Tondo High SchoolManila

Research Paper On the study of the Effects Of Facebook On Students

By:Ronalou P. PaculanIV-BraverySY.2012-2013Mrs. Lourdes Mamaril2

II. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
A research paper like this is never the work of anyone alone. The
contributions of many different people, in their different ways, have made
this possible. I would like to extend my appreciation especially to the
following:Thank God for the wisdom and perseverance that he has been
bestowed upon me during this research project, and indeed, throughout
my life: "I can do everything through him who give me strength."
(Philippians 4: 13)Mrs. Mamaril, for making this research possible. Her
support, guidance,advice throughout the research project, are greatly
appreciated. Thanks Ma'am!Of course, to my friends and classmates for
their endless friendship and encouragement. You guys are the best, thanks
you!Last but not least, I would like to thank my parents for their
unconditional support, both financially and emotionally throughout my
high school career. In particular, their patience and understanding shown
by my mother, father and brother sis greatly appreciated. I know, at times,
my temper is particularly trying.3

III. INTRODUCTION
Social networking sites, most notably Facebook have become so
popular today that they are leading words on the lips of every students.
You love to spend most of your time checking your Fcebook updates, but
do you know that there are many negative effects of using Facebook?

IV.BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 2004, owned
and operated by Facebook, Inc. As of September 2012, Facebook has over
one billion active users, more than half of them using Facebook on
a mobile device. Users must register before using the site, after which
they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and
exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update
their profile.Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups,
organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics, and
categorize their friends into lists such as "People From Work" or "Close

Friends".Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college

roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin,
Andrew McCollum, DustinMoskovitz and Chris Hughes. The website's
membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but
was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area,the Ivy League,
and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at5

various other universities before opening to high school students, and

eventually to anyone aged 13 and over.In May 2005, Accel partners
invested $12.7 million in Facebook, and Jim Breyer added $1 million of his
own money to the pot.According to a May 2011 Consumer Reports survey,
there are 7.5 millionchildren under 13 with accounts and 5 million under
10, violating the site's terms of service.Facebook is beneficial to one's
social life because they can continuously stayin contact with their friends
and relatives, while others say that it can cause increasedantisocial
tendencies because people are not directly communicating with each
other.But some argue that Facebook has affected the social life and
activity of people invarious ways. With its availability on many mobile
devices, Facebook allows users tocontinuously stay in touch with friends,
relatives and other acquaintances wherever they are in the world, as long
as there is access to the Internet. It can also unite people with common
interests and/or beliefs through groups and other pages, and has been
known to reunite lost family members and friends because of the
widespread reach of its network.6

Facebook also continues to prompt debate about users behaviors. The

effects of online activities on themselves and their interactions with others
have been discussed extensively. In particular, students are a main class
of Facebook users who spend long hours on the social network, which has
worried parents and educational authorities about their academic
performance. The students themselves argue that their presence on
Facebook, as a leisure activity, does not hinder their academic efforts,
though some evidence suggests that their grades decline after they join
Facebook.

VI. GLOSSARY Acquaintances

- A person whom one knows but who is not a particularly close friend.
Cognitive
- Based on or capable of being reduced toempirical

factual knowledge.
Collaboration
- To work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual
endeavor.
Consensual
Existing or made by mutualconsentwithout an act of writing.
Correlate
Either of two things so related that one directly implies or is
complementary to the other.
Cramming
- To prepare hastily for an examination.
Cravings
- An intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing.
Demography
- The statistical study of human populations especially with reference to
size and density, distribution, and vital statistics.
Dumbfounded
- To confound briefly and usually with astonishment.
Exclusion
- The act or an instance of excluding.
Flourish
- To be in a state of activity or production.
G.P.A
. - Grade Point Average
Gregariou
s - Tending to associate with others of one's kind.
Immersion
- The act of immersing or the state of being immersed.

Inconclusive
- Leading to no conclusion or definite result.9

Innocuou
s - Not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility.
Intermittently
- Coming and going at intervals or not continuous.
Intrusive
- Intruding where one is not welcome or invited.
Invades
- To enter for conquest or plunder.
Manifest
- Readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight

Mingle
- To bring or mix together or with something else usually without
fundamental loss of identity.
Miscarriage
- Corrupt or incompetent management
Obesity
- A condition characterized by the excessive accumulation and storage of
fat in the body.
Procrastination
- To put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done.
Rampant
- Rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended
Self-esteem
- A confidence and satisfaction in oneself
Skirmishes
- A minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements
Vain
Marked by futility or in effectualness
Vicious
- Having the nature or quality of vice or immorality10

VII. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATUREA . L o c a l L i t e r a t u r e

