computers is for social-networking. Today‚ 65% of online adults use social-networking sites. (Madden‚ 2012) The most popular social-networking site today is Facebook. Facebook has lately been having a lot of controversy‚ especially in the workforce. The workforce is looking at individuals Facebook profiles to determine hirable status. If Facebook keeps interfering with citizens’ rights to be hired‚ soon there will be a drop of employment. The means of social-networking‚ in the beginning‚ was a new
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION Rationale Facebook has become so much a part of our life now that it’s so prevalent across the world. With close to a billion users out there‚ one can easily throw a stone and hit a Facebook user. The amount of time users engage in Facebook activities‚ like updating statuses‚ posting photos‚ commenting and ‘liking’ posts has also been increasing with smartphones and 3G/Wi-fi networks becoming commonplace in recent years. Some people also find the time to enjoy some of
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Impact of Illegal Drug use Among Teens Sandra Rocker ENG 122 Instructor Tamara Dorris January 24‚ 2011 Reducing Drug Trafficking in the United States Impact of Illegal Drug use Among Teens For over one hundred years‚ the United States has been dealing with the use and abuse of illegal drugs. The federal government has spent billions of dollars since 1906 trying to stop the production‚ distribution‚ possession and use of drugs. The war on drugs has been long and costly with
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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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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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everyone has a Facebook page. Elderly people have an account‚ adults‚ teenagers‚ and even young children. Perhaps that’s what makes Facebook such a controversial topic; the fact that people of all ages have a Facebook account. Nevertheless‚ Facebook is made up of nothing but pixels and negativity which is why its age limit should strictly be eighteen. One of the biggest concerns on any social media website is cyber bullying. In the article‚ “Should Children be Allowed on Facebook?” Aislyn Greene
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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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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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Facebook Company Facebook is an online social networking service on the internet. Facebook Inc. was founded on February 4‚ 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates‚ Eduardo Saverin‚ Andrew McCollum‚ Dustin Moskovitz‚ and Chris Hughes at Harvard University. At the beginning of its story‚ Facebook was limited by its founders to be used the website for Harvard University’s students only‚ but it was later expanded to some colleges and universities in the Boston area. Now Facebook allows anyone
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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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