Journal of Media and Communication Studies Vol. 3(4)‚ pp. 144-150‚ April 2011 Available online http://www.academicjournals.org/jmcs ISSN 2141 – 2545 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper The influence of facebook usage on the academic performance and the quality of life of college students Faycal Kabre* and Ulysses J. Brown Savannah State University‚ 10611 Abercorn Street Apt 79‚ Savannah‚ GA 31419‚ United State. Accepted 4 April‚ 2011 This research study examines the impact
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I’ll “Facebook” You Later: The Effects of Facebook in Young People’s Lives Cynthia Vasquez Northwood University Abstract In the past ten years‚ the breakthroughs of the Internet have lead to the creation of online social networks. Founded in 2004‚ Facebook has become the most popular social network in the past few years. It has created a new way for people to communicate and socialize. Either by “posting” on their friends’ “walls” or by
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(Severin & Tankard‚ 2001). In another way‚ the audiences use the media to fulfill certain needs. This approach is one of the most cited communication theories as best tool for analyzing new media technologies (Ebersole‚ 2000). Katz‚ Blumler‚ &Gurevitch (1974) argue that the gratifications approach dates back to the empirical studies on mass media research in 1940s. In the year 2008 Facebook as a Social Media:‚ the social concept of Facebook is most probably focused on the uses and gratifications theory
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of Form Bottom of Form Effects of Facebook on Teenagers AT SCHOOL‚ PRIVACY‚ STUDENTS | RUBEN | OCTOBER 2‚ 2011 11:33 PM Social networking sites‚ most notably Facebook have become so popular today that they are the leading words on the lips of every teenager. Facebook has more than 750 million users today. You love to spend most of your time checking your Facebook updates‚ but do you know that there are many negative effects of using Facebook. Effects of Facebook on Teenagers Most of the teenagers don’t
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The Positive and Negative Effects of Facebook The Positive Effects----Keeping in touch with family and friends- Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with your family and friends that live far away. With instant messaging and even video chat‚ Facebook is the perfect environment to stay connected. With the status updates‚ photos‚ and profile information‚ it can keep you up to date on the happenings of all of your close ones. Making new friends- Facebook makes meeting new people extremely easy
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THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF FACEBOOK A Keeping in touch with family and friends-Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with your family and friends that live far away with instant messaging and even video chat. Facebook is the perfect environment to stay connected with the status updates‚ photos‚ and profile‚ information it can keep you updated on the happeningof all your close ones. B Making new friends-Facebook makes meeting new people extremely easy due to the facts that it allow you
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Social Media and Its Effect on Society In recent years social media has become increasingly popular‚ allowing millions of users around the world to create‚ share‚ and exchange information‚ in ways that a decade ago‚ would never have been possible. Today 93% of college students have a Facebook (43) and 93% of Americans between the ages of twelve and seventeen are using the internet in some form. (43) Growth of online social media has had an undeniable impact on society in the United States as well
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The bad effects of social media In today world 96% of people use some type of social media whether it be Facebook ‚ Twitter or some other type of social media. Social media play such a big role in our everyday lives that some people can’t imagine not using it at least once a day. The one thing that all social media have in come is the negative effects it has on young kids and teenagers in today’s society. Researchers are calling today’s teens and college student’s “iGeneration‚” a generation
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The effects of social media addiction on teenager’s personal life. In recent years social media has become an important asset of student’s life. Teenagers satisfy themselves by using social networking sites like Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Myspace and many more. Their life now depends on social media to interact with each other. Therefore‚ it becomes a basic need for them. Social media typically involve interactions of people through social networks and blogs. Social media is
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The Negative Effect of Social Media By Javoris Brown Critical Thinking Strayer University 2013 Social media is define as a type of communication that takes place online between individuals through user profiles or blogs. It allows the transfer of various information and files including pictures‚ audio recordings‚ and videos. Users are capable of interactions that don’t require face to face communications. Some users even utilize this type of media as a tool to stay connected to family
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