have some negative impact on romantic relationships, self-esteem, identity theft and other dangers to safety that result from an invasion of privacy. There are ways to minimize these negative outcomes, which we should be aware of.
What if using a social media platform such as facebook could be harmful to the user? People view social media outlets to be useful and entertaining, but the truth in the matter is that social media outlets are harmful. When people get involved with social media, be it facebook, twitter, instagram or snapchat, they are signing up for a commitment that provides more bad things than good. Once users have latched onto the social media of their choosing, they begin to suffer from multiple things that are directly a result of using the outlet. Although there are many negative things about using a social media platform, the main concerns boil down to social media acting as a distraction and being too time consuming. When people get involved with
One way to clearly understand Social Media Addiction is to go to the root of the issue, what spurs it on, and causes it to grow and worsen. For an addiction to social media, one of the main factors is internet capability cell phones. Teens spend more time now than ever on cell phones. With the whole internet in the palm of their hands, people today have the ability to check social media as frequently as they wish. A survey of the class showed that seventeen of eighteen people had phones with internet capabilities. When asked how frequently they checked their social media, Brandy Simmons and Barton K...
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Participants in this study consisted of 50 individuals who were active users on Facebook, family members, and peers. Nearly 78% of the participants resided in cities throughout Southern California including Los Angeles, San Diego, and West Covina. 4% of the participants lived in Northern California, 8% resided in the East Coast, 2% lived outside the United States, and 6% did not specify their location. The participants ranged between 17 years old to 53 years old. In this study, individuals who were between the ages of 17 to 24 were placed in the late adolescence group. Whereas, those over the age of 24 were considered as adults. The average age of the participants was 25.5 years old. The participants consisted of 38 females and 12 males. The
Protalinski, E. (2011, August 9). Facebook overuse can lead to psychological disorders in youth. Retrieved from http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-overuse-can-lead-to-psychological-disorders-in-youth/2389
To begin with, social media has been proven to be a dangerous addiction due to the many negative side effects like: sleep deprivation, and self-esteem problems. Most of the adult American population is connected to some sort of social media site, and they have joined the banned wagon of people whom check their social media accounts at least five times a day. Using social media to often can be time consuming and essentially causes sleep deprivation because the user stays up late on social media. Since social media has grown in popularity many have began to believe that social media is a life necessity. It is viewed by many as a daily necessity like brushing our teeth, or yet as important as eating. People whom are constantly on social media have been linked to develop self-esteem problems because they are so consumed on pretending and portraying this image of a person they are not. Social media has became such an addiction that many people wake up and the first thing they do is...
With over 500 million users world wide, Facebook has caused many to have their eyes glued to their phone, tablet, or computer screen. (Kross, 2009). People of all ages are logging on Facebook and wasting quality developmental, family and relationship time. Constantly people are checking up on what othe...
Social media has gotten really popular; nowadays a lot of people have been using social networking websites such as facebook, twitter and other websites. The Internet has grown rapidly, social media has advanced too. The existence of the internet has made our lives convenient and fast. Social media websites have played a vital role in the increase of internet usage and popularity. While the modern day gadgets have made social media more accessible and mobile, people can message or call their loved ones and friends, even if they live far away. Although social media has positive traits, it can however be abused, by excessive use. In this essay I will be discussing point such as why is social media addictive, what social media addiction is, and lastly the negative impacts of social media .
First of all, there are several reasons as to why social media has the potential to be extremely addictive to users. Many believe that “as in the case of other types of addiction[s], there are
Just as MySpace has online predators, Facebook may have some too. Some Facebook users have profiles with personal information that are visible to everyone. AOL screen names, phone numbers, and even addresses are posted on the site. Police are now looking into Facebook because a few convicted sex offenders have registered on the site.
Some people cannot live without social networks that it gets to the point that it becomes a problem. A lot of people that on Facebook they cannot live without it, they are addicted. Facebook will become an addiction when one finds constant pleasure from the experience. It has been said that Facebook and other networks it can give you the same satisfaction that the craving for food, sex or drugs gives us. If you are at that point, you need to ask yourself if you are on that network for too long. Everything has its limits for a reason because doing anything in excess can and will end up harming you one way or another. What Dr. Sreedhar Potarazu had to say about the addiction and harmful consequences of the side effects of Facebook is “The reality
Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 2004, owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. As of September 2012, Facebook has over one billion active users, out of which 241 million users are from India alone which shows that Facebook has its highest number of users from India. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile.
“Facebook has been perceived as a technological tool that is largely successful at building community.” (Wankel, and Wankel 58) With the advancement of technology, the number of teenagers using Facebook has increased significantly. Facebook influences mostly teenagers, as they spend most of their time on Facebook. Facebook affects the psychological health of teens, but at the same time it allows for the social interaction.
Facebook can keep you up to date on what is going on around you and around the world. Facebook, along with other social networking sites replace the normal face to face conversations and changes the way we interact with others. One common question that has always been asked when concerning social networking is, “Does it have an affect on one 's psychological well being?” There have been many studies that show that there are both positive and negative effects of Facebook. “Internet causes people to cut off from social interactions by communicating via a socially impoverished medium. The more individuals use FB, the less satisfied they feel about life (Chan 276).” The first study in this article is where they show the relationship between Facebook and how much people use it and how it correlates with their psychological well being. The second study talks about the good and the bad when it comes to Facebook. The third study talks about the empathetic social skills and how it effect those who use Facebook. Then goes on to describe what empathy means, which means the ability to share and understand people and their feelings. And empathy is a good a basis for for good social skills. It is very common for people to portray themselves as someone they are not on Facebook to appear more appealing to their “friends”. They put up