Social Media (facebook)

As per Kaplan & Haenlein (2010), social Media is a common terms in today's
life. It refers to a collective means of communication that promotes and look
after interaction among various users, community discussion and allowing
people to build relationships and share information.
Facebook is one of the most popular social media on internet. Founded in
2004 only for use in group of student in Harvard University, now facebook
rules online social media community. In order to use users must register on
this with their details before using the service, later they can add other users
as friends. Users can interact with each other by sharing messages, picture
and videos. Facebook gained popularity in very short span of time. Now most
of the youths use it and it has become part of their lives (Carlson, Nicholas
(2010)). Though social media facebook has positive outcomes, it also has
some negative impacts.
Background
It is been observed that though facebook has so many advantages but the
disadvantages are causing some serious problem. We need to research the
same and try to avoid or resolve these problems especially faced by youths.
Statement
Effects of facebook on youth; its disadvantages and solution
Literature Review
As stated by Sarah (2011) that the main advantage of social network is it is
very low cost. Facebook gained popularity and by making people come closer
to each other. However because of negligence, users can face problems from
the facebook and other social networking sites. Someone's secrets can
become public.
In his findings Dow Jones (2012) states that Facebook is too much addicting!
Facebook is too much addicting! This addiction frequently kills most valuable
time of user. He further says, using Facebook for sometimes and for important
communication is not bad but when someone wastes his valuable time then it
becomes really critical.
Abram (2013) says that it been observed and researched that most of the
youths dont realize the negative impact of facebook on their life. Youths start
losing their interest in their studies and surroundings. They start interacting
more with their facebook friends than real world people. Addiction to facebook
also caused health problems like becoming fat and weak eyesight etc.

Questionnaire
In order to know reactions and to conduct research how face book is affecting
life of youths, I designed a questionnaire. I kept in mind the privacy of youth
before taking details.

Questionnaire:
1. You age :
2. Do you go to school / College :
3. Do you have facebook account : Yes No
If Yes;
4. Usually how much time you spend on facebook :
5. What is your major activity on facebook:
Chatting sharing messages viewing profiles Searching friends
6. How much time you spent with your school / neighborhood friends?
7. What you like the most being on facebook or spending time with
freinds?


Recommendations
McCartney (2012) suggests that Facebook users have to know who you are.
If youre a student, you should know how to control your time. Try togive more
importance to studies and dedicate
Avoid sharing all your personal data on facebook. Spend time in creative work
and study rather than wasting unnecessary time on facebook.




Reference
Kaplan Andreas M., Haenlein Michael, (2010), "The challenges and opportunities of
social media", Business Horizons: London
Carlson, Nicholas (2010) . "Facebook: Opening the Doors Wider". Jupiter
Publications: New York
Sarah (2011) "A brief history of Facebook". The Guardian (London)
Dow Jones (2012) "Risk and Riches in User Data for Facebook" . The Wall Street
Journal