Pros And Cons Of Facebook

The Anti Social Network

Social networking is a social interaction between people in which they exchange information. The social network depends on web and mobile technologies in order to create interactive platforms where individuals share, discuss create and modify user contents. A social network is defined as being a social platform where individuals create public or semi- public profiles. What makes social network sites unique is not only the possibility to meet strangers but also to make visible their social networks. This emphasizes the connection between people around the world. Social networks became part of everyday life and are used from younger to the older age. One of the most famous social network, is Facebook. This social platform

“ Out of these nine million users, 70% are aged 25 years or younger, while male users are 6.4 million in number and females 2.7 million. » For the younger generation it is almost unthinkable to study without Facebook. It became a tool of everyday life and a mirror of social communication. Despite, several advantages, Facebook became a source of debate. Most of young users do not realize negative impact on their physical, psychological and social

Facebook stands as a simple way to connect not only on computers but also on smartphones and having discussions with people through the world. It is easy to understand that in this young generation, social networks are appealing. Most teenagers use Facebook as a source of entertainment but they consider that Facebook is a way to identify themselves through statuses and comments. Likes on their pictures, make them feel important and accepted by their friends. It is also shown that Facebook is extremely addictive to the youth. Children can spend more than three hours per day chatting in front of the screen, while they have to study. More students pass their time on the phone more they loose concentration. The fact is that teenagers are completely out of focus during class lessons because of extremely use of phone applications such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Moreover, the time spent chatting on Facebook, is the time that they used to work in class. Through that behaviour the result is alarming. Even more alarming, the time spent on Facebook and other social networks make loose the ability to properly write in English. As teenagers pass most of their time on computers and phones, writing briefly messages; they forget how to employ correct grammar. Most of them have strong bad habits in writing such as: writing short messages, do not write the entire word and do not