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fect
sofFacebookAddi
cti
on
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tisasoci
alnet
wor
kingsi
tet
hatwascr
eat
edi
n2004byMar
kZucker
ber
g.
Now- a-dayspeopl ear ef arawayf rom maki ngact ualrel ati
onshi pthroughf acet of ace
contactwi t
hi ndi vidualsar oundt hem.Thi si sbecauset heyhav eani ncr easedt endency
tospendgr eatnumberofhour sonFacebook, enjoyingdaybydayact iv i
ti
es.Thi s
subsequent lycr eat eslonel i
ness, diminishedconcent ration, pooracademi cpar ti
cipat i
on,
l
owacademi cev aluation, pooracademi cper f
ormance, cour agetobunkf rom cl asses
andsoon.Academi cper for
mancei st hemeansbyt hatst udentisassessedi nstudi es.
Pooracademi cgr adesar econsi deredasbadacademi cper formance.Thel i
vingof
studentshasbeenchangeddr amat icallyovertime.Now, theylivealifeofsoci almedi a
andcommuni cat iont echnol ogies,mai nlyincludingFacebookandmessagi ng.Today ’s
studentsitinf rontoft het elevi
sion,wr iteinstantmessagi ngorpar t
ici
pat ei nFacebook
acti
viti
es,whi l
eont heot herhandsi mul t
aneousl ydoi ngandengagei nt heiracademi c
work.Theyf r
equent l
ypostandcheckst atusonFacebook.They‘ comment ’and‘ l
ike’,
mor ethant heyt al ktot heper sonnextt ot hem.Ther ei sanonst opdi versionint hei r
l
ivesinl i
ghtofnot if
icationsofFacebook.Thi scont i
nuesal ongwi t
hal ectureinacl ass
ordur i
ngthest udyt i
meofexams.I nspi t
eoft hef actt hati t’
saner aofmul t
it
aski ng,
howev er,fr
equentr espondi ngt othenot if
icati
onscandi sturbstheconcent rati
onof
students,thatmayhasnegat i
vei mpactonacademi cper f
or mance.Despi t
et his,there
arenumer ousst udent swhohav enosi gnifi
cantcor relat i
onofcomput erusewi tht heir
academi cper formance.
User
scangetnewandr el
evantdat
aoft
heirmeansinamor eef
fi
cientmanner.Thi
s
maythushel
ptoaugmentandenhancethelear
ningper
for
manceofst udent
sast o
ot
heronl
inewebsi
tesandplatf
orms.
Where,
ther
ear
esuchav
ari
etyofadv
ant
agesofFacebookuse,
ther
ear
edanger
sas
wel
l.
Academi cachiev ementorsuccessi st hepr imeat tainabl egoal ofanyst udent ,wit
ht hei
r
socialandf amilyresponsibil
it
ies.Theuni ver sit
yst udent sl oveFacebookpr ofoundly,
i
nst eadofj ustal eisur
eact i
vit
yorl eisuret ime.TheUni ver sityandcol legest udentsar e
oneoft her eal populaceut i
li
zi
ngFacebookf orent ertainmentmai nly
.Thi si ncludes
associationwi tht hei
rnewandol dcompani ons, sharingev erydayandr out i
neact i
viti
es,
usinglatestf eaturessuchasphot oshar i
ng, comment s, tags, publishingwal lpost,and
writi
ngt heirstatusupdat esev endur ingcl ass.I fFacebooki susedwi del yand
i
ntensivelyf oracademi cpurposeandessent ialcommuni cat i
onwi t
hot her s,positi
ve
i
mpactonacademi cper f
ormance, sel f
-esteem andi ntelligentquot i
ent( IQ)l evelcould
beexpect ed.Ont heot herhand, i
fitisusedf orf unandr ecr eati
onal act i
v i
ti
esonl y(for
exampl e;play i
nggames, taggingandpost ingphot os, stalkpeopl e),ther emaybemor e
negat i
veimpact sonone’ sacademi cper formance, self-est eem andi nt elli
gentquot ient.
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udent
spossi
blydev
otet
oomucht
imet
oFacebookandgetaddi
cted.
Ef
fectofFacebookonme:
•
Spendi
ngmor
eti
meonsoci
almedi
athanwi
thr
eal
wor
ldf
ri
ends.
•
Compar
ingmy
sel
funf
avor
abl
ywi
thot
her
sonsoci
almedi
a.
•
Bei
ngdi
str
act
edatschool
orwor
k.
•
Hav
ingnot
imef
orsel
f-
ref
lect
ion.
•
Engagi
ngi
nri
skybehav
iori
nor
dert
ogai
nli
kes,
shar
es,
orposi
ti
ver
eact
ionsonsoci
al
medi
a.
•
Suf
fer
ingf
rom sl
eeppr
obl
ems.
•
Wor
seni
ngsy
mpt
omsofanxi
ety
.
•I
t’
sdistur
bingmyworkathomebecausei
nst
eadofdoi
ngwor
kIcan’
tdoi
tbecauseI
’
m
sti
l
lscroll
i
ngonfacebook.
•
Seei
ngbadwor
ds,
badi
magesandbadv
idoesonf
acebook
•
Badgr
adesandscor
es

