Investigating the impact of Facebook addiction on the social lives of its users

Done by: Jasdeep Singh Hundal (11)

Jatinder Singh Kler(12)Khoo Jingren, Forster(13)

Lee Ting Yen(14)Leon Chin Li Xiang (15)

Contents of PresentationIntroductionMethodologyFindings Conclusion

IntroductionFacebook is a popular social networking site

that has many boons and banesaddiction to Facebook is a major problem as

it will affect our ability to socialiseMore and more people are addicted to

FacebookThrough this research we will know how

Facebook affects the users’ social livesWe will also be able to come out with

solutions pertaining to this problem

MethodologyWe conducted a survey on 25 people

We had an interview with Miss Jaime, the school counsellor, to find out her views on Facebook addiction and her suggestions on how to solve the problem

Survey Findings (Demographics)92% of our survey respondents use Facebook

Survey Findings (Demographics)

Less than five hours per week – 13 people 5 – 15 hours - 8 people16 – 25 hours per week - 1 personMore than 25 hours per week - 1 person

Survey Findings (Demographics)

Age group(years) No. Of respondents Percentage of respondents

13-18 6 24%

19-30 4 16%

31-40 8 32%

41 and above 7 28%

Total 25 100%

Survey Findings(Facebook users who use Facebook for less than 15 hours per week)

Activities Average no. Of hours

Homework/revision 1.8 hours(corrected to 1 decimal point)

Spending time with friends(Out of school)

2.4 hours(corrected to 1 decimal point)

Going out with family members 3.0 hours(corrected to 1 decimal point)

Playing sports/exercising 1.9 hours(corrected to one decimal point

Survey findings Facebook users who use Facebook for more than 15 hours per week

Activities Average no. Of hours spent

Homework/ revision 1

Spending time with friends(Out of school)

3

Going out with family members 3.5

Playing sports/exercising 3.5

Survey Findings

Survey FindingsSome solutions on curbing Facebook addiction (as provided by surveyed)

Encourage people to create more events for meeting up with family and friends so that there can be more face-to-face interaction

Create an application that lets you set a time limit for accessing Facebook so that once time is up, you will automatically log out

Self-discipline and time management

Interview findingsAccording to Ms Jaime, the school counsellor,

age might influence how users use Facebook and the way users think of Facebook

For example, the younger generation might create a Facebook account just because they want to fit in with others

The older generation, who did not have Facebook in their time, feel curious about what it is and therefore want to create a Facebook account

Interview findingsMs Jaime, who belongs to the older

generation, feels that Facebook has both positive and negative impacts on her

Positive: she was able to find her old friends on Facebook

Negative: sometimes she spends hr time on Facebook doing useless things, thus she wasted a lot of time

Also, she felt tired after that and thus did not want to do any work

ConclusionA user’s level of education does not affect the

number of hours he or she spends on Facebook

Spending a lot of time on Facebook does not necessarily mean addiction to Facebook

When you think of Facebook when you are offline, this affects the physical interaction with friends or family

ConclusionYou can use Facebook and have enough time

for other activities at the same time, as long as you manage your time wisely

Facebook might not necessarily affect your social life negatively, it can affect it positively too, as long as you use it in the right way

AcknowledgementsMr Kelvin Yap, our teacher-mentor, for his

guidance and advice throughout the entire project

The 25 people we surveyed and our interviewee, Ms Jaime, for their valuable responses and opinions which benefited us greatly in our project

The librarian, who kindly rented us Project Corners whenever we needed them

The photocopying lady, who helped us to print our documents

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION!

Q & A Session