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 of facebook usage on the academic performance and the quality of life of college students. With the advent of the internet
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A Case Study on Reality Television and its impact By: Akanksha Jain 2013BBA005 Jagran Lakecity University‚ Bhopal Introduction Today for several people‚ television is one of the prime sources of information and entertainment. It is a door which takes you to a different world; a chance to see people‚ places‚ and things that one may not have experienced straight from the horse’s mouth. It is one powerful medium that both imitates and influences culture. In an increasingly global society‚ television
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| Search Engines | Types of Search Engines | | This article looks at the two types of search engines and then compares Google with certain search engines | | User1@e-magaziner.com | 11/12/2011 | | Search engines Google is one of the most popular search engines at the moment. This article looks at the two types of search engines and then compares Google with certain search engines. What is a search engine A search engine is program that searches the Internet for documents containing
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Some people may say social networking is a bad thing; you may spend hours upon hours on a social networking site instead of doing something productive for society. One of the main reasons I believe social networking is a good thing is it’s a way of meeting new friends and connecting with old friends who you may have lost contact with‚ it’s a way to connect and meet new people‚ and finally it can save lives that shouldn’t be lost. The biggest reason I believe social networking is a good thing is
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They found that 65% of Facebook users accessed their account daily‚ usually checking it several times to see if they had received new messages. The amount of time spent on Facebook at each log-in varied from just a few minutes to more than an hour. The Ohio report shows that students who used Facebook had a “significantly” lower grade point average - the marking system used in US universities - than those who did not use the site. “It is the equivalent of the difference between getting an A
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THE PROBLEM AND IT’S BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 4‚ 2004‚ owned and operated by Facebook‚ Incorporated. The name of the service stems from the colloquial name for the book given to students at the start of the academic year by some university administrations in the United States to help students get to know each other. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin
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Children on Facebook Too many children are on Facebook. Do the parents know what they are looking at? Should a child be allowed to be part of a website where so much personal information is exchanged and exposed to unlimited negative publicity? As we all know the Facebook phenomenon has spread like wildfire making it almost a necessity and its availability to everyone. Even though it may be the popular site of today‚ children on Facebook can fall victims to those who prey on vulnerable children
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Will your children survive the Facebook-apocalypse? Baroness Susan Greenfield begins her feature by asking a‚ to her‚ relevant question;” Can you imagine a world without long-term relationships […]?” This might seem as an exaggeration of the possible outcome‚ considering the topic in hand; children’s use of Facebook. It is however the rhetoric used throughout the feature from 2009‚ but don’t let it scare you from reading a different view on the common household item. Susan Greenfield is a neuroscientist
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The Adverse Childhood Experiences assessment has helped me start difficult conversations with my clients. This assessment tool is readily accessible online and it is also available in several languages including Spanish. Because some of my clients at Catholic Charities are Latino immigrants‚ I find that it is essential to provide assessments in my clients’ native language. In particular‚ when I work with clients who have a history of trauma. In addition‚ some of the Latino clients that I am currently
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programs such as adobe Photoshop‚ photo-editors for newspapers and magazines have used the deceiving effect known as “photo shopping” on pictures that we see day to day in our magazines‚ on our TV’s and computers. Due to this modern capability the youth and population of most of our society‚ now see’s their personal image‚ particularly physical image in a different light‚ evidently a dark one. Airbrushing is the ability to crease out any flaws in a photo of a model‚ trim any fat off certain parts
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