Social networking sites let individuals to present themselves, and begin
or keep connections with others. The extremely popular social network site
for students indifferent levels, Facebook, has already printed a big impact

on their lives. The site can be used towards work-related contexts,

romantic relationship commencement and connecting those with shared
interests. Members may use the site to mingle with people they already
know offline or to find new friends. Facebook permits its users to present
themselves in an Internet profile, build up "friends" who can post
comments on each other's walls, and view each other's page.Facebook
associates can also join groups based on common interests, see
whatthings they have in common, and learn each others' hobbies,
interests, favorite music, and romantic relationship status through their
pages.But what are behind these facts? What does Facebook bring to the
lives of the members especially to the students? How does Facebook
affect the life of a student?According to studies, Facebook has an impact
to students. Some students are using it for educational purposes. Students
would like to do some online collaboration with classmates. It is said that
Using Facebook boosts students self-esteem even more.11
They would feel belongingness in the community compared to those who
do not have accounts. It also provides news on what are happening in the
real world and even in their school campuses. On the other hand, negative
effects flourish. It was found that social networking sites has formed a new
kind of addiction which we called the "social media addiction" and it is
quite true in using Facebook. Are you addicted to Facebook? Some would
say "yes" and some would say "no". It depends on the level of cravings.
But in the recent study, it was found that a lot of students are by
now addicted to it, to the extent that their school performance is
affected."Children who spend much of their time online find it harder to
focus in class and have short attention span " researchers found through
the samples that 7 out of 10teachers believed that their students are
becoming obsessed with social media sites such as Facebook. Their
students tend to study while using Facebook and it shows that they got
20% lower grades. Facebook-using students even perform task (projects
or assignments) without completion for the reason that they spend more
time scrolling down on their newsfeed to see updates about their friends
and look up for their notifications rather than finishing their school tasks.
Aside that Facebook affects students academic performance; it also has
an effect on students emotional health. Yes, students feel connected to
others but study shows that they manifest depression through seeing
their status updates. Some would utilize the site to express what they feel
towards their enemy in school or even outside the campus. They would
blurt out through posting status that would target their opponent just to
hurt their feelings.With the rampant use of all the social networking sites,
students are coming loose to the real associates. Facebook chats and
posts would make them busy nowadays. They12

may be connected to many people but they somehow disconnect with the
important aspects of their lives and one of those is education. The belief
of meeting people face to face seems very odd. Students prefer to send
and receive instant messages or post messages through Facebook.Many
other elements could be the reason for the inattention in studies of
students.But somehow social networks like Facebook have a negative
impact on the education of some students. Facebook could make students

vain for better or for worse and it is the parents' obligation to watch and
guide their children to get the utmost good benefits from Facebook.
How do Social Networking Sites Affect Students?
Most of the time, students spend their time hanging around the web with
the popular social networking sites. Everyday, more and more people are
getting more attached to Social Networking sites as it is now moving in as
one of the primary means of communication of people.Facebook, Twitter,
and Google+ were only a few of the tons of the sites out there that caters
the need of people. Through Social Media, people has the chance to
combine work and relaxation. However, did you ever encounter the
question. How do Facebook affect your life? And what is your answer?What
are the benefits a student can get by using Social Networking Sites? Here
are some points:

There are some wrong information released by unauthorized people

thatcauses fear The mentioned good and bad effects were only partial and
it also variesdepending on the person involved. Though some people still
makes the best out of SocialMedia, we cant still forget the negative
side of it. Maybe, we should just ask ourselveson what is our current
position in the Social Networking World. The ever-growingtechnology helps
us make our life easier and better but we must be sure that we shouldtreat
it with moderation.
Facebooks Impact on Student Grades
How does Facebook activity affect a students grades? Reynol Junco, a
professor atLock Haven Universityin Pennsylvania, recently set out
to determine exactly that.Mr. Junco assembled a sample of nearly 2,000
college students who self-reporteddetails of their Facebook use: not just
total time spent on the social networking site, butspecific actions taken
such as commenting, chatting, uploading photos or seeing whatothers are
doing lurking, as Mr. Junco calls it.The study then stacked its subjects
overall G.P.A.s against that Facebook activity. Students high school
G.P.A.s powerful predictors of college grades wereincluded in the
study as control variables, to establish subjects baseline academic
abilityand ensure no dramatic swings in G.P.A. occurred that might belie
other factors at play.15

The results of theexperimentwill soon be published in the journal

Computers in Human Behavior
, but The Choice was privy to an early look at the findings:While overall
time spent on Facebook negatively affected G.P.A., the results were
notclear-cut. As it turned out, those who frequently shared links on
Facebook or checked thesite to see what friends were up to tended to
have higher grades. Those students who posted status updates tended to
have lower grades.Mr. Junco found a direct relationship between site use
and out-of-class sociability:the more time a student spent on Facebook,
the more likely that student was to beinvolved with extracurricular
activities.Meanwhile contradicting the zero-sum logic of some who
might believe that aminute spent social networking is a minute spent not
attending to schoolwork thestudy found no substantive link between
time spent on Facebook and time spent studying.Mr. Junco said in an email that he was surprised by the fact that the number of times a student
checked Facebook each day was only weakly related to
academic performance.This tells me that spending an inordinate amount
of time on Facebook is relatedto negative outcomes, while just checking
Facebook for a few minutes each time is not,he wrote.
The Facebook Effect

