Facebook Effect
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Hello people,
I am doing a research topics on 'What are the Impact and Usage of Facebook among Youths".
Please share with me :)
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I did find out something!
Found out on web saying: Facebook are said to shorten attention spans, encourage instant gratification and make young ...people more self-centered ..
Is it truee?
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last night watch a taiwanese talk show, topic are some researchers commented if a person plays facebook more than 10 mins a day, he cannot be a sucessful person......
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Wow.. Thank I suppose there's alot of cannot successful person.. :x
Anyway, thanks for sharing :)
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:D
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I am sure all my friends hate my game posting.... but I am self centered because I want those who play the game to respond and give me gifts! :-D
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Originally posted by MikkiLim:
I did find out something!
Found out on web saying: Facebook are said to shorten attention spans, encourage instant gratification and make young ...people more self-centered ..
Is it truee?
Hmmm... I use FB almost all the time, and can lock my attention on FB almost 24/7. That kind of attention span not too short ba? =P
Gratification? I always plan, invest, then wait long long before harvesting crop/reward de. Like that not instant ba?
Self-centred? No ah, I beri sociable de, always come back here make fwend de...... =D
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Addiction.
Virtual world overtaking real-world social interaction.
Narsicism.
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upppppppppz
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Facebook does not only have negative impacts on youths it can also have positive impacts on youth. With proper usage, Facebook can be beneficial to youths.
A research from social times has shown that using Facebook for 3min can improve a youth’s self esteem.
http://www.socialtimes.com/2011/03/study-browsing-facebook-for-just-3-minutes-improves-students-self-esteem/
In addition , Facebook has proven to help improve Social skills and expand the social circle of youths it has also been proven that Facebook can help to improve the already good relations that youths have with their friends.
Therefore with proper usage, Facebook may not necessary only have negative impacts to youths -
Even PAP and opposition party uses facebook to reach out to the young voters.
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Originally posted by MikkiLim:
I did find out something!
Found out on web saying: Facebook are said to shorten attention spans, encourage instant gratification and make young ...people more self-centered ..
Is it truee?
Personally, I think the reason why Facebook is said to shorten attention spans would be the fact that youths are getting more and more addicted to it. When a person gets addicted to something, he or she will unconsciously keep thinking about it. As for the addiction towards Facebook, he would keep thinking about, for example, whether or not his friends has uploaded new photos from their recent outings, if his friend has commented about his status, if a friend has accepted his invitation to a game, etc.
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Originally posted by Veggie Bao:
Addiction.
Virtual world overtaking real-world social interaction.
Narsicism.
The issue about the virtual world overtaking the real-world social interaction would be mainly because, in my opinion, a person is either too shy to be able to communicate well with others in real life due to low-self esteem and etc. or he just wants to pretend to be someone he isn't. For those who do not communicate very well with other people, virtual world interaction is actually a very good solution for them as they are able to take their time to think about what to say next, not having the need to maintain eye contact while talking, not having to worry about his body signals, etc. As for the pretending part, most of us are actually not very happy with our looks and feel that it affects how others see/treat us. Thus, the virtual world interaction comes in handy as they are able to customize the way they look through their profile and stuff like that.
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ur homework?
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Originally posted by BigBang T.O.P:
The issue about the virtual world overtaking the real-world social interaction would be mainly because, in my opinion, a person is either too shy to be able to communicate well with others in real life due to low-self esteem and etc. or he just wants to pretend to be someone he isn't. For those who do not communicate very well with other people, virtual world interaction is actually a very good solution for them as they are able to take their time to think about what to say next, not having the need to maintain eye contact while talking, not having to worry about his body signals, etc. As for the pretending part, most of us are actually not very happy with our looks and feel that it affects how others see/treat us. Thus, the virtual world interaction comes in handy as they are able to customize the way they look through their profile and stuff like that.
I agree with your view. Facebook and other social media can be a portal for youths who are shy to interact with other people. Using Social media gives them more confidence to speak with people as this helps them to break the barrier between them and other people. With long term use of Facebook it may help a shy youth to gain enough confidence to interact with other people in real life
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heard about the term facebook stalking?
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Got FB matchmaking also ma?
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Originally posted by MikkiLim:
I did find out something!
Found out on web saying: Facebook are said to shorten attention spans, encourage instant gratification and make young ...people more self-centered ..
Is it truee?
