Full name: Nguyễn Thị Phương Uyên

Student’s ID: 19DH711573

Advantages of using Facebook on teenagers

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Due to the advanced features of Facebook, entartainment has also become a purpose as
equal as communication for teenagers to use. Facebook is a sources of amusement for
everybody without needed to go anywhere.

Figure 1: Daily time spent on social media (Salim,2019)

According to Figure 1, social media is the main source of entertainment for youngsters,
they spend about three hours or more a day surfing Facebook. Teenagers nowadays is
usually obsessed with social media so they spend a significant time on apps like
Facebook, Instagram, Youtube,… Imagine when people are too busy with their study,
work, etc, the pressure of life will accumulate bit by bit and then it might make them feel
stressed. Because of that, teenagers want to find a way to help them release their worry.
And Facebook is the most ideal, entertaining social media which can comfort younsters.
Facebook is a very suitable thing for people who want to have fun but do not have much
money. Youngsters can just sit at home, lay down on bed and surfing Facebook for entire
day without spending any money. Naren (2019) said that Facebook's ability to give an
infinite amount of entertainment is maybe its greatest benefit. Facebook has different
entertainment stuff for users such as online games, funny videos, and other interesting
content. In Facebook, “To keep users updated about their social circles, Facebook has
feature: “News Feed”, which appears on the homepage of each user. “News Feed”
updates a personalized list of news stories throughout the day generated by the activity of
“friends”.” (Valenzuela et al., 2008:7). “News Feed” helps teenagers keep track of the
events like whose birthday is coming or the activities of their friends. Online photo
memory storage is a huge benefit of using Facebook for entertainment since people do
not have to pay for uploading pictures or purchase a photo book according to Gadsden
(2020). Family photos, life events, and recent activities can all be categorized and shared
openly or discreetly on Facebook. Adolescents can also post their photos on Facebook to
share their happy moment with other people. McFedries (2011) assumed that when
people share their important events in their life with their beloved one, it will become
more significant. Actually, people can share anything they want on Facebook whether it
is important or not. A good book people have just read or an interesting movie they have
just watched, they can share as much or as little as they feel comfortable with. The world
develops every day so there are always new things or trends appear. And Facebook is
usually updating latest news so teenagers do not have to worry about being left behind
when gossip with other people. When youngsters surfing Facebook, they can find new
things that they have not known before. They might uncover some fresh interests and
discover other side of them that they have not realized yet. Facebook brings many
pleasures for adolescents with its advance features.