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ONE THING that listening to really successful people talk does to me is to

makeme think how small I am. People like Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs
and Bill Gates have been my heroes for some time and it is not because
they are probably the most influential people in the world, but because of
how much they understand about our world. Theseleaders and innovators
are truly inspiring human beings.

alarming. Sometimes it can also be depressing when others dismiss us as

just another face.I guess that not too many Filipinos are aware that
Facebook has received so muchcriticism. It is not that I think they are
not aware of what is going on in other countries. Itis more a case of not
being able to relate rather than not knowing or caring enough tolearn
about other countries.Facebook has revolutionized the way we interact
with other people by making iteasy for us to connect and share things we
like and to read about and know our friends. Ithas made complex
human interaction simpler; it made things that were already thereeasier. It
has simplified how we live our lives.But sometimes, simplicity can be
dangerous. If we live an over-simplified life, wetend to overlook how hard
life really is. It is like putting a tiger that is used to the troublesof the forest
in a zoo where everything is provided for it. It is just there to be viewed.
Asimple life.It is not that I don?t approve of where Facebook has taken 500
million lives tothese past few years; it?s quite the opposite. Through
Facebook I was able to reconnectwith so many people I would otherwise
have forgotten. Being on Facebook is a treat thatmost people will cherish
for the rest of their lives. Some people even find the love of their lives on
Facebook! All that I am trying to say is that while it is great to have a toy
likeFacebook, let us not forget that everything else is the real thing. At the
end of the day,toys are just toys.18

Facebook Addiction of Filipino students

Facebook has been a big trend to Filipinos especially to students. Facebook
hasalready made a huge impact to people even if it just been known to
the Philippines for thelast two years. It is now the leading social network
site in terms of popularity and activeusers.Through a status message in
my Facebook account, I was able to discover a girlwho has been a
Facebook addict since she started using it. She is Marjorie Ditan, a 20years-old student of La Salle College Antipolo. She is taking-up AB
MassCommunication, Major in TV Journalism and is already in her fourth
year.She is my classmates sister. She looks like a Japanese girl who has a
gentle personality. She has fair and smooth skin. She is not a tall girl but
can project herself as amodel.She has a lot of hobbies. She likes reading
books, writing short stories or poems,watching television, customizing
clothes but spend most of her time in using theFacebook site.Marjorie
started using Facebook since March 2008. She already had been using itfor
almost two years and five months. She opens her Facebook account
depending on her time schedule. During Mondays, Tuesdays Thursdays
and Sundays, she uses FB between1 p.m. to 11 p.m., since she has no
classes or sometimes just spend half day to her school.Then during

Wednesday and Friday, her account is active between 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

only because her classes start at 3:30 p.m. And on Saturdays, she spends
her day on FB during7 p.m. to 11 p.m.19

The minimum hours I spend in Facebook site during no classes is 10

hours, andthe maximum is 17 hours. I can sometimes spend time in
Facebook until 2 a.m., but Idont stay awake during unholy hour, because
it freaks me out. Marjorie said.Marjorie Ditan is a college student
who likes spending most of her time in her Facebook account since the
very first time she has known the site. She has benefited a lotfrom the site
and has been already her routine that she cannot go a day with,
withoutopening her account. She has been a Facebook addict for the past
two years but has notmade a huge effect to her studies and to her social
life.Facebook really gets me because I can flush out my feelings. But it
doesntreally affect my studies because I am well disciplined and while my
Facebook account isopen, I do tons of projects and even loads of home
works.

the body and mind, opinions on how to deal with relationships in a family,
friends or lover and topics that focuses more on communication and
psychological matters. Her statuses are all about relationships and
friendships. She always wants to make sense withwhat she posts.FOOPETS
APPLICATION is one of her favorite game application in FB that sheis so
addicted and loyal to.She is a certified Facebook addict but she never lets
her FB addiction gets her personal social life and ruin her studies. She
knows how to balance things and FB is justher hobby when she feels bored
or dont have anything to do.This proves that even if FB has been a
very well known site to Filipino students, itdoesnt mean that it will already
serve as our social interaction among people. Facebook is still just internet
operated and personal interaction and real relationships are way
better than network conversation and relationships. And addiction to any
social network is anormal thing to student to help in stress relieves but
should not be the cause of any personal distraction in a persons
life.Facebook is just a social network! she said, as her final words as we
ended our interview.
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Users & Demography for the Philippines

Population
99900177
Total Facebook Users
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Position in the list
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Penetration of population
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Average CPC
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Our social networking statistics show that Facebook penetration

inPhilippines is 30.30% compared to the country's population and 93.66%
in relation tonumber of Internet users. The total number of FB users in
Philippines isreaching 30265200 and grew by more than 1707080 in the
last 6 months.Comparing these nearest countries by penetration of
Facebook users shows thatPhilippines has
0.24%
higher FB penetration thanSan Marinoand
0.38%
lower FB penetration thanMartinique

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Philippines Facebook demographics is other social media statistics we

monitor.The largest age group is currently 18-24 with total of 11 762 500
users, followed by theusers in the age of

25-34.There are 48% male users and 52% female users in Philippines,
compared to 64%and 36% inTurkey

and 49% and 51% inFrance.

