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craig mackintosh

Facebook Use May Lead to Psychological Disorders in Teens [STUDY] - 1 views

  • social media’s
  • development of antisocial behavior, narcissism and a slew of other character flaws and negative by-products.
  • psychological disorders in teens
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  • Development of narcissism in teens who often use Facebook
  • Presence of other psychological disorders, including antisocial behaviors, mania and aggressive tendencies, in teens who have a strong Facebook presence
  • sleeping problems, anxiety and depression, in teens who “overdose” in technology on a daily basis
  • Lower grades for middle school, high school and college students who checked Facebook at least once during a 15-minute study period
  • Lower reading retention rates for students who most frequently had Facebook open
  • development of “virtual empathy.”
  • virtual empathy for distressed Facebook friends
  • well-received by friends
  • teaching teens how to empathize with others in everyday life
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    Increasing research on social media's effects on human interaction has revealed the development of antisocial behavior, narcissism and a slew of other character flaws and negative by-products.
Katherine Lewis

Social Media in Higher Education | Dr. Rey Junco's Blog - 12 views

  • eports the findings of a study I conducted with 1,839 undergraduates. I collected data on Facebook use by surveying students and I had access to student grades through the university registrar. To date, there have been three other published studies of
  • Time spent on Facebook was negatively related to overall college GPA. The average time students spent on Facebook was 106 minutes per day. Each increase of 93 minutes beyond the mean decreased GPA by .12 points in the model. Therefore, I conclude that although this was a significant finding, the real-world impact of the relationship between time spent on Facebook and grades is negligible at best. 2. Frequency of engaging in some Facebook activities such as sharing links and checking up on friends was positively related to GPA while posting status updates was negatively related. 3. The number of times students checked Facebook was only weakly related to GPA. 4. There was not a strong link between time spent on Facebook and time spent studying.
anonymous

Reading.... some tips! - 33 views

Ok- it may seem silly to suggest tips on how to read, but most students use up a lot of precious study time reading EVERY SINGLE WORD of an article ..... most academics don't read like that! They ...

reading assignment research

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