...Psychological Effects of Facebook on Teenagers and its Overuse As if parents did not already have enough to worry about, now they need to worry about their children displaying negative psychological effects from over-using Facebook and other social networking sites. New research revealed August 2011 by Dr. Larry Rosen, a psychology professor at California State University, makes it official what some parents already suspected -- our kids are getting sort of screwed up when they spend too much time on Facebook. On a more upbeat note, the study also showed a few unexpected benefits of social networking online. Negative Psychological Effects of Facebook from "Overdosing" Thus far, Rosen has made a 25-year career out of studying the influences technology has on people. His latest research, which examines teens and Facebook, was conducted using 1,000 teen surveys and observation of 300 teens actively studying. It concluded that multiple negative psychological effects could result from spending too much time on Facebook and other social media sites. Negative effects of facebook on teens who overuse this social media include: Teens who use Facebook frequently may become narcissistic. If you are not already familiar with that term, dictionary.com describes narcissism as an, "inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity." Most likely these are not the character traits you desire for your child. Teens who have a strong Facebook presence may display psychological...
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...attracted the attention of educators. Facebook has become the worlds largest social network with a wide adoption under student population and offers many functionalities that can be used in educational practice. The purpose of this study is to define if Facebook can increase student involvement as this is seen as a strong indicator for learning outcome. Design/Methodology/approach – The conducted research involves a literature review that defined 8 learning techniques that can be used as practical tools to implement Facebook in educational practice. A case study was conducted analyzing the used learning techniques and their impact on ‘student motivation’, ‘student behavior’ and ‘student engagement’ as these are important constructs of student involvement. The cases study consisted of the analysis of two courses given at the University of Twente. In order to get a clear insight on the effects of Facebook multiple research instruments were used. Structured interviews with educators elaborated on the intention of the use of Facebook and their experiences. A focusgroup interview with educators who did not use Facebook in their educational practice ...
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...Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES I. Introduction Facebook is the most popular social networking site in several English-speaking countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. And it was launched in February 2004 that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. Facebook is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues. As of July 2010 Facebook has more than 500 million active users. Users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common interest user groups, organized by workplace, school, or college, or other characteristics. The name of the service stems from the colloquial name for the book given to students at the start f the academic year by university administrations in the US with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better. Facebook allows anyone who declares them to be at least 13 years old to become a registered user of the website. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow computer science students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The website's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to...
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...2, pp. 194–214 © Centre for Language Studies National University of Singapore Effects of Using Facebook as a Medium for Discussions of English Grammar and Writing of Low-Intermediate EFL Students Thanawan Suthiwartnarueput (noiloveshome@gmail.com) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Punchalee Wasanasomsithi (punchalee.w@chula.ac.th) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Abstract The present study explored the effects of using Facebook as a medium for grammar and writing discussions of low-intermediate EFL students. The data were collected from the students’ utterances asking for explana-tions about English grammar and writing that were posted on Facebook, their gain scores in the pre-test and post-test, and interview responses. The findings showed a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the pre-test and the post-test (t = 6.65, p = 0.00). Most common topics of discussion involved sentence structures, followed by word meanings, parts of speech and then relative clauses. It was found that English grammar was worth promoting for discussions on Facebook because there were correlations between the gain scores in the grammar and writing parts at the significant levels (r = 0.399 in the pre-test and r = 0.859 in the post-test). The students also had positive attitudes toward using Facebook as a means of learning grammar and writing. As an alternative learning tool, Facebook provided them a convenient and attractive means to engage in discussions with the...
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...Proposal The topic that we have chosen to research will be considering the psychological effects that Facebook has on the male population here at the University of Kentucky. The population being focused on will be a mix of students from the freshman and sophomore classes. To be a little more specific, the main research question we want to answer is, “Does Facebook have a positive or negative effect on the male population?” Basically, we will discover if using Facebook causes men to see themselves in a more positive way or causes men to see themselves in a more negative way. The reason for choosing to focus only on the male population is because the vast majority of articles and research we have found online involves studying the psychological effects Facebook has on people, namely concentrating on the female population. This presents us with the chance to broaden the scope of information available on the subject at hand. Focusing on just one of the two populations also allows us to narrow the topic down to one group, which in return gives us the opportunity to give a more detailed response to the question. By delving deeper into the subject, we will be able to better understand the effects on men rather than just scratching the surface by having research that is too broad. As our world shifts more toward the digital and electronic age, we must be certain of what psychological effects can occur through the use of electronics and the Internet. Primary concerns are changes...
