The positive and negative psychological effect of Facebook:
"While nobody can deny that Facebook has altered the landscape of social interaction, particularly among young people, we are just now starting to see solid psychological research demonstrating both the positives and the negatives," said Larry D. Rosen, PhD, professor of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Negatives:
- 1. 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.
- 2. Studies found that middle school, high school and college students who checked Facebook at least once during a 15-minute study period achieved lower grades.
- Positives:
1.Young adults who spend more time on Facebook are better at showing "virtual empathy" to their online friends.
2. Social networking can provide tools for teaching in compelling ways that engage young students.
Source: ScienceDaily.com.
Facebook is the most popular social networking of all time. The popularity of Facebook is increasing so much that soon it will reach 1 billion members. Many people out there who passes most of their time on Facebook. There are many advantages and also some disadvantages of Using Facebook. So, i have decided to discuss about this advantages and disadvantages of using Facebook.
Advantages of Using Facebook:
# Facebook is free and it's one of the best medium for communication.
# With Facebook you can connect to any type of people from anywhere in the world because almost every people around the world use Facebook .
# Facebook is best for finding Old friends. When a friend goes away to any other place we often don't get the chance to communicate with him or her. But now Facebook gives us the opportunity to communicate with any of our Old friend.
# We can share our feelings an what's happening around in our daily life through Facebook. We can also get feedback from our friends. It is the best medium to share your feelings and thoughts with others.
# Facebook has good privacy setting which gives you the option to customize according to your wish.
# Facebook Fan pages , groups , events etc are getting popular day by day. You can use these Fan pages & groups for promotional activities . If you would like to know how to create a Faceboo fan page and customize it then click here
Disadvantages of Facebook:
Now it's time to talk about some disadvantages of Facebook. There are some Disadvantages of Facebook beside these many advantages. Some of these disadvantages are :
#. Facebook is Addicting! Facebook is too much addicting! Facebook is too too addicting! Yes it is indeed addicting which often kills your valuable time. Using Facebook for your need is not bad but when you waste most of your valuable time than it becomes bad. The biggest disadvantages of Facebook is it's addiction which causes many problems.
# Fake profile and ID! Fake profile is one of the biggest disadvantage of Facebook. Now it has become easier to create fake profile. People often uses fake profile to insults or harassing someone. It is more common against girls where people simply makes a fake profile and start harassing them. In my country i have got news that some girls died y suicide when someone abused her by making a fake profile of her.
# There are plenty of groups and Fan pages out there which is being created to abuse or violate other religion , personalities , nation etc. This kind of racist disgusting activities decreasing some popularity. Facebook administrator should take necessary steps against all these abusing groups & pages.
# Facebook often brings bad effects on students results. Students who are Facebook addicted does a bad result on his or her exams.
# Beside students, people who works in offices wastes their time in browsing Facebook. That's why many offices has decided to block Facebook completely.
# False report! Many people lost their precious Facebook ID because of false report. Facebook administrator should be careful on that.
# Facebook chat doesn't work properly. User often face trouble while chatting in Facebook
Here's a video about Facebook:
