Positive and Negative effects of Facebook

Positive and Negative effects of Facebook

 

           There are many positive and negative effects when it comes to Facebook its really all on the individuals perspective and life experience with the site or other social media sites. I feel that Facebook and other media sites alike could be harmful to a selected group of individuals but at the same time it can help people branch out.

           Some of the negative effects of Facebook is that people are using it way to often which leads to some forms of depressions. News technology reports in their article Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves', “Checking Facebook made people feel worse about both issues, and the more they browsed, the worse they felt, the University of Michigan research said”. People get so caught up in their friend’s lives and when something happens like a party or an event and the individual finds out by reading post or browsing pictures that they weren’t invited they can feel left out or isolated. At least before Facebook or other social media sites you didn’t know everything that happened in your social circle. According to Sam Woolfe in his article The Negative Effects of Facebook: Addiction, Social Isolation and Depression, he states there are 3 main negative effects of Facebook he says “Facebook’s utility and popularity often masks its more psychologically damaging aspects, of which there seems to be three: addiction, social isolation and depression”. Facebook addiction is a problem and a serious distraction people are so glued to their phones that they don’t pay attention to their surrounds often hurting them self or others. These three things addiction, depression and isolation can be a serious problem if you don’t be careful and possibly avoided with less time on Facebook and more interaction with friends and family life is to short if you keep your head down texting or posting comments you just might miss out on some good times.

           Although there are many negative effects of Facebook but there are also quite a few positive effects. One of the positives of Facebook are education according to Graham Jones in his article  The Positive Effects Facebook Has Had on Society Since Its Creation in his article he ask us to  “consider the amount of reading and writing that young people are now doing every day, simply because they are using Facebook so much”. People struggle constantly to get their children to read and write or even get them away from the TV or video game console. Facebook provides an environment for young adults to socialize in the form of writing instead of racking up their parents phone bill gossiping about how Jill kissed Johnny under the bleachers.  Know kids and some adults have the ability to hone in on there reading and writing skills while socializing with friends and family. Another positive effect Facebook and other social medias have had on sociality is that it gives the users the ability to keep in touch with friends and family no matter where you may be located. I think Vanessa Ho said it best in her article Facebook Keeps Families in Touch she said “Some people use Facebook to meet friends and find old ones, but many use it to strengthen relationships they already have”. That’s what society needs, we need to make new friends, strengthen our bonds with our friends and family so we can become a stronger society of humans.

           In conclusion although there are just as many negatives as there are positives to Facebook and other social media sites, I feel that the positives strongly out way the negatives. Facebook has reconnected lost friends as well as lost loves, it’s such a great way of staying connected with people you have known and people you will soon know. Facebook may be addicting and may cause some people to feel left out but if you don’t use it then you’ll miss out on some great memories that your friends and family want to share with their social circle.

 

 

Bibliography

1. Graham Jones Article: The Positive Effects Facebook Has Had on Society Since Its Creation

“consider the amount of reading and writing that young people are now doing every day, simply because they are using Facebook so much”

 

1. Vanessa Ho Article: Facebook Keeps Families in Touch.

“Some people use Facebook to meet friends and find old ones, but many use it to strengthen relationships they already have”.

 

1. News Technology Article: Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves'

“Checking Facebook made people feel worse about both issues, and the more they browsed, the worse they felt, the University of Michigan research said”.

 

1. Sam Woolfe Article: The Negative Effects of Facebook: Addiction, Social Isolation and Depression

“Facebook’s utility and popularity often masks its more psychologically damaging aspects, of which there seems to be three: addiction, social isolation and depression”.

Advantages and Disadvantages when it comes to the use of the internet

There are many advantages and disadvantages when it comes to the use of the internet, the advantages can range from the smallest convenience to something more extravagant like other cultures sharing there cures in the medical field. The disadvantages of the internet also range from could be bad to disastrous example being it allows hate groups to spread to other states.   So we should be asking the question what the internet provides for us that no other can. This also raises the question where will we be in 50-100 years.

            The main advantages of having full access to the internet is convenience, having it right there in the palm of your hand 24 hours a day for and circumstance that presents itself an example being GPS if you’re on the bus, train, driving or even walking your GPS can calculate the fast route to get there or it’ll tell you that the route is unavailable due to lack of trains or roads. Another advantage of having access to the internet is pure knowledge everything is on the internet if you need to find what and where the largest building in the world is Google or Yahoo can and will proved the answer, if you want to know who holds the record for the raunchiest thing in the world (use your imagination) the internet search engines out there will provide you with those hard or interesting questions that you seek. In an article Advantages and Disadvantages of the Internet by Ashwini Ambekar wrote how “Chat rooms, video conferencing are some of the latest additions in this technology and these have allowed people to chat in real time irrespective of the location of the parties involved. The intranet allows for people within an organization to easily communicate and share information.” Communication is a strong resource that the internet provides a few examples being Document sharing if there’s a breakthrough in a cure for stupid the information can be shared to the main researcher that is perfecting the cure for stupid which we all know there isn’t an actual cure or maybe you don’t. But with all these wonderful advantages there are just as much or more disadvantages of the internet.

            Now that we have discussed the advantages lets go through some of the disadvantages which could just be the opinion of this guy (thumbs pointed at the writer of this blog). The biggest disadvantage to me would be the accessibility of the internet, for example why do we (I include myself) as humans feel the need to always check our statuses? When I send an email or write on my Facebook I feel the need to always check it to see if anyone has responded or commented, it’s a distraction from what is going on around you. Another disadvantage is Big brother watching, now that almost everyone carries a cell phone or emails to communicate the government feels the need to listen either to your calls or just turn your microphone on and listen to your conversations (all in the prevention of terrorism) Now you may be reading these and saying well if you aren’t doing anything wrong than why should you care? And my answer to you is simple what one man or women feels is a crime another may feel its purely expressing their rights as an American. Ok my last disadvantage is job security, with the internet being so Multi-Oriented its making some jobs obsolete soon there will be no need for retail stores because it’ll be cheaper just to order it from the factory or they’ll be no need for interpreters (thanks to Google)  or travel agents. It’s getting to the point that you really don’t need to leave your house to find or get anything.

            So now that you know my view points on the advantages and disadvantages of the internet and how these may differ from the opinions of another. Just realize that the expansion of technology will continue to expand do to the internet being so connected worldwide leaving most things that could befit us as humans obsolete.


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