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...June (Ji Hyun) Kim ENGL121-105 Professor Pride Due: March/13th/2013 Effects of Facebook: The beginning of a more open and connected world As technology has advanced, the social network has enabled people to communicate each other easily. As Villier states, “[n]ow with all the different ways of communicating through social media, spreading ideas has become much easier.”Some people claim that such development of openness interrupts individual’s expectation of privacy. Others also state that commonly used social media, such as Facebook, makes people to spend much time and to be addicted. However, it is true that Facebook has become the most mutual source to build social life these days. Therefore, Facebook is a useful program to build social network effectively in that it connects people from different communities and allows people to improve social problems and business by creating public pages. First of all, Facebook connects people easily, no matter where people live. With search engine provided by Facebook, people can look for their friends or distant family members. By adding friends, people can stay connected with others; as their every post shows up on Home page. Not only does Facebook allow people to view other individuals’ activities and their lives, it also allows people to post themselves visible to others. Zachery writes that “[r]ather than trying to contact a lot of people individually, you can reach them with one post.” Also, Villier mentions in her article that...
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...THE SOCIAL EFFECTS OF FACEBOOK ON FEMALES OF ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IN UGANDA A CASE STUDY OF MAIN CAMPUS, MBALE BY ANGAIKA SYMPATHY 113-023051-09596 A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF A BACHELORS DEGREE IN MASS COMMUNICATION OF ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IN UGANDA JULY 2016 GLOSSARY Acquaintances - A person whom one knows but who is not a particularly close friend. Cognitive - Based on or capable of being reduced to empirical factual knowledge. Collaboration - To work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor. Consensual – Existing or made by mutual consent without an act of writing. Correlate – Either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other. Cramming - To prepare hastily for an examination. Cravings - An intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing. Demography - The statistical study of human populations especially with reference to size and density, distribution, and vital statistics. Exclusion - The act or an instance of excluding. Flourish - To be in a state of activity or production. G.P.A. - Grade Point Average Gregarious - Tending to associate with others of one's kind. Immersion - The act of immersing or the state of being immersed. Inconclusive - Leading to no conclusion or definite result. Innocuous...
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...Effects of Facebook on Children Facebook! “Everyone and their mother” has a Facebook account; with over 800 million users (Facebook, 2011), even children ranging from grades 4-12 access the popular website. A lot of people know the risks of using Facebook and still allow their children to have access to it. The social website does have positive features for children like it allows for the development of “social capital,” or the amount of friends he/she has, can make the child feel important and loved, and it also can give the child the opportunity to get involved in social events and charities in their community (Smith, 2011). Even though there are positives for minors, there are also severe negatives that go along with it; for example, using Facebook wastes a lot of the child’s time, they truly have no privacy, and it acts as a moral disconnect. First, being one who uses a lot of technology and studying in the technology field, I know how much time can be spent in front of a monitor for countless hours doing absolutely nothing. An article written by Fodeman & Monroe (2009) states, “We have concerns for children and teens today growing up in a world where they are wired 24/7 without a break.” This means that because the Facebook website is live at any given time and day; therefore, without parents controlling their kids’ time for computer usage, they can be on the website for numerous hours at a time. The authors also write in their article, “For some, it even raises their...
