...Beatrice Iheuwa College Writing II Social Media – Rough Draft Fall 2009 Instagram is an online mobile photo sharing application through social networking, this enables users to share videos and pictures and connect them with other social networking platforms like Facebook and twitter. In October 2010 Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger as a free mobile application and then it rapidly gained attention and grew in popularity with over 100 million active users in April 2012 and over 300 million as of December 2014. Instagram was then acquired by Facebook Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg for about $1 Billion dollars and Facebook got all rights to user’s photos and to sell user’s photos to a third party without notification or compensation. The person I chose to interview is my best friend Susan, I have known Susan for about 10 years now and one thing I know about her is that she loves attention and loves taking pictures. I believe Instagram was made for her. Susan first learned about Instagram sometime in 2011 being that Instagram started on October 6th 2010 so she wasn’t too late in signing up like the rest of us. She said the first time she signed up she wasn’t too savvy about the application she just loved the fact that she could take pictures and then filter them however she likes then upload them into the app for the whole world to see. Susan’s first post was a picture of her face which we now call a selfie, she said whenever she did her makeup and hair...
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...This article explains the effects of variables such as parental monitoring, leisure boredom, and leisure activity on the adolescent that lead to internet addiction. The internet has become a huge part of the adolescent lifestyle opening up the cyber world for them. The excessive over use of the internet is known as internet addiction and anyone can become an internet addict. The over use of the internet can hinder many things in a person’s life such as cutting oneself off from the outside world, performing badly at tasks, or having bad time management problems. Many adolescent addicts have been known to be susceptible to substance use, and be involved in many risky online activities such as the following; meeting someone in person that they have never seen before, or even going as fare as becoming involved in cybering, also known as cybersex. There are many factors that can either help feed an internet addiction or help to keep adolescence from having an internet addiction. Parental monitoring believes that by good parental monitoring parents can actually alter an adolescent’s behavior, thoughts, and feelings toward leisure time thus keeping them from having an internet addiction. The study was measured with a survey by asking adolescence questions like the following with a rating on a scale of 1-7: do your parents know how you spend your pocket money, how you spend your leisure time, where you were last night. The results showed that the adolescence were strictly monitored...
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...Historical Analysis Paper: Internet Addiction- A Rising Issue The number of Internet users has intensely went up over the years due to the growing accessibility of the Internet. In 2009 the amount of time Americans spent online increased by over a hundred percent from 2004. China, Japan, the United States, Brazil and India are currently the countries containing the largest populations of Internet users world-wide. The countries most plagued with Internet Addiction Disorder include mainly the countries within the continent of Asia such as China and South Korea as well as Northern America, United States (Conrad). Internet addiction has become a serious problem that is progressively modifying the brain structure and function for persons addicted. Like other forms of addiction, the Internet addiction results from the excessive usage of the computer and other internet enabled technological devices which causes increased dependency. Psychological issues and Mental disorders generally tend to lead individuals towards various forms of addictions and exacerbates their illness; this can happen in the reverse chronological order as well. College students are more likely to be disposed towards Internet Addiction because of their developing minds at that stage and the increasing role the Internet plays in the academic world. Scientists are currently researching for more and more efficient treatments for this Internet Addiction Disorder or IAD, but hey must initially be able to correct...
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...on social media, rather than interacting with real people? If you answer “yes” to both of these questions, then you might have an online addiction. Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD), causes neurological complications, psychological disturbances, and social problems. With spending more time on social networking, dating apps, and texting, you get to a point where you care more about online friends then your real-life friends and relationships. Gaming, shopping, bidding, stock trading, are considered online compulsions. With these examples at your beck and call, can put you in financial trouble. Other effects of online addictions are increase in loneliness and depression, increase in stress, and disrupt your sleep. There are many steps to lessen the impact of online addictions. Developing coping skills will help to reduce urges to use the internet. Getting support from friends or family, logging your time, or set a timer. Or by substituting internet usage with other activities, like taking a walk, reading a book, or calling a friend. Smartphone Addiction. (n.d.). http://www.helpguide.org/articles/addiction/smartphone-and-internet-addiction.htm Internet Addiction. (n.d.). http://www.addictions.com/internet/ Some researchers and mental health practitioners see excessive Internet use as a symptom of another disorder such as anxiety or depression rather than a separate entity . -------------------------------------------- [ 1 ]. Hilarie Cash, Cosette...
