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Did you know that there are as many Facebook users as the population of China? That shows how big Facebook is to the general public. Almost everyone know what it is. Its taken over people’s livelihood with people not able to go a couple of hours without checking it. Facebook shows it by its background, history, negatives, a specific case, and finally the positives. To begin, Facebook as many know as is the social media that everyone has. It is run by the youngest billionaire in the world, Mark…

The article Facebook Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults exemplifies that there is a connection to declining subjective well-being for young adults that are using Facebook. Many social network sites have become a replacement for many young adult’s real communication and relationships. This study found that those Facebook users are having negative side effects due to Facebook 's invaluable way of creating social connections (Kross et al. 2013)…

In the article “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?”, Stephen Marche asked, “Does the Internet make people lonely, or are lonely people more attracted to the Internet?” His general conclusion described Facebook as a tool, and loneliness results from how people use it. People use social media to open themselves up to the world. Positive consequences of this include developing and strengthening relationships between people separated by distance. On the other hand, loneliness and mental health issues…

made it unacceptable if we do not have a Facebook account and there is this peer pressure from friends and family if we don’t Facebook. We are under this illusion that if we do not have one, we will miss out on what is happening in everyone’s life. Our text mentions, “One posts all of one’s personal details, relationship status, likes and dislikes, pictures and postings of friends, of whom one can have hundreds or even thousands.” (Agger, 2012, p.2) Facebook and Google have even made signing up…

“Is Facebook Making Us Lonely” is an article that try to explains how social media can affect us and make us to feel lonely; the writer gives examples to support his article purpose, and he gives some statistics details how world is changed from time and people that to use internet more than before. The article begins with short story about YVETTE VICKERS, she was famous actor for horror movies, and they her found dead near her computer, they assume cause of her death that she is lonely. Next,…

“Snapchat Elicits More Jealousy than Facebook: A Comparison of Snapchat and Facebook Use” Preliminary Analysis This article was published in the journal, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a “peer-reviewed journal for understanding the social and psychological impact of today’s social networking practices,” (Wiederhold). The article was published online in 2015. The article has three authors: Sonja Utz, PhD, Nicole Muscanell, PhD, and Cameran Khalid. Utz and Muscanell are…

Teens Are Really Using Facebook” and many of her other writing have been posted to the Huffington Post. Until she left in 2014, the majority of her articles published on the site were centered around social media. Founded in 2005, the Huffington Post publishes an array of articles over topics such as news, politics, entertainment, and many others. Summary “The Facebook generation is fed up with Facebook” (1). After reviewing a Pew study, Bianca Bosker writes that Facebook, though still…

Facebook is the most popular and free social networking website that allows its registered users to upload photos, create profiles, and video, send messages to friends, family, and colleagues. Introduced in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook has grown to over one billion users; that is, approximately three times the population of the United States. Even after ten years, its popularity is on the rise; it has passed the phase of mass hysteria. The site continuously adjusts, and even…

“Why Asking for a Job Applicant’s Facebook Password Is Fair Game,” Edmond explains his reasoning behind why he thinks that employers should be able to ask for the social media passwords for the applicant’s accounts. In his article Edmond argues the case that an employer should be able to ask a job applicant for their Facebook password as a consideration for employment from a prospective employee. Edmond raises some valid points about asking for an employee’s Facebook password, however his some…

Why Children Should Not Use Facebook or Twitter Social Networking has become a very important part of our lives. Alfredo Lopez (2015) has defined Social Networking as: “nothing more than lots of people using some very large Web sites” (p. 484). The most common social networking sites are Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Many people do not go a day without looking at their accounts a least once. In this fast paced society people like that they can communicate with who they want, whenever they…