5 Filipinos Opens Account per Minute

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Much has been said about the Philippines being among the top social
mediacountries in the world. And all of that is richly deserved. It is indeed
a social andhyperconnected world and the statistics bear this out.The
latest data fromSocialBakersshows that almost one out of every 4
Filipinoshas a Facebook account. As of this writing, there are 27,720,300
Facebook users in thePhilippines. Thats about 27.75% of the population
and 93.33% of the online population
.
Ranked 8th in the world among Facebook countries, about 1,226,960
Facebook users were added over the past 6 months. Breaking it down
even further, thats about204,493 Facebook users a month or 6,816 users
added a day.25

For the Math lovers out there, that equates to 284 users being added
every hour or 4.7 users added every minute.Globally, SocialBakers reports
close to 834 million Facebook users with Europe, North America and Asia
almost equally split, with about 25% each of the total
Facebook population.

Young and mostly female

Of the Philippine Facebook population, 39% of users are 18-24 years old
and 24%are 25-34 years old. Combined, this accounts for 63% of the total

Facebook population.52% of all Filipino Facebook users are female which is

consistent with the global profileof Facebook.The biggest growth in
Facebook use also came from these two demographics.What is interesting
is the decline in growth in the 13-15 demographic. One wonders if this is a
portent of things to come about the younger generation and their interest,
or lack of interest in, Facebook.27

What could this new wave be about?While the number of users is an

interesting metric to look at, what will be evenmore revealing is the
number of active accounts. And still even more revealing is thenumber of
active conversations on Facebook and what it (Facebook) is being used for.
B.C . Fo r e i g n L i t e r a t u r e
Is Facebook Good Or Bad For Students? Debate Roils On
Does Facebook have a positive or negative effect on students? Oh, if only
theissue were so clear-cut!Most recently, OnlineEducation.net, an online
database designed to informcurrent and prospective students about
education opportunities in the U.S., compiled amound of research data on
college students and their use of social media.28

On analyzing it, the group could only conclude that the results were
inconclusiveand mixed. Thus, the debate roils on.Key survey findings
include:96 percent of college students use Facebook;Grades of students
who checked Facebook while studying were 20% lower thangrades of
those who didnt check Facebook while studying;79 percent of students
did not believe that multitasking in the way mentionedabove negatively
affected their grades;20 percent of students that use social media
reported feeling connected to their institution;75 percent of college
students reported wanting to collaborate online.

For instance, in such a space professors and students can participate in

the sharingof knowledge, by posting articles (and responses to them),
speaker events, lectures and personal experiences involving topics related
to the course. When this happens, Facebook can be a boon to education,
actively engaging students in the pursuit of knowledge. Yet,as AllFacebook
recently reported, teachers are increasingly discouraged (for good
reason)from accepting students friend requests.An important benefit seen
in the statistics above is the ability of Facebook tomake college students

feel socially connected, with a greater sense of community. Thiscan be

beneficial in boosting students self-esteem. Past studies have shown that
studentswho are active on Facebook are more likely to participate in extracurricular activities.But, as we have also seen in the news, social media
can also have a negativeeffect on emotional health when abused by
cyberbullies who harass and torment peers.Also, as AllFacebook reported,
one study found that students with the mostfriends on Facebook feel
more health-harming stress. Thus, students should be warned tonot put
too much stock in the social network. At the end of the day, students, as
all people, of course, are more than the sum of their social
network.Ultimately, like with anything, how social media affects students
may come downto how it is used and the frequency with which it is used.
For Students, What Is the "Facebook Effect" on Grades?
Social media has several effects on academic work some more positive
thanothers. But what is social networking's overall impact on college
students' performance?30