St
epofModi
fyi
ngsoci
almedi
auset
oimpr
ovement
alheal
th:
Reducet
imeonl
i
ne
A2018Universi
tyofPennsy
lvani
astudyfoundthatreduci
ngsocialmedi
auseto30
minut
esadayr esul
tedi
nasignif
icantr
educti
oninlevelsofanxi
ety
,depr
essi
on,
l
oneli
ness,
sleepprobl
ems,andFOMO( Fearofmissingout).
Buty
oudon’tneedtocutbackony oursocialmedi
ausethatdr
ast
icall
ytoi
mproveyour
mental
heal
th.Thesamestudyconcl udedthatj
ustbei
ngmoremindfulofy
oursoci
al
medi
ausecanhav ebenefi
cial
result
sony ourmoodandfocus.

Whil
e30mi nut
esadaymaynotbeareali
sti
ctargetformanyofus,
wecanst i
ll
benef
it
f
rom reducingtheamountoft
imewespendonsoci almedi
a.Formostofus,
that
meansr educi
nghowmuchweuseoursmar tphones.Thefol
lowi
ngti
pscanhelp:

•Useanappt
otr
ackhowmucht
imey
ouspendonsoci
almedi
aeachday
.Thenseta
goal
forhowmuchy
ouwantt
oreducei
tby
.
•Turnof fy
ourphoneatcert
aintimesoftheday,
suchaswhenyou’r
edrivi
ng,
ina
meeting,atthegy
m, hav
ingdinner,
spendingt
imewit
hoff
li
nefr
iends,orpl
ayi
ngwit
h
yourkids.
•Don’
ttakey
ourphonewi
thy
out
othebat
hroom.
•Don’tbri
ngyourphoneortabl
ett
obed.Tur
ndev
icesof
fandl
eav
ethem i
nanot
her
room over
nightt
ocharge.
•Di
sabl
esocialmedianoti
ficat
ions.It
’shardtoresi
stt
heconst
antbuzzi
ng,beepi
ng,
anddi
ngi
ngofy ourphonealert
ingy outonewmessages.Turni
ngoffnot
ifi
cati
onscan
hel
pyouregai
ncontrolofyourtimeandf ocus.
•Limitchecks.I
fyoucompul si
vel
ychecky ourphoneev eryfewminutes,
weanyoursel
f
offbyli
mitingyourcheckstoonceevery15mi nutes.Thenonceev er
y30minut
es,then
onceanhour .Thereareappsthatcanautomaticall
yli
mi twhenyou’r
eablet
oaccess
yourphone.
•Tryremovingsoci
almediaappsfr
om yourphonesoy oucanonlycheckFacebook,
Twitt
erandt hel
i
kefrom y
ourtabl
etorcomputer.I
fthi
ssoundsli
ketoodrasti
cast ep,
tr
yremov i
ngonesocialmedi
aappatat i
met oseehowmuchy oureal
lymissit
.

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