Facebook

With over one billion users, Facebook has emerged as one of the most popular sites since its release. Back in 2010, it was the second most visited website behind Google, and accounted for over 600 million daily active users. To this day, it has lost its second place spot to the rising video sharing site, YouTube, but now amasses over one billion users logging on every day. Who would have thought a Mark Zuckerberg, nineteen-year-old college student, would be able to create the company that it…

FACEBOOK IS USING YOU Facebook is one of the most important social network in the world. Along with the evolution of Technology, the majority of people worldwide refer to Facebook as a way of getting information at a faster peace or simply maintaining friendships or relatives relationship. Last year while updating my status on the social network, I received message from an old friend from junior high school. Presently; we have strengthened our relationship from often conversations or…

The practice of social media has erupted drastically throughout the past decade. Millennials and even grandparents are all well-versed in the age of technology and the discoveries of social media. From Snapchat to Facebook, and even finding employment on sites like LinkedIn, social media has completely consumed the twenty-first century. From this, the culture of social media has also begun to develop. Even though social media has many advantages towards making daily tasks easier to cope with,…

new study, looking at your Facebook profile can actually raise your self-esteem. It seems like every couple of months, a study comes out that asserts that Facebook is a bummer, or the reason why your relationship is failing, ruining our health, and so on. But researchers have found that looking at your Facebook profile for five minutes a day can actually raise your self-esteem. Even though gazing at your own reflection—on Facebook—is usually called narcissism, your Facebook profile is a place to…

Future of Facebook Abimbola Odetoye AMBA 670 University of Maryland, University College 6 September 2016 Abstract: With more than 1.9 billion users in the world, Facebook is changing the lives of individuals around the world; connecting families, friendship, partners, and professionals. (Barnett, Han 2011)Facebook has expanded its connection amongst people of all ages and different cultures. The goal of this case study is to identify the future of Facebook, how it will stay ahead…

Do you remember your first friend on Facebook? Well I do, it felt like I just got accepted to the most prestigious university in the world. The Facebook University, where you first have to look at the person’s profile picture to accept them, even if you do not know them, the more attractive they are the more chances they have of being accepted. Everyone likes to see people asking them to add them on Facebook or having more than 500 friends on their friend list, because the more followers you…

the same. In the battle between social media sites, the two big players, Facebook and Twitter are becoming more like the other and their differences might cause one to become more popular than the other. Each social network sites have specific settings and certain things that people can do when using the site. People can post a profile picture and a biography on both Facebook and Twitter and also their location. Facebook let users post their relationship status, birthdates, hometown and…

Facebook’s Impact on Human Behavior Facebook is a social media networking platform located in Menlo Park, California. Users are allowed to create a personal profile and interact with others through uses such as pictures, comments, videos, and status updates. They are also permitted to engage in user groups composed of people who share common interests and goals. An individual is able to view all sorts of content through his/her personal news feed, which features other users’ interactions…

In the article “Kids Who Use Facebook Do Worse In School”, by Bonnie Brochman explains how Facebook can be a positive and negative thing for kids, also how parents and teachers can help them. There are both positive and negative affects that Facebook has on kids, according to Larry Rosen “...too much time online can lead to health problems and narcissism, but it can also teach you to be more empathetic and develop your sense of self.” Technology isn’t always a bad thing for kids to have,…

for nearly half of the world’s population. In Maria Konnikova’s article “How Facebook Makes Us Unhappy”, Konnikova gathers numerous sources to validate her theory of how“Facebook isn’t the problem. It’s the symptom” (1). She presents studies from universities and psychologists on the effects that social media websites like Facebook have on people’s happiness. Many of the studies include the negative effects that Facebook has on its users, as well as some on its positive aspects. Konnikova…