According to data gathered from several sources by

OnlineEducation.net,Facebook and Twitter are used to great benefit
sometimes. Students welcome onlineengagement and resources; around
75% of student respondents said they'd like to dosome online
collaboration for class, in fact.Also, social media may have a positive
impact on students' sense of themselves inthe community. Social mediausing students were twice as likely as other students to feelwell-liked by
their peers and to participate in extracurricular activities. And 20% more
of Facebook-using students (as compared to students who didn't use
Facebook) said theyfelt connected to their school and
community.However, negative effects abound. Students who use Facebook
and hit the bookssimultaneously found their multitasking led to 20% lower
grades than those of their morefocused peers. Facebook-using students
also made less money during school from part-time work, putting in
around five hours per week as opposed to 16 hours per week for atypical,
unplugged counterpart. Not only do grades and finances suffer, but
students might actually end up feelingmore depressed or lonely. Almost
half of students believe they are sadder than their friends on Facebook,
and 25% of college students have shown signs of severe depressionin
their status updates at one time or another.In a word, the results are
inconclusive. But with around 96% of all collegestudents on Facebook, only
the most dedicated academics would consider giving upsocial media for a
slightly better GPA.31

In the comments, we'd like to know what impact social media had or has
on your academic work. And if your college career pre-dates social media,
how do you think college is better or worse because of Facebook?
Studies show effects of Facebook on GPA

During the intensive studying and last minute cram sessions of finals
week,students often blame Facebook for interfering in their study efforts
and fueling procrastination.While Facebook might not be helpful when it
comes to studying, it doesnt meanstudents grades have to suffer.
According to a recent study, some types of Facebook useactually correlate
with higher grade point averages.

At the same time, those who post links and use Facebook to communicate
usefulinformation are more likely to be engaged with the outside
environment and in theclassroom, the study said.Penn State Learning
Community Associate, Leagh Anderson said that the impacton GPA could
also depend on when the students are accessing Facebook. Those who
arefrequently updating their statuses are often those who are on Facebook
intermittentlythroughout the day.This intermittent and frequent checking
of Facebook can interfere with the timeneeded to digest and absorb
course material, Anderson said.Students Greg Brulo and Amy Niedbala
both reported spending up to two hourseach day on Facebook. Niedbala
said that it sometimes interferes with her studying, butthey both agreed
that it does not have any sort of negative impact on their grades.I use
Facebook to take a break so I dont get mentally drained while
studying,Brulo said. My time management has a stronger correlation to
my grades thanFacebook.
In the Facebook Era, Students Tell You Everything
The impact of Facebook on the college classroom goes far beyond
technologicalinnovations and the ability to build relationships. It has led
young people to publiclyannounce intimate personal details without
thought of the consequences. And that style of communication has led to
some very uncomfortable encounters between students andtheir
professors.33

The first time it happened to me, the student's words came so quickly that
I didn'thave time to think about my reaction. A young woman approached
me in the hall with asmile on her face, and said, "I won't be in class next
week because I have to terminate a pregnancy."I was dumbfounded. How
could someone share something so private in a publicsetting with a
professor she barely knew? She had been in my class for only six
weeks,and we hadn't really established much of a relationship, so I had no
idea how to respond.Was she looking for help? Or should I simply treat it
like any other notification of anabsence?That incident was one of what has
become a series of encounters with studentswho are so used to
social media that they now openly share what was formerlyconsidered
private. Posting and tweeting intimate life details are now so normal for
themthat they think nothing of cavalierly giving too much information to
surprised professors.Lest any reader doubt the stories I'm about to tell, let
me assure you they allhappened as I describe over the past few years. The
only facts I've changed are the namesof the students involved.Allison

walked into my classroom apologizing for missing two weeks of classes by

saying she had been in rehab for alcoholism. Stan's excuse, stated in front
of the class,was that drugs he was taking for a psychological disorder had
caused him to oversleep.Greg said he didn't have his assignment done
because he had to go to court after beingarrested for punching a guy in a
bar fight. Carly texted me that she couldn't make it toclass that day
because she was in the hospital after having a miscarriage.34

A new advisee, Amy, was in tears as she asked if she could shut my office
door. Itwas her first semester, and she had always had a bright smile on
her face in theclassroom. But in my office, she told me her grades were
suffering because she washaving an affair with a local married TV
reporter.Such intimate details used to be considered too embarrassing to
share. But withFacebook and Twitter, young people think nothing of
confiding in strangers. Often theless the students know the person they
are communicating with the more willing they areto spill. And they do it
bluntly, now that they are used to summarizing life in 140characters.

Even personal hygiene has become classroom fodder. Kurt announced at

the startof one period that he might miss the next meeting because he
was seeing a doctor about a blocked bowel. Jacob and Carol were platonic
roommates but complained in my classabout each other's gross bathroom
habits.It has become normal to hear students proclaim that they have no
interest in ever having children, but one senior added that he planned to
get a vasectomy as a graduationgift. I even had a student confess that he
paid a prostitute to help him get his mind off being stressed about
midterm assignments.Most surprising are the athletes who publicly
brag about breaking rules that couldcause them to lose eligibility for their
scholarships. An underage football player complained as I handed him a
test that he had been up all night getting drunk withteammates. A runner
said that he was unable to complete an assignment after winning ameet
and spending the night drinking in celebration.The most baffling aspect for
a faculty member to adjust to is that the same young people who now tell
you everything have conversely become much more sensitive aboutwhat
you say to them. An instructor may make an innocent comment, often in
response towhat is perceived to be open communication, only to have the
student take offense.A young woman who spent her entire final semester
telling my class about her forthcoming marriage suddenly froze when I
asked her one day how the wedding planswere going. I didn't know that
her fianc had recently called it off, and she burst into tearsin front of the
class. She had changed her status on Facebook and posted numerous
publicmessages about it.36

