FACEBOOK ADDICTION AMONG STUDENTS * “I’ll just check facebook once before I start studying” is what the students tell themselves and they end up online for hours. Every day‚ millions of students go on a social media website. To many of them‚ social media is like a drug. There’s a euphoric high that comes from having a new notification or post‚ like the high from a snort of cocaine or smoke of marijuana. The lows of not being able to check it when they want is like the draw of an addictive drug
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Youth is the time when a person is trying to find his place in the world. And during this search he or she comes across different problems which are as important as those of the adults. The youth of the 21st century face almost the same problems which were acute to their parents when they were young. One of them is a generation gap. Every generation is unique in its experience. It has its own ideals and a system of values concerning every aspect of human life. Adults always complain that the young
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I can hear the low rumble of the harley starting up in the garage. It’s late morning‚ almost afternoon‚ and I’m still in my oversized pajama bottoms and a wrinkled t-shirt. I’m gathering up supplies from the kitchen to take with me to the basement. I’ve got a roll of paper towels‚ the antiseptic wipes‚ and a couple of dry dish towels in one hand and my cell phone in the other. The older teen left the house hours earlier. I watched him shuffle out to the car – barefoot and in boxers – while I quietly
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction Facebook as the world’s biggest social network creates an impact to every individual who become a user. This network serves as a connecting link between users and their peers to be updated on what is going on. In this manner‚ many people feel that they have to join the site and stay there in order to jive with the trend and be up-to-date on what is going on in their circle of friends which leads for them to become a facebook addict. One area in the life of individual
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Social media effect on Teenagers The best way to understand the definition of social media is to break it down. Social media is a relatively new form of communication; it’s a more advanced version of the older forms of communication like television‚ newspapers and radio. Examples of social networking and Micro blogging websites which are a main part of social media are Facebook‚ Twitter‚ MySpace‚ Tumblr‚ Google+ etc. In recent times‚ people have become more accustomed to using these
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INTRODUCTION Every teenager has a problem. There is no doubt about it. As any parent of a teenager knows that discipline can be a difficult and confusing issue‚ of course a teenager also knows what good behavior is and which is the right way to comfort and make their parents happy. Discipline isn’t about punishment; it’s about helping people in developing responsibility. This may be one of the common problems of a teenager‚ in which the teenager thinks that the punishment is for something else
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Facebook is one of the network that is very close to teenagers. Most of the teens today have their own Facebook account. Every day‚ they tend to sign in their Facebook to check for their notification and latest news of their friends and also certain issues. So‚ what you‚ as a teenager and a student should do in your Facebook account?. You can do whatever you want. However‚ in everything you are doing‚ you should be aware of the danger and consequence of using this site. There are some things you
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What it is like to be a teenager. A teenager’s life is not as simple as many think. The changes each adolescent goes through are enormous. Many people believe the change is only physical‚ which is completely untrue. The greatest change teenager faces are those within his/her brain; another word‚ psychological. In the charts and graphs‚ it is evident that teenagers are constantly pressured by their surroundings‚ which explains the reason for them being stressed. After studying charts in class
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Adults have not always understood teenagers and the adolescent psyche. Film and hip-hop star Will Smith articulated this in a song from 1998: "Parents just don’t understand!" As the 1990’s drew to a close‚ the media would have the public believe that teenagers were more different from the rest of society than ever before. Dobbs (2011) unequivocally states that culture has a huge effect on the shaping of adolescents. In terms of music‚ both gangsta rap artists such as Eminem and DMX and heavy rock
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often than expected. Modern day witches gradually start to emerge in our world with the same intention‚ or shall we say insecurity‚ as the witch in the fairy tale - to have the satisfaction of being on top. Nowadays‚ more and more people‚ especially teenagers‚ begin to look in the mirror to see if they are satisfied with themselves. Vanity‚ which is being worthless and futile‚ causes this. When an individual feels worthless‚ he becomes insecure because he feels that he is not "worth it‚" regardless if
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