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...CS121-PROGRAMMING I-FINAL PROJECT Sequential Control Structures Problem 1. Compute the weekly salary, both gross and net for an employee who works hrs hours a week with an hourly rate of rate pesos (assume no overtime). Deductions are sss percent for social security system and 5% for health insurance. Output gross, sss deduction, health insurance deduction, total deductions, and net weekly salary. 2. Find the total cost of four tires if the price list of each is price pesos, VAT is not included which is 10% per tire. Output the total amount of value added tax and the cost of four tires before and after the imposed tax. 3. Determine the yearly income and savings of a person whose weekly income and average monthly expenses are entered. 4. A baseball player is to be paid P pesos for the first year of a 3-year contract. Find the total peso value of the contract over 3 years if the contract calls for an increase of /percent during the second year an J percent of the third year. 5. Workers at a particular company have won an 8.50% pay increase. Moreover, the increase is retroactive for six months. Write a program and flowchart that takes an employee’s previous annual salary as input and then outputs the amount of retroactive pay due the employee, the new annual salary an the new monthly salary. 6. For any 3 numbers, A,B,C. Determine the sums A+B,A+C, and B+C and find the average of these sums. 7. A businesswoman will be unable to pay his loan of P pesos...
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...C H A M B E RL A I N C O L L E G E of N U RS I N G National Management Office | 3005 Highland Parkway, Downers Grove, IL 60515 | 888.556.8226 | chamberlain.edu Please visit chamberlain.edu/locations for location specific address, phone and fax information. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING DEGREE CURRICULUM SAMPLE 3-YEAR CURRICULUM PLAN FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED PRIOR TO JANUARY 2016 YEAR 1 Session I Session II SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 BIOS-251*: Anatomy & Physiology I with Lab MATH-114*: Algebra for College Students NR-101: Transitions in Nursing (T=1) Credits 2 4 1 BIOS-252*: Anatomy & Physiology II with Lab SOCS-185*: Culture & Society ENGL-117*: English Composition 2 3 3 Semester Hours: 15 Credits (LAS=14, NR=1) BIOS-255*: Anatomy & Physiology III with Lab ENGL-147*: Advanced English Composition PSYC-110*: Psychology BIOS-256*: Anatomy & Physiology IV with Lab SPCH-275*: Public Speaking or SPCH-277*: Interpersonal Communication PSYC-290* †: Lifespan Development SEM ESTER 3 Credits 2 3 3 2 3 NR-222: Health & Wellness (T=3) CHEM-120*: Intro to General, Organic & Biological Chemistry with Lab BIOS-242*: Fundamentals of Microbiology with Lab PHIL-347*: Critical Reasoning or PHIL-447*: Logic & Critical Thinking Credits 3 4 4 3 3 Semester Hours: 16 Credits (LAS=16, NR=0) Semester Hours: 14 Credits (LAS=11, NR=3) Total Credit Hours: 45 YEAR 2 Session I Session II SEMESTER 1 NR-224:...
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... The popularity of the networking sites increased rapidly in the last decade. This is probably due to the reason that university, college, secondary as well as the youngest in primary students used it extensively to get global access. These social net working sites such as twitter and facebook have become a raging craze for everyone nowadays. The negative effects of these networking sites overweigh the positive ones. A Site like facebook have caused some potential harm to society. The students become victims of social networks more often than anyone else. Ari Herzog said that Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. (Oct. 6, 2008). It has grown extremely rapidly, establishing a user base of 8,000,000 users, and close to 100% penetration at certain schools. A study aboard was conducted by Dr. Larry Rosen of California State University, he has presented: “Poke Me: How Social Networks Can Both Help and Harm Our Kids". Facebook supports 882 colleges today and there are about 2,000 in the U.S. if you count community colleges. The penetration rate is staggering – about 85% of students in supported colleges have a profile up on FaceBook. That’s 3.85 million members. There are 60% log in daily,about 85% log in at least once a week, and 93% log in at least once a month. With the addition of high schools – there are approximately 22,000 in the U.S., Facebook’s target market increases substantially. And more “tens of thousands”...