In another course, during the first-day icebreakers, students randomly

picked outquestions from a bowl about things like their hometowns or
favorite restaurants. Onestudent, whom I knew from his constant talking in

other courses, refused to answer whenhis turn came and he was asked
how many kids he wanted. He said that question was "too personal."
Normally gregarious students may turn silent when asked about things
thatused to be considered innocuous, like family background or colleges
they previouslyattended.One guy who openly talked nonstop about his 2year-old boy got upset one day before class when I asked how the child
was. He gave me a serious look and said, "Don'tever mention my son
again." I was stunned and apologized to the student afterward, atwhich
time he revealed he was in a new custody battle with the boy's mother
after shemoved out of town.I've learned that while Twitter-addicted young
adults usually have no problemsharing too much information with
strangers, it has to be at their own initiative. Theythink nothing of sending
out personal messages that would make many of us blush butthen turn
around to perceive seemingly innocuous questions or comments from
facultymembers as "judgmental" or "disrespectful."In this Facebook age,
young people expect everyone to be a "friend" who iswilling to accept
whatever they "post." As a natural reactor who likes to respond to
whatstudents say, I have learned it is important to hold my tongue
and show no expressionduring their startling revelations. I may want to
drop my jaw and scream "Why are youtelling this to strangers?," but I
must remain neutral and act like whatever they say istotally normal.37

That's how I responded after a student submitted a video assignment on

his flashdrive because he had difficulties getting it to me online. He just
handed me the drive touse for grading his project, but when I later
inserted it into my laptop there were no titleson the numbered files. So I
clicked on the first file.The dark, grainy footage showed the head of a girl
performing fellatio on mystudent in the front seat of a car. That obviously
wasn't the class project.

on Facebook. Therefore, it leads to lack of time to studying or

concentration on schoolwork. Therefore, the percentage of student
repeating the class is higher every year.Students watch adult movie on
Facebook- As Facebook becomes popular , thereare more users uploading
a lot of music videos that was over 18. The problem is that onFacebook
there are many middle school students around 8-9 years old always
playingaround, so the chance that they would watch adult videos is very
high. Furthermore, thereare many users posting photos of their body and
putting its up there so it make affect thelittle kids who always playing
around on the siteIn my opinion, Facebook has become a place where you
can watch any moviesand do not have to consider age. So I strongly
believe that parents should do something tokeep their kids from watching
or learning what they are not supposed to. Facebook willnot do anything
about it because if they do not allow the customer to posting videos
or photos they will lose profit. It is very hard to keep track since there are
million of userson Facebook. So it is in the parents hands now.

Facebooks Side Effects

Around the world, billions of brightly lit computer screens reflect a blue tint
ontheir masters as the iconic f takes over the screen. With games,
friends, and easy sharingfrom nearly every website about nearly
everything, Facebook is an internet giant that hasa fierce grip on quite
possibly the whole World Wide Web, or at least its users.The social media
giant adds a positive spin on teens lives but also adds morestress, A lot
of it is negative like wasting time when you could be doing
homework,said senior Giovanni Cerutti.39

As homework stacks up, the stress doubles for most students, which
makes themwant to escape. Where they go, ironically enough is back onto
Facebook, causing avicious cycle.Positively, though, students can find
Facebook to be a useful tool. I talk tofriends mostly I go on very rarely
but when I do, I talk to friends because I dont have a phone, said
sophomore Chris McCarter.The site can be especially handy when a
student misses an assignment and needsto make it up quickly. With their
web of peers on hand the student can usually find afellow classmate to
help. Others use it to track various other interests or hobbies such
as photography, skateboarding, or music.The best things about Facebook
are being able to show your friends things like pictures and/or videos.
Another good thing is the ability to be able to follow your favorite bands
and knowing when theyre touring, Cerutti said.Facebook sometimes isnt
the true issue but its users and whats going on whenteachers are away.
[The] worst is probably like, people can legitimately stalk you nomatter
how private you set your profile, people from all around the world can still
viewyour profile somehow through others, said senior Brittany
Eastman,Alongside the threat of cyber bullying, Facebook sometimes
doesnt hold up a bright image amongst students. Drama that is left at a
standstill at school multipliesonline with the power of anonymity, without
the responsibility of facing the personyoure insulting, bullying becomes
increasingly severe.I have been cyber bullied as well as seen it. They
were attacking me for dancingwith someones ex, eventually I just
blocked them said Eastman.40

