New Research about Facebook Addiction Are you a social media enthusiast or simply a Facebook addict? Researchers from Norway have developed a new instrument to measure Facebook addiction‚ the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. ON THE RISE: More and more people get addicted to social media‚ such as Facebook. Researchers at University of Bergen have created a scale to measure Facebook addiction. PHOTO: Colourbox. BY SVERRE OLE DRØNEN – The use of Facebook has increased rapidly. We are dealing
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article titled‚ “Beware of Facebook Danger‚” on May 10‚ 2006. In this article‚ Waite ultimately tries to persuade her readers to avoid Facebook. She describes how predators can use Facebook as an opportunity to find unsuspecting victims. She also tells of the risk that a student might face from questionable photos posted of them. She explains how students can portray themselves as potential victims by exposing their insecurity. Finally‚ she talks about how employers can use Facebook to check the credibility
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APPLIED STUDY ON EDUCATIONAL USE OF FACEBOOK AS A WEB 2.0 TOOL: THE SAMPLE LESSON OF COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATION Murat Kayri1 and Özlem Çakır2 1 Department of Computer and Instructional Technology‚ Yuzuncu Yil University‚ Van‚ Turkey 2 mkayri@yyu.edu.tr Department of Computer and Instructional Technology‚ Ankara University‚ Ankara‚ Turkey ocakir@education.ankara.edu.tr ABSTRACT The main aim of the research was to examine educational use of Facebook. The Computer Networks and Communication
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Communication Facebook and Online Privacy: Attitudes‚ Behaviors‚ and Unintended Consequences Bernhard Debatin‚ Jennette P. Lovejoy E.W. Scripps School of Journalism‚ Ohio University Ann-Kathrin Horn‚ M.A. Institut fur Kommunikationswissenschaft‚ Leipzig University (Germany) ¨ Brittany N. Hughes Honors Tutorial College/E.W. Scripps School of Journalism‚ Ohio University This article investigates Facebook users’ awareness of privacy issues and perceived benefits and risks of utilizing Facebook. Research
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DISCHARGED FOR FACEBOOK COMMENTS CASE 8-1 P.377 LABOR RELATIONS The National Labor Relations Board’s most recent decision demonstrates that not all employee social media posts are protected by the National Labor Relations Act. Questions remain‚ however‚ about the extent to which employees can be disciplined over social media activity We can expect the NLRB to continue to address the topic of employee rights as they relate to social media. Employers should review their employee handbooks and employment
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benefits of Facebook Network Nowadays social networks are so advanced in various ways; we then can communicate with friends easily on the internet. Social networks are well-known for everyone in the world who lives far away from each others in different countries. There are many programs we can use for communication‚ including Google‚ Hotmail‚ G-mail‚ Yahoo‚ Hi5‚ MSN‚ Skype‚ Facebook‚ and etc. At the moment‚ Facebook is so popular for most people especially teenagers. Using the Facebook has lots
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Facebook A few years ago‚ students used to write their thoughts and crushes into private diaries‚ which none was allowed to see. But nowadays‚ students‚ who have grown up with the World Wide Web‚ are creating more and more their own online communities on sites like Facebook. There they can meet friends and people from all over the world; they can create their own profile and include one or several photos. Also they can add their likes and dislikes‚ interests or sexual preferences
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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
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Facebook has come to be probably the most commonly used social networking site‚ nearly half of Facebook’s users view their profiles every day. Some of the users spend an unreasonable amount of their time on Facebook‚ whiling the hours away unnoticed‚ while chores to go unfinished‚ and even going to the extent of ignoring family and friends in the real world. Although a majority of the hundreds of millions of people use Facebook as a social networking device‚ it has several of negative impacts
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INNOCENT FACEBOOK(!) Facebook is a social networking service‚ which has over one billion active users create profiles with photos‚ lists of personal interests‚ contact information and other personal information. So it creates a question in my mind why such a huge number of people wants to use Facebook. A pitch‚ which is called “Advantages of Maintaining a Facebook Profile”‚ was published in February 2011 in facebook. A lot of benefits were explored in that pitch‚ first of all someone who has an
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