Addiction to Facebook Our society nowadays is a world of information technology. I remember the time when Yahoo Messenger was the hype and people tense each other in the chartroom, and subsequently face to face. I also remember how few of my friends did a small gathering with others from YM! in some places for a drink or just to hang out. It is amazing how internet or social networking has evolved. As I see, now, most of the young people have their own page; they could do many things with it and
Section A - Social networking 1. Summary The article "Five Clues that you are addicted to Facebook" on the Internet in 2009 by Elizabeth Cohen is about how Facebook has for some come an obsession. Cohen interviewed a private person, Cynthia Newton, who is addicted to the online world to such a high degree that, she wouldn't help her daughter with her homework, because she was too occupied with Facebook. Besides her, Cohen also interviewed two therapists, Paula Pile and Joanna Lipara. Pile
Social networking A1. The text “five clues that you are addicted to Facebook” is about a woman called Cynthia Newton, who is addicted to Facebook. She spends nearly 20 hours a week on Facebook, half the time for work. Cynthia Newton also uses Facebook as a dating site and to meet up with old schoolmates. Cynthia Newton has a 12-year-old daughter and when she asks for help, Cynthia cannot put Facebook away to help her daughter with her homework. Paula Pile is a marriage and family therapist
section A ------------------------------------------------- 1. Write a summary of five clues that you are addicted to Facebook (text 2) in about 150 words. The text discusses the effects of the use of social networking sites, like Facebook, and the implications it can have on your normal social life. In the text we are given an example of an addiction to Facebook. Cynthia Newton is addicted to Facebook and her 12-year-old daughter keeps trying to get into contact with her mother. She needs
The Statistics show that in just 20 minutes on Facebook over 1 million links are shared, 2 million friend requests are accepted and almost 3 million messages are sent and 57% of people talk to people more online than they do in real life ( Hepburn, A.). Facebook initial intention was helping students to get to know each other better and promote friendship among them, which was a great idea of Mark Zuckerberg the inventor of Facebook (Wikipedia). However, the people sharing comments, posts, notes
The social network has some positive and negative aspects. In the first text “What is social networking” there is most positive aspect. Text 2 “Five clues that you are addicted to Facebook” has more negative aspect than positive and tell us about facebook and dependence. In text 3 “Social networking benefits validated” they tell us that the social network is necessary and useful. The Internet is filled with millions peoples who is looking for new friends. People who want to get friendship across
each other without leaving the house is online Social Networking. When you join a social network you reunite yourself with old friends and family. Furthermore, gaining new friends along the way, but is Social Networking always a safe place to be? The main views the author endeavors verbally in the article is that social networking can harm others, destroy relationships, cause unemployment and health issues, and cause Facebook disorder. The first, main point the author generates is that social networking
population of today's society communicate between each other. “Digital social media—including online collaboration tools—have brought about not one, but two paradigm shifts.” Said by, Gadi Ben-Yehuda in an article for IBM. The messages being posted on Facebook and Twitter or being conveyed by text include a modern language being used by today's youth, with short forms, slang and abbreviations for every word in the dictionary, it is difficult to perceive weather they are even speaking english. The younger
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8, 3528-3552; doi:10.3390/ijerph8093528 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Review Online Social Networking and Addiction—A Review of the Psychological Literature Daria J. Kuss * and Mark D. Griffiths International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University, NG1 4BU, UK; E-Mail: mark.griffiths@ntu.ac.uk * Author to whom correspondence
dangerous for others around you. When first getting your driver’s license, you are taught to keep your eyes on the road. You are taught to drive with no distractions and to concentrate on what is ahead. After becoming comfortable, drivers soon realize that they can do a lot more than just have two hands on the wheel and drive. Nowadays it is very common to see drivers glancing down at their phone or even holding it up to the steering wheel. Is this because drivers are addicted to texting while driving