What doesnt seem very harmful can bring a person to the brink. Conflicts
atschool can continue and exponentially grow to the point where some
attacks can pushvictims harm themselves. From this the harm will grow to
attempting and sometimessucceeding in ending their own lives.Facebook
has the pros and cons of any website, if its positive or not is purely upto
the users and how they use it either as a tool, a weapon, or a time waster.
Studentsshould always caution themselves with what they allow to be
published on the site andremember that a screen wont always hide your
identity.
What Facebook Does to Kids' Brains

People love to sensationalize the deleterious effects of new-fangled tech

on theimpressionable brains of children. Psychologist Larry D. Rosen's
presentationto theAmerican Psychological Association is a little more
nuanced than "Facebook Rots Kids'Brains," but it still has plenty to be
concerned about. (His title: "Poke Me: How Social Networks Can Both Help
and Harm Our Kids.")

For less social kids, Facebooking can help these teens learn to
socialize,explains Rosen.

When making friends on the social network, kids are more likely
tooverlook race and make friends based on interest, a UCLA studyfound.

Facebook can improve the self-esteem of college students,according

toaCornell study.

Silly status updates can help breed desirable traits like entrepreneurship,
areport from the National IT Center claimed.

Facebook raises kids' self-esteem.

The bad

Facebook breeds narcissism.

While it alsolowers kids' self-esteem.

Young adults who have a strong Facebook presence show more signs
of other psychological disorders and are more susceptible to future health
problem, foundRosen.

Facebook doesn't prepare kids for real-life talking.

The social network makes kids depressed,foundan American Academy

of Pediatrics study.

It'saddictive.

It'sdistracting.In other words, it's kind of like middle school.42

10 Adverse Effects Facebook For Students

Facebook negative impact on teenagers, students and children. Facebook
negativeimpact is increasingly felt, even though the Facebookers many are
not aware of theinfluence of negati facebook.Perhaps because the name is
already addicted to facebook. But it is precisely thisthat is dangerous,
which is not realized.Okay, for you the youth and students as well as
children, you must know what thenegative impact of this facebook.
Because of facebook users is dominated by the 14-24year olds as much as
61.1%.1. No matter with the surroundingPeople who are addicted to
facebook too preoccupied with his own world (theworld which he created)
that does not care about other people and the environmentaround it.
Someone who has been addicted to facebook often experience this. No
matter with their surroundings, their world turned into a world of facebook.
Some say autism.2. Lack of socialization with the environmentThis impact
of too frequent and too old to play facebook. It's quite alarming for the
development of the social life of the child. They are supposed to learn
socializationwith the environment even more to spend more time in
cyberspace with friends whoaverage facebooknya discuss something that
is not important. As a result the child'sverbal abilities declined. Of course
autism is here not in the literal sense.3. Wasting money43

Internet access to open facebook obviously affect the financial

condition(especially if access from the cafe). And the cost of the Internet
in Indonesia is likely tostill expensive when compared to other countries
(and even many free ones). This could be categorized as waste, because it
is not productive. Another matter if they use it for business purposes.

8. Easily find something pornographyIt was easy for the Facebookers find
something that smells of porn. Because thetwo things are the most widely
searched on the internet and also the easiest to find. nah,it's a fact not
adult intenet users of Indonesia. Just use the Internet to search for
content"slimy". On facebook would be very easy to find the group ***,
group lonely aunt, etc bispak girl group.9. Prone to the disputeThe lack of
control of managers facebook against its members and
immaturityfacebook users themselves create friction between Facebookers
often occur. The most phenomenal example is the case "Evan Brimob"
some time ago. Evan Brimob is a newmember of the police who know
facebook. Please search on google about Evan Brimobwrote with a
statement that the controversy: "The police do not need society".10.
Beware of scams!Like other media media, facebook also vulnerable to

fraud. Especially for children who do not understand the ins and outs of
the internet. For the fraudster themselves, the virtual world conditions that
completely anonymous obviously very profitable.
Facebook Effects on Students
I've been a Facebook member for about five years now. I was fourteen
when Ifirst created my profile, and I must admit, like many of my peers
and friends, I've becomean avid user. I've always had an interest in the
newest social medias. As a sophomorenow in college, I find myself
using Facebook while doing homework, in class, or just45

