Facebook: Helping or Hurting Us?

By: Sahiba Chandhoke

Flickr: meg.reilly

There are 18 million Canadian

monthly Facebook users

Flickr: _rogers Source: Carys Mills, Toronto Star

Google Images: AliTech110 Source: Carys Mills, Toronto Star

due to

the hyper

sharing and

high engagement

required.

Flickr: linkedmediagrp Source: Christine Erickson, Mashable

Self-Image:

how we define

ourselves, and

present for others

to see. MorgueFile: clarita Source: Christine Erickson, Mashable

scrutinized is

present

Facebook has created an

environment in which fear of

looking vain

and being

Flickr: Nghi La Source: Christine Erickson, Mashable

Because of this, MORE people are

interacting through a protected and

anonymous filter

Flickr: VanForkum Photography Source: Christine Erickson, Mashable

Creating

More

Insecurities

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Making Self-esteem

Flickr: Golgy Source: Christine Erickson, Mashable

MorgueFile: arrowpedigree Source: Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard

Facebook has created

pressures from family and friends to stay in a relationship when PDFA

are shown

MorgueFile: taliesin Source: Allison McCann. Buzzfeed

Flickr: batmoo Source: Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard

Graph Search: the third pillar

of Facebook, along with News Feed and Timeline

Flickr: Frank Hamm Source: Anthony Wing Kosner, Forbes

Another tool for users,

OR a solution for marketers?

Flickr: Dukky.com Source: Anthony Wing Kosner, Forbes

Flickr: faroog.aries Source: Anthony Wing Kosner, Forbes

Harassment: to disturb, constantly bother someone

Flickr: Amanda Mabel

160,000 students a year skip school to

avoid being harassed

Google Images: Rita Ramsay Source: e! Science News

Facebook

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Creating confusion, as to

who our “real” friends are

MorgueFile: virginiamol

As cyber-aggression occurs largely

among friends, former friends, and former

dating partners. Flickr: @Doug88888 Source: e! Science News

So,is Facebook helping or hurting us?

Google Images: Chris Jackson (Getty Images)

Human relationships are rich;

they’re messy and demanding. – Sherry

Turkle Flickr: korycheer Source: Sherry Turkle, New York Times

We should NOT let...

...dictate our lives. Flickr: rishibando