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...Social Network Addiction A Social Network is a social structure typically online made up of particular organizations or individuals which are connected through common interests, relationship beliefs, or friendship. The term social network was first termed by J. A. Barnes in 1954. He associated the term with the patterns and concepts use by the public and his fellow social scientists that tied them to one another. Now in 2010 people usually relate to a social network by thinking of Facebook and Myspace. These websites have grown so large and fast in the past decade that there have even been movies made about their success with A list actors competing for lead roles. It seems that the whole world has gotten caught up with this so-called Facebook and Internet addiction. I catch my sister spending up to 20 hours a week wasting her life away on Internet alone. CNN reports people spending entire nights just customizing their page, even if they have work the next day. Scientists like Dr. Block of Seattle’s research institute report of patients who use the Internet excessively more than 30 or 40 hours a week. New studies suggest Internet addicts are in the millions. There are lots of treatments available from 12 step programs found all over the internet ironically to methods like using a timer next to your computer every time you log on. The one I found to be most useful was a software program that will let you log onto a site life Facebook on specific days but only for...
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...excessive gaming. With the growing number of gamers worldwide, adverse effects (isolation, hospitalizations, excessive use, etc.) are observed in a minority of gamers, which is a concern for society and for the scientific community. In the present study, we focused on screening gamers at potential risk of MMORPG addiction. Methods: In this exploratory study, we focused on characteristics, online habits and problematic overuse in adult MMORPG gamers. In addition to socio-demographical data and gamer behavioral patterns, 3 different instruments for screening addiction were used in French MMORPG gamers recruited online over 10 consecutive months: the substance dependence criteria for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, fourth revised edition (DSM-IV-TR) that has been adapted for MMORPG (DAS), the qualitative Goldberg Internet Addiction Disorder scale (GIAD) and the quantitative Orman Internet Stress Scale (ISS). For all scales, a score above a specific threshold defined positivity. Results: The 448 participating adult gamers were mainly young adult university graduates living alone in urban areas. Participants showed high rates of both Internet addiction (44.2% for GIAD, 32.6% for ISS) and DAS positivity (27.5%). Compared to the DAS negative group, DAS positive gamers reported significantly higher rates of tolerance phenomenon (increased amount of time in online gaming to obtain the desired effect)...
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...A New Disorder: Internet Addiction The Internet has become an essential factor in all aspects of people’s lives. Governments and companies around the world rely on the Internet in most of their work. Employees often use the Internet for their jobs. Most education systems make the Internet a basic standard of their teaching procedure. Students use the Internet to do their assignments or to search for information that could help them. Generally the Internet is a daily basis for most individuals. Therefore, a new phenomenon has emerged recent years. Those who overuse the Internet can be addicted, the same as alcoholics and drug addicts. Commonly, they probably spend 40-80 hours/weakly (Young; par. 7). This addiction can be to pornography, gambling, chatting and social network websites or any other interest that could keep a person online for a long time. Although some scientists believe that Internet addiction disorder is not real because people can be taught and trained how to use the Internet sensibly, psychologists, parents and teachers should consider that it is possible to have an Internet addiction disorder because the Internet leads to health problems, impacts addicts’ personal lives, and causes similar symptoms to other addictions. Some of the main issues about the Internet are its neurological, psychological and physical effects. Brains cells are the most essential cells in the whole body because they control most of a person’s activities. According to Alice G. Walton...