when I'm bored. Facebook has several uses, to me. I use it to create
groups for projects,events, etc., communicate with friends and family, or
to find out the latest events inMiami. I for one am not against Facebook.
Do I think it can become a distraction for academic excellence like most
people say? Absolutely!With that being said, I recently read an article
called "Impact of Facebook Usageon Students' Academic
Achievement: Role of Self-Regulation and Trust" written by SanaRouis,
Moez Limayem, and Esmail Saleni-Sangan. In the article, they talk about
theextended amount of time that students are spending on Facebook.
Although manystudents agree that Facebook is both time consuming and
distracting, they still continueto use it on a daily basis. The average
student spends 30-35 minutes, however somestudents spend up to eight
hours a day. The main concern here is that with these longhours, students
may possibly be decreasing their academic performance and
jeopardizingtheir grades.During the long hours that these students spend
on Facebook, they are not onlydistracting themselves, but they are
focusing their productivity on Facebook posts andvideos, rather than
preparing for homework, tests, etc. This leads to poor results and
adecrease in overall global achievement. The article also factors in selfregulation andcognitive absorption. They hypothesized that students who
practice self-regulation, setgoals for themselves, therefore they practice
less usage of online activity. Cognitiveabsorption refers to how captivated
the students are in the tasks they are performingonline. The more they
are immersed in these tasks, the less concentration they use onother
tasks. They hypothesized that a high level of cognitive immersion on
Facebook 46

decreases the students academic achievements, and the higher level of

cognitiveabsorption in Facebook increases the student's time on the
website.

VIII. SUMMARY

Facebook has become an addiction for many. Instead of students

concentrating ontheir homework or studying for a big test the next day,
they are spending hours lookingthrough pictures, answering their page
comments, and chatting with friends on the sitesinstant
messenger. Facebook has consumed good grades and face-to-face
communicationis in jeopardy.Even students who are active users
of Facebook indicate some concerns about thelong hours they spend
surfing the site. However, other students consider their time spendon
Facebook valuable, because it enables them to exchange news with
friends and family,learn about others activities, and have fun with various
activities. They also regard their Facebook breaks as a means to renew
their energy so that they can perform better on their subsequent
tasks.Students who use Facebook and hit the books simultaneously found
their multitasking led to lower grades than those of their more focused
peers. Facebook-usingstudents also made less money during school from
part-time work, putting in around fivehours per week as opposed to 16
hours per week for a typical, unplugged counterpart.48

Not only do grades and finances suffer, but students might actually end
up feelingmore depressed or lonely. Almost half of students believe they
are sadder than their friends on Facebook, and some students have shown
signs of severe depression in their status updates at one time or
another.49

IX. CONCLUSIONUsage of Facebook is overwhelming, we get in touch with

our loved ones,relatives, and friends.We get to know the latest news and
issues, we can participate in anonline discussions and many more.
Facebook is also an efficient social capitalization tool.It let every single
individuals to present themselves, and begin or keep
connections withothers. Facebook associates can also join groups based
on common interests, see whatthings they have in common, and learn
each others' hobbies, interests, favorite music, andromantic relationship
status through their pages.

classmates. It is said that using Facebook boosts students self-esteem

even more. Theywould feel belongingness in the community compared to
those who do not have accounts.It also provides news on what are
happening in the real world and even in their school.On the other hand,
negative effects flourish. It was found that social networking sites
hasformed a new kind of addiction which we called the "social media
addiction" and it isquite true in using Facebook. Students who spend much
of their time online find it harder to focus in class and have short attention
span. Students are becoming obsessed withsocial media sites such as
Facebook. Instead of studying, they go using Facebook that'swhy they got
20% lower grades.Facebook-using students even perform task (projects or
assignments) withoutcompletion for the reason that they spend more time

scrolling down on their newsfeed tosee updates about their friends

and look up for their notifications rather than finishingtheir school tasks.
Aside that Facebook affects students academic performance; it alsohas an
effect on students emotional health. Yes, students feel connected to
others butstudy but somehow they manifest depression through seeing
their status updates. Somewould utilize the site to express what they feel
towards their enemy in school or evenoutside the campus. They
would blurt out through posting status that would target their opponent
just to hurt their feelings.51

X. RECOMMENDATION
Time management, commitment and focus as the attitude help student
decreasethe negative effect of Facebook. I recommend some ways in
which students can avoidFacebook successfully or at least minimize the
amount of time that they spend onFacebook;Avoid Facebook Requests:
Every day we get several requests through Facebook.These include
requests for friendship from strangers, requests for filling up surveys,
or even requests to play some game. Make it a policy to ignore all
requests in Facebook.Only confirm friends whom you know outside of
Facebook. Ignore game requests nomatter how interesting it may sound.
At the end of the day, playing a video game or aFacebook game is an
addictive pastime and a serious waste of time. Most often, the appsand
games in Facebook are designed to send mass requests to all friends in
ones friendslist. Therefore, you need not feel upset about saying no to
these requests. In fact, if youare very keen on minimizing Facebook time,
then you may even want to block friendswho are prolific game players on
Facebook and are constantly bombarding you withrequests.52

Manage Notifications: One of the simple steps that you can take to
minimizeFacebook time wasters is to set your account settings in such a
way that you do notreceive notification emails for every activity in
Facebook. Switch off the notificationemails in your account settings. You
can also filter out the emails from Facebook in your email client as well.
You can always keep yourselves updated by checking thenotifications
when you log in into Facebook. That way, you decide on when you want
touse Facebook and it is not governed by the frequency in which your
friends update their status messages.

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