Monday, March 3, 2014

Negative and positive effects that facebook has on society

Negatives

 The negative effects that Facebook has on society are that it can make people depress and it can negatively impact learning.  The way it makes people feel depress is when they constantly go there and    hope that people are putting comments on their post or liking it.  For instants the more people get the Lonelier more they would go online hoping for something to happen, as quoted by Ethan Kross “Research into the alienating nature of the Internet—and Facebook in particular—supports Kross’s conclusion. In 1998, Robert Kraut, a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, found that the more people used the Web, the lonelier and more depressed they felt. After people went online for the first time, their sense of happiness and social connectedness dropped, over one to two years, as a function of how often they used the Internet”.  This helps me to believe that Facebook has a psychological effect depending on the person’s lifestyle, by this I mean if that person has no friends or nothing to do with themselves they will also end up being depressed due to Facebook.

·         September 10, 2013How Facebook Makes Us Unhappy Posted by Maria Konnikova


 

The other effect Facebook can have on people is that it can have a big negative impact on kids.  Most kids today have problems making friends and Facebook helps them be more antisocial because you are posting comments and requesting friends you do not know majority of the people you meet.  “Teens who use Facebook more often show more narcissistic tendencies while young adults who have a strong Facebook presence show more signs of other psychological disorders, including antisocial behaviors, mania and aggressive tendencies”.  This makes kids be more “shy” when it comes to talking to people in the real world and this is a big problem that we have to focus on.  If this were to continue it would be very hard for anybody to start a conversation or even ask a simple question without somebody looking at them strange.

·         August 6, 2011 WASHINGTON—Social media Social Networking’s Good and Bad Impacts on Kids


 
Positives
 

Positive affects Facebook has is that it allows you with business networking and helps you plan events. When doing business networking on Facebook it allows you to post business plans, ideas and general thoughts if you need some advice or help.   You can make a fan page!  Quoted “Facebook®, a social networking website located at http://www.facebook.com/, has recently gained popularity as an online tool to help market businesses. Accessible via the Web or the latest generation of smart cell phones and PDAs, Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share ideas and make the world more open and connected” “Because of the large number of users visiting this social platform, many businesses have turned to Facebook as a way to connect to potential customers. This can be done with a Facebook Fan page”.  This helps anybody who is trying to get their business started or just thinking of new ideas and want to see what the people think and this will lets you know what “the people or fans like or think can be improved or changed”.


 

The other biggest thing that people are using Facebook for is party promoting/ event planning which is big.  By promoting on Facebook you save time, money and you can post as many invitations you want.  This helps you save money by not having to buy a lot of flyers and also getting the people that you want to come. You save more money this way because all you got to do is send invites and this will let you know from the start who is planning on going before you decide to spend more unnecessary money.  “Social media have been a revolution in how people plan events and communicate with one another. Rather than talking to their friends in person, they can post a comment about their life. The revolution of social media has allowed people to rekindle friendships, make new friends and gain new interests”.  That’s why Facebook  has a positive effect  on event planning/ party promoting due to the easy access  and instant communication with one another whether it be business or just a regular conversation its very helpful. 

·         What Are the Positive & Negative Effects of Using Technology to Communicate?

·         by Shannon Webster, Demand Media, Social media paragraph.


 

This helps me to believe that the positives outweigh the negatives due to the advantages you can use from Facebook, which is advice, ideas, business and general conversation .  Overall to me it is suppose to be used for social thing that's why they call it social network but people tend to find a "comfort zone" and most people use it for other things that they find interested to them and that's why it can a big effect on society.

 

 

 

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