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...playing game called Prius Online. On a pound - for - pound basis, the average World ofWarcraftiunkie undoubtedly represents a much less destructive social force than the average meth head. But it’s not extreme anecdotes that make the specter of Internet addiction so threatening; it’s the fact that Internet overuse has the potential to scale in a way that few other addictions do. Even if Steve designed a really cool - looking syringe and started distributing free heroin on street corners, not everyone would try it. But who among us doesn't already check his email more often than necessary?As the Internet weaves itself more and more tightly into our lives, only the Amish are completely safe. As early as 1996, Kimberly Young was promoting the idea that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) should add Internet addiction disorder to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Mental Disorders (DSM). In February, the APA announced that its coming edition of the DSM, the first major revision since 1994, will for the first time classify a behavior - related condition — pathological gambling-as an “addiction” rather than an “impulse control disorder.” Internet addiction disorder is not being included in this new category of “behavioral addictions,” but the APA said it will consider it as a “potential addition . . . as research data accumulate.” If the APA does add excessive Internet use to the DSM, the consequences will be wide - ranging. Health insurance companies will start offering at least...
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...Social Networking Addiction CN301 October 9, 2011 Social Networking Addition Technological advances have led to increased affordability and portability of personal computers, which in turn has led to increased Internet access for the casual home user and the phenomenon of compulsive-impulsive behavior disorders related to Internet addiction disorder (IAD) and excessive, problematic computer use. If every drug that is abused yields a level of gratification, then based upon a person’s use and frequency, it would appear that social networking activities (Facebook, MySpace, blogging, Twitter and instant messaging, multiplayer online games, e-mail, online gambling, etc.) must afford some users similar gratification. Perhaps the chief component and allure of these social network forums for some is the level of anonymity, the possibility and excitement for reconnecting with past friends and relationships, and perhaps just the inherent instant communication and social connection with others who share similar interests via online environments. Arguably for some individuals, social networking sites fulfill an unmet real life social need, which therefor reinforces the excessive or prolonged computer use. In fact, the success and pervasiveness of the social networking platforms has even permeated its way into business sector via sites such as Linked-In and corporate sponsored social network sites, as a means for individuals to network professionally or to gain new customers through...
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...created by it. The internet is no exception. Numerous articles and studies have examined how the internet, specifically social media sites, such as Facebook, have impacted society and our behaviors. Many of these show, that excessive social media use can have a very negative outcome on various levels. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or D.S.M. recently added “behavioral addiction,” to its classification of addiction. Behavioral addiction includes internet addiction. (Markel, 2012) As more and more uses of the internet become available, users find themselves on the internet more and more, specifically social media sites. Many mindlessly log on to Facebook or Twitter now without even giving it a second thought, it’s just something to do to pass the time. It seems harmless, but how much time is being wasted, and how much can this affect our comprehension and attention spans? Life at 120 characters, and constantly updating status updates takes away from the brains capacity to focus on actual important information. It makes it easier to lose focus and ignore the actual life going on around us. In a recent Pace University Study, researchers asked 218 undergraduate students to self-monitor Facebook usage and meaningfulness in their daily lives. Results suggested the greater amount of time spent on Facebook/status updated the lower the self-esteem, and higher cases of loneliness. (Schwartz, 2012) Based on these results, conclusions can be drawn about...
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...by Canadian Center of Science and Education Addictive Facebook Use among University Students Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh1, Bahaman Abu Samah1, Siti Zobidah Omar1, Jusang Bolong1 & Nurul Akhtar Kamarudin1 1 Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Correspondence: Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh, Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. Tel: 60-3-8947-1852. E-mail: zeinabzaremohzzabieh@gmail.com Received: October 27, 2013 Accepted: January 16, 2014 Online Published: February 26, 2014 doi:10.5539/ass.v10n6p107 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v10n6p107 Abstract The Facebook has become an essential part of almost every university students’ daily life, and while a large number of students seem to get benefits from use of the Facebook by exchanging information for educational goals, make friends, and other activities, the literature indicates that this social networking site can become addictive to some university students’ users, which is one of the today’s higher education matters. The aim of this study, therefore, is to explore the phenomenon of Facebook addiction among university students. Qualitative study using interview is used to gather data from nine International postgraduates of Universiti Putra Malaysia and the data established three themes (Compulsion to check Facebook, High frequency use, and Using Facebook to avoid offline responsibility) relied on the participants...