Well, i would say is only partly correct, as the impacts of Facebook, or rather how Facebook change a person is solely on the user itself. They have to use it properly, thats for sure. However, i feel that making users to shorten attention spans is not quite real as i feel that Facebook encourages people to be more aware of the surroundings, pay attention to more stuffs around the user.
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Facebook has many uses for example making new friends, getting to know more about them as well as catching up with people whom you have not met for a very long time. In my opinion, facebook has been beneficial to me rather than 'bringing harm' to me. Although facebook causes you to lose focus on more important thing such as school work, it does not discourage me from using facebook because i believe all this negative impacts arises from lack of self discipline. If the individual itself has a very good self discipline and could manage its time well - between work and play, all the negative impacts would never be a problem. Thus, i believe facebook is not so bad as what had been said about it.
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Originally posted by JuN-hA0:
Well, i would say is only partly correct, as the impacts of Facebook, or rather how Facebook change a person is solely on the user itself. They have to use it properly, thats for sure. However, i feel that making users to shorten attention spans is not quite real as i feel that Facebook encourages people to be more aware of the surroundings, pay attention to more stuffs around the user.
Yes i agree with you. As long as the user uses it appropriately Facebook could be more beneficial rather than detrimental.
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Originally posted by luscious:
Facebook has many uses for example making new friends, getting to know more about them as well as catching up with people whom you have not met for a very long time. In my opinion, facebook has been beneficial to me rather than 'bringing harm' to me. Although facebook causes you to lose focus on more important thing such as school work, it does not discourage me from using facebook because i believe all this negative impacts arises from lack of self discipline. If the individual itself has a very good self discipline and could manage its time well - between work and play, all the negative impacts would never be a problem. Thus, i believe facebook is not so bad as what had been said about it.
Absolutely, totally agree and im pretty sure you know in general what is social networking sites are for. To me Facebook has also been beneficial and never of bringing harm too. Yes, you bring out my point of the impacts of Facebook is solely based on the user itself rather than the purpose of Facebook.
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hmm.. so does anyone think facebook makes youths more sociable or less sociable since they can get to know many more people out there but do not meet face to face? why?
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Originally posted by Piakpiakpiakpiak:
hmm.. so does anyone think facebook makes youths more sociable or less sociable since they can get to know many more people out there but do not meet face to face? why?
Well, good question. I feel that it makes youths more sociable to a large extent as they will be able to meet new friends because they can actually make new friends through their existing friends. However, the part "but do not meet face to face" it is actually a 'obstacle' where the user or rather youths have to face. They can meet a lot of new friends online but actually do not want to meet them in real life so how does that make them more sociable? Then again, it all boils down to the user itself, being sociable or not is solely based on the youth itself.
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Originally posted by JuN-hA0:
Well, good question. I feel that it makes youths more sociable to a large extent as they will be able to meet new friends because they can actually make new friends through their existing friends. However, the part "but do not meet face to face" it is actually a 'obstacle' where the user or rather youths have to face. They can meet a lot of new friends online but actually do not want to meet them in real life so how does that make them more sociable? Then again, it all boils down to the user itself, being sociable or not is solely based on the youth itself.
yes, i agree to some extent to what you have said. we need to again go back to the definition of sociable. does meeting your friends make you a sociable person? does keep talking online on facebook make you a sociable person? well, it is really true that being sociable or not is solely based on youths themselves. Thanks for your good answer
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Originally posted by Piakpiakpiakpiak:
yes, i agree to some extent to what you have said. we need to again go back to the definition of sociable. does meeting your friends make you a sociable person? does keep talking online on facebook make you a sociable person? well, it is really true that being sociable or not is solely based on youths themselves. Thanks for your good answer
I understand what you are trying to say. For me, as my personal opinion i feel that being a sociable person, the most basic thing is to meet more friends in real life, what is the point of getting hundreds of friends virtually and only knowing a few in real life? Being sociable is to understand more to the surrounding knowing whats happening and to make new friends in the process. There is no point using Facebook as the core of socialising but not having to meet them up, this is far from being sociable. Keep communicating online on Facebook does HELP to make a person more sociable BUT does NOT neccesary make one a sociable person. I can talk to you 24/7 online on Facebook but be total silent in front of you in real life. Therefore socialising using Facebook is only a 'stage' in becoming more sociable but it is not the whole process of being a sociable person.