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...The Affects Facebook Has on Romantic Relationships Over the last decade social media has exploded in our society. Almost everyone has been affected in some way by smart phones, Internet, streaming videos, and social networking sites. Facebook.com is the top visited site in the United States, Europe, and Asia. There are just under 1 billion users subscribed to Facebook (Pring, 2010). This research paper will look into how Facebook affects romantic relationships. We as a society have incorporated so much of our daily lives to correspond with Facebook. For the people that use Facebook daily, it is inevitable that Facebook will have a negative affect on their romantic relationships. There are many reasons why people would use Facebook daily. Many people use it as a way to keep in contact with family and friends around the world, for sharing interests and keeping up to date with their surroundings or events going on around them. Many people in some way are interested in someone on their friends list or may be friends with someone that they would like to impress (i.e. an ex partner, family members, coworkers or “the one that got away”). Because there is that ‘audience’ through Facebook, almost everyone who uses Facebook puts his or her “best foot forward” so to speak. People don’t want to air out their dirty laundry in front of family and friends so people are sure to post the best of themselves from their quirks to exciting pictures. It’s in human nature to want to present...
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...Effects of Facebook to Student's Academic Performance In: People Effects of Facebook to Student's Academic Performance Calamba City Science High School Chipeco Avenue, Brgy. 3, Calamba City EFFECTS OF FACEBOOK TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Ana Beatrice S. Del Rosario Hans Alfred B. Alib Allaina Marie A. Narvacan Ivan Kelly Gajes Jebril Czar Macanas Jhelsey Joyce E. Pareja Feb.14, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ------------------------------------------------------1 Introduction --------------------------------------------------2 Statement of The Problem ---------------------------------2 Significance of the Study -----------------------------------3 Definition of Terms ------------------------------------------3 Scope and Delimitation-------------------------------------3 Conceptual Framework-------------------------------------4 The Related Literature------------------------------------5-6 History of facebook Purpose of Facebook Different effects of Facebook Methodology-------------------------------------------------- 7 Date Analysis,Presentation and Interpretation of Data--------------------------------8-12 Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation-----------------------------------13-14 Appendices-----------------------------------------14-18 ABSTRACT The study was about Facebook. Facebook is a social networking site in internet where you can post your feelings, chat with friends, etc. Facebook...
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...Calamba City Science High School Chipeco Avenue, Brgy. 3, Calamba City EFFECTS OF FACEBOOK TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Ana Beatrice S. Del Rosario Hans Alfred B. Alib Allaina Marie A. Narvacan Ivan Kelly Gajes Jebril Czar Macanas Jhelsey Joyce E. Pareja Feb.14, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ------------------------------------------------------1 Introduction --------------------------------------------------2 Statement of The Problem ---------------------------------2 Significance of the Study -----------------------------------3 Definition of Terms ------------------------------------------3 Scope and Delimitation-------------------------------------3 Conceptual Framework-------------------------------------4 The Related Literature------------------------------------5-6 History of facebook Purpose of Facebook Different effects of Facebook Methodology-------------------------------------------------- 7 Date Analysis,Presentation and Interpretation of Data--------------------------------8-12 Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation-----------------------------------13-14 Appendices-----------------------------------------14-18 ABSTRACT The study was about Facebook. Facebook is a social networking site in internet where you can post your feelings, chat with friends, etc. Facebook was used to be the relaxing agents of students after studying or after going back to school and spending 6 hours and above...
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...Negative and Positive Effects of Facebook Use Facebook has taken the world by storm with more than 500 million users. The use of Facebook has many implications on self-esteem and personal relationships both positive and negative. 93% of college students have a Facebook account and spend on average 47 minutes a day on Facebook. My research on this topic is to inform the general user of the risks and rewards of Facebook. I believe this research is important as a Facebook user myself to know what potential risks I am taking and what potential rewards I can expect. The research question was what is Facebook and what are the positive and negative ramifications on self-esteem and social relationships as a result of using Facebook. My research is based on the literature review of scholarly articles. This research paper will show that Facebook use has many positive and negative effects on self-esteem and personal relationships. Review of the Literature Definition of Facebook Facebook as defined by Tokunaga (2011) is a social networking site (SNS) created in 2004. Facebook since its origination has grown have the largest number of users with more than 500 million active users. 30% of Facebook users are within the age 18-25 demographic. Social networking sites are web-based services that allow people to create a public or semi-public profile within a limited system, formulate a list of other user with whom they share a connection and view and navigate their list...
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