defining Cyberpsychology and discussing its subject matters. Discussing the impact of social media and Facebook on youths. Elaborating the positive and negative effects of Social Media and suggesting some preventive techniques.

1. AN EMERGING SCIENCE TO MEET THE
CHALLENGES OF CONTEMPORARY ERA
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DR MD INTEKHABUR RAHMAN
PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
&
DIRECTOR ACADEMIC
B. N. MANDAL UNIVERSITY
MADHEPURA-BIHAR PIN-852113
E-mail: rahman3521@gmail.com
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2.  From the printing press to the rise of film photography, new
technology has always played a role in the ways humans think
about the world and their position in it. Rapid technological
progress in the last 50 years, though, has intensely altered the way
we interact with each other. As a result, the way we think is notably
differently as we consume new information, communicate with
others, and internalize our feelings.
 To help make sense of it all – and to provide effective solutions to
unintended, severe mental health problems that arise from online
technology – researchers have developed a new field:
Cyberpsychology.
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3. Cyber :
Relating to or characteristic of the culture of computers, information
technology, and virtual reality..
C : Changing
Y : Yesterdays
B : Behaviour for
E : Enhanced
R: Results
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4. Why is it called Cyber?
Prior to the advent of the Internet, cyber was used
in the information of words relating to computers,
computer network, or virtual reality.
This usage can be traced to the word ‘ Cybernetics’,
which was ushered into English in the 1940s by the
scientist Norbert Wiener.
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5. What is Psychology?
Psychology is a science which studies the
behaviour and experience in context to
environment.
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8. How Technology Shapes Human Psychology?
Modern technology has created a climate where online behaviors can have
immense mental health benefits and consequences offline. In other words,
technology is dramatically changing the way people think and feel.
Like the Forbes Coaches Council has reported, the way that we interact
with each other and our PERCEPTIONS OF REALITY have dramatically
shifted because of the effect of technology on our thinking. They focus on
how buying and selling things, dating, planning a doctor visit, and even
waiting in line has changed. As a result, our approach to the world and
ourselves has taken an entirely new form where we’re constantly inundated
by new information. With a constant news cycle, an endless feed of text and
images, and an unending exposure to celebrity and influencer culture, our
ways of thinking have been, for better or worse, undeniably linked to
technology.
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9. DEFINITION OF CYBERPSYCHOLOGY
The field of Cyberpsychology
examines the psychology of
interactions between individuals,
societies and digital technologies.
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10. Cyberpsychology is the field
focused on the study of the mind
within the context of human-
computer interaction.
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11. As a high proportion of our everyday
activities take place online (i.e. social
interactions, shopping, banking, reading,
video and music streaming, etc.), no wonder
we are becoming increasingly preoccupied
with how technology influences our thoughts
and behavior, and ultimately how it shapes us
as individuals and as a society.
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12. In a nutshell, Cyberpsychology
studies personality development in
the online medium, the relationships
we develop on the Internet,
technology addictions, and
cyberbullying, among others.
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13. As I have pointed out earlier that the word
“cyber” originates from “cybernetics," an
area of investigation of the control and
communication systems, and “psychology,"
the study of the human behavior and mind.
According to John Suler, the term emerged of
Cyberpsychology in the mid-1990s and was
used by online behavior researchers.
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14. Why is Cyberpsychology important?
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15. Studying and understanding human
behavior in relation to technology is
vital, as the line between cyberspace and
the real world is becoming blurry. And
of course, it would be naïve to assume
that technology isn't affecting everyone
in some way.
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16. 1. Why do people behave differently when
they go online than they do in real life?
2. How do online relationships develop?
3. Do people display different personalities
in the Cybersphere?
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17. Cyberpsychology research often shifts to a broader
spectrum, also focusing on human behavior in
connection with emerging technologies like
artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and the
Internet of Things.
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18. And as the overlap between individuals and machines
increases, the necessity of this discipline’s further
development is becoming essential.
Research has shown that:
 the mental health of Internet users can be affected
 their attention span becomes shorter,
 they get addicted to technology,
 they become misinformed due to the fake news
phenomena, and so on.
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19. Ultimately, Cyberpsychology
research aims to empower us
to make the Internet a safer
and better place.
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20. Areas of Cyberpsychology
Cyberpsychology provides up-to-date coverage of a
wide range of topics relating to online behaviour,
and considers the potential impact of these
interactions offline:
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21. Areas of Cyberpsychology
Online identity
Online dating and relationships
Pornography
Cyber bullying
Children’s use of the Internet
Online games and gambling
Deception
Online crime
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22. ONLINE IDENTITY:
Internet identity (IID), also online identity or internet persona,
is a social identity that an Internet user establishes in online
communities and websites. It can also be considered as an
actively constructed presentation of oneself. Although some
people choose to use their real names online, some Internet
users prefer to be anonymous, identifying themselves by
means of pseudonyms, which reveal varying amounts of
personally identifiable information. An online identity may
even be determined by a user's relationship to a certain social
group they are a part of online. Some can even be deceptive
about their identity.
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23. Online dating and relationships
Online dating or internet dating refers to the use
of Internet technology as a means of contacting
other people to arrange a date with them to
develop more personal and romantic
relationships.
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24. Pornography
Internet pornography (IP) use has increased
over the past 10 years. The effects of IP use are
widespread and are both negative (e.g.,
relationship and interpersonal distress) and
positive (e.g., increases in sexual knowledge and
attitudes toward sex). Given the possible
negative effects of IP use, understanding the
definition of IP, the types of IP used, and
reasons for IP use is important.
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25. Cyber bullying
Cyberbullying is often defined as bullying
using electronic forms of contact.
Qualitative research define Cyberbullying as
bullying through modern technological
devices which (1) is intended to hurt, (2) is
part of a repetitive pattern of negative
actions and (3) is performed in a relationship
characterized by a power imbalance.
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26. Children’s use of the Internet
The rapid growth of the Internet through so many
devices such as desktop computer, laptop computer,
tablets and smart phones has attracted enormous
quantities of popular activities among children. They
use Internet to do research, to communicate, to play
games and for entertainment. Furthermore, as the
technology is developed during their era, youngsters
tend to be more online than older people
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27.  Online games and gambling
The rise and growing popularity of online games has led to the
appearance of excessive gaming that in some cases can lead to
