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Researchers Daniel Hunt, Archana Krishnan, and David Atkin found that, “The entertainment motive was shown to be the most powerful predictor of how much time participants spent on Facebook,” per WebProNews. In basic terms, this means that during the study, Facebook was most often used when subjects were bored, opposed to connecting with individuals to [...]
A crime linked to Facebook is reported to police every 40 minutes.Last year, officers logged 12,300 alleged offences involving the vastly popular social networking site.Facebook was referenced in investigations of murder, rape, child sex offences, assault, kidnap, death threats, witness intimidation and fraud. via A Facebook crime every 40 minutes: 12,300 cases are linked to [...]
Faced with slowing growth in its advertising business, Facebook is considering throwing open its social network to children, in the hope that their parents will pay for games and other content on the site. The plan is also designed to limit the company's legal risk over the already-widespread use of the site by minors, millions [...]
Frequent social network use releases dopamine in response to online interactions, setting up a potentially addictive cycle, according to Steve Daviss of the Baltimore Washington Medical Center to USA Today."There's good evidence the feedback we get from technology -- the retweets and bings and pings that come out of the phone every time somebody sends [...]
More than 900 million people worldwide check their Facebook accounts at least once a month, but millions more are Facebook holdouts. They say they don't want Facebook. They insist they don't need Facebook. They say they're living life just fine without the long-forgotten acquaintances that the world's largest social network sometimes resurrects. They are the [...]
The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt found half of Facebook users surveyed reported being more conscious of their weight and bodies after viewing Facebook photos, and one-third said they were sad after looking at photos, sparking concern the site may foster unhealthy body images."Facebook is making it easier for people to spend more [...]
The decision to give up Facebook for Lent wasn't taken lightly, and as the days ground on she admits it got harder and harder to stay disconnected from the continual flow of status updates. Despite almost giving in a few times, several late-night texts to friends helped her stay on the wagon. By the time [...]
What have we learned about Social Media this week? This week three schoolgirls were suspended for posting a mockumentary video on Youtube, in which they offered sexual favours saying they were, “Offering a public service that would help prevent unwanted sexual attacks on others.” Michael Carr-Gregg said it was a spectacular failure of the SA [...]
According to a recent survey conducted by The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt, Facebook may be yet another source of our body image problems. Wanting to take a close look at Facebook behavior, The Center commissioned a public survey to examine how social media is influencing body image and hyper-awareness of body size. [...]
It finally happened; in a passing conversation my principal mentioned Facebook and one of our students. Curious I jumped onto my account typed in the name and there it was; his profile for the whole world to see. No protection, no privacy, but all the information you could want about this 10 year old kid. [...]
