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Is Facebook Making Us Sad
Deion S. WilliamsENGL1101-Composition
Introduction• No one joins Facebook to be sad
and lonely. But a new study from the University of Michigan psychologist Ethan Kross argues that that’s exactly how it makes us feel.
Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?
Facebook and Self-Presenting
Disadvantages of Facebook• Waste of time
• Ruining the Professional Life
• Can’t Keep Things Personal
Facebook Addiction
Over Sharing
Facebook is not a diary• Just went from ‘divorced’ to ‘single.’ Guess I wasn’t the best
husband. Hope to learn from my mistakes.”
• “Not sure why we stopping being close. Missing you and crying.”
• Cheaters never win. That’s why I just smashed his flat screen.
• ‘In a relationship.’ ‘Single.’ ‘In an open relationship.’
Lonely People On Facebook
Women and Facebook• particularly susceptible to the Facebook illusion
• inhabited by more women than men
• women users tend to be more active on the site
Comparing lives
Falling Apart• Missing Family
• Going out with friends
• Attending parties
Facebook Envy
Facebook and Bonds Versus Connections
Reasons You Should Stop Using Facebook
• Nobody actually wants to just read about what you're doing anymore.
• Facebook makes it impossible for you to stay "private• Your parents (and even grandparents) are now watching your
every move.• Or they're posting photos of you that you would never want
anyone to see• Facebook is even keeping track of what you don't say.• Facebook makes you feel less positive about your life.• It makes getting over a breakup really hard.• You realize you only know and care about only 20 people out of
your 1,000 friends.
Conclusion• Some feel it makes them lonely since the
connections with others is too superficial. Others feel it makes them less lonely since they have so many friends to interact with. Marche says that research shows that “The greater the proportion of face-to-face interactions, the less lonely you are, but the greater the proportion of online interactions, the lonelier you are.”