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...Facebook Addiction Disorder “A social networking site can be defined as an online service that is based around the building and reflecting of social relations among individuals with common interests or social ties” (Boyd & Ellison, 2007). A massively successful social network website in today’s world is Facebook. Originally called thefacebook, Facebook was founded by former-Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg (while at Harvard) who ran it as one of his hobby projects with some financial help from Eduardo Saverin. Within months, Facebook and its core idea spread across the dorm rooms of Harvard where it was very well received. Soon enough, it was extended to Stanford and Yale where, like Harvard, it was widely endorsed. Before he knew it, Mark Zuckerberg was joined by two other fellow Harvard-students – Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes – to help him grow the site to the next level. Only months later when it was officially a national student network phenomenon, Zuckerberg and Moskovitz dropped out of Harvard to pursue their dreams and run Facebook full time. In August 2005, thefacebook was officially called Facebook and the domain facebook.com was purchased for a reported $200,000. We all are very well aware of positive aspects of facebook but we tend to ignore negative aspects of it. Therefore, this paper talks about how Facebook have a negative influence on children, teenagers, and adults. Facebook is taking over the world, and that’s no exaggeration. Everyone from teenagers...
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...prolonged and excessive use presents a danger to adults as well. Social Media Anxiety Disorder (SMAD) is a syndrome that relates to social anxiety and is presented when the participation of social media affects the mental and physical...
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...Impact of Facebook Addiction on Academic Performance of Filipino Students Mart Anthony D. dela Peña Comm2 – C2 Mrs. Noemi Agner March 15, 2012 The Impact of Facebook Addiction on Academic Performance of Filipino Students Thesis Statement: Although Facebook has offered various benefits to the Philippine society, its addiction has become a major problem on the academic performance of Filipino students. Outline: I. The History of Facebook II. Facebook as a Social Network A. Facebook Profile 1. Facebook Photos 2. Facebook Groups 3. Facebook Events 4. Facebook Developers 5. Facebook Notes B. Facebook Chat and Messaging III. Facebook Addiction A. Facebook Addiction Defined B. Causes andNature of Facebook Addiction C. Status of Facebook Addiction in the country IV. Impact of Facebook Addiction on Academic Performance ofFilipino Students V. Ways in Minimizing Facebook Addiction in the Philippines The Impact of Facebook Addiction on Academic Performance of Filipino Students Facebook has paved the way for a faster, more comfortable and efficient social interaction.Even though many social networking sites preceded it,Facebook is the current biggest social networking sitewith over six hundred million users worldwide and it has an annual growth of 45.2% (Inside Facebook gold, June 2011).In addition, it has more than 28 million users in the Philippines which ranks no. 8 in Facebook statistics...
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...According to statistics of the National Information Technology Council (NITC) (in Irfan Khairi 2010), the number of Internet users in 2010 reached 16.9 million people. In Malaysia, the most popular social network is Facebook with records about 6.2 million visitors (Shahrizan In addition, 2010). The study also found that the majority of students (74.7%) have Internet access at home and only 18.1 percent surf the Internet at the cafe. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/suren-ramasubbu/influence-of-social-media-on-teenagers_b_7427740.html http://blog.malaysia-asia.my/2015/03/malaysia-social-media-statistics-2014.html Real Life Teens Social Media Addiction With the rising phenomenon of social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter, constant interconnectivity with friends and family is now part of a teens daily life. However as opposed to enriching their lives, is social media just another avenue for teens to become addicted to? One of the biggest problems facing our teens today is the addictive, pervasive effects of social media. It can lead to increased distractibility, anxiety, depression and apathy. Fear of missing out (FOMO) is a very real feeling thats starting to permeate through teens social relationships. Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are making this increasingly more difficult for a teen to avoid. Teens can quickly become self-absorbed in a superficial online world. As a direct result, they crave affirmations from their peers in the form of likes...
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