UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO

División Académica de Educación y Artes

Student
Anahí Pérez Ramón

Teacher
Claudia Lilia Gallegos García

Subject
Inglés Académico II

Group
8IIDI
 College students
Today, social networking sites (SNSs) are important venues for communicating and interacting
with peers, with Facebook being the most dominant SNS platform among teens (e.g., Lenhart,
2015; Van Waeg, Van Hoecke, Demeulenaere, & D'hanens, 2016). As a result, many researchers
have investigated whether SNSs, such as Facebook, make people feel less or more lonely (e.g.,
Lou, Yan, Nickerson, & McMorris, 2012; Pittman & Reich, 2016). The college students who
overuse Facebook may have interactive online lives, but they are more isolated than ever
because they are missing out on true face-to-face interaction with their peers. It is essential to
recognize the potential consequences of excessive Facebook usage on college students' social
lives due to the absence of meaningful face-to-face interactions, they can’t develop personal
and social skills. There is a lack of genuine social connection and personal growth. Online
interactions on Facebook often prioritize quantity over quality, the miss of real-life activities
and excessive Facebook usage reduce the social skills.

Facebook is a social network that was created to keep people in touch, and that they could
share information, news and audiovisual content with their own friends and family. It is one of
the best-known digital channels for all users who surf the Internet today. Facebook have a huge
presence in the lives of college students, they like the easy way to connect with friends, surf
through the feed and immerse themselves in the online word. Few prior studies have
attempted to show that social media use harms users’ well-being, and those that have either
put participants in unrealistic situations or were limited in scope, asking them to completely
forego Facebook and relying on self-report data, for example, or conducting the work in a lab in
as little time as an hour.

Facebook can maintain long-distance relationships; a lot of students move away from their
hometowns, Counterargument: Online interactions on Facebook allows you to know what you
do, what you say, how and where a person is, personal information within reach of that
person's network of contacts: the user of the social network can transmit at any time his
thoughts, his opinions, his beliefs, his activities, his interests, his projects. No need to make a
call or send a text message, leaving a record of all this for free access of the people who are
part of your circle.

Facebook often prioritize quantity over quality, resulting in superficial connections with many
friends that are not close. Facebook is useful for form small communities and groups that
generates a sense of belonging. Counterargument: Excessive Facebook usage reduce the
development of essential face-to-face communication skills, such as nonverbal cues, active
listening, etc. Spending time on Facebook can provide college students with valuable
networking opportunities. Counterargument: Spending excessive time on Facebook can lead to
a decrease in real-world activities.

In conclusion, in a world that moves through digital communication, it is important to

remember that true connections and personal growth have better grown in face-to-face
interactions. By recognizing the potential excessive Facebook usage, college students can enjoy
of human bonds and build a socially college experience.
References:

Melissa G. Hunt is the associate director of clinical training in the Department of Psychology in
the School of Arts and Sciences at Penn.

Rachel Marx and Courtney Lipson graduated from Penn in 2018.

Jordyn Young is a member of the Class of 2019 at Penn.

Kexin Wang, Eline Frison, Steven Eggermont, Laura Vandenbosch,

Active public Facebook use and adolescents' feelings of loneliness: Evidence for a curvilinear
relationship, Journal of Adolescence, Volume 67, 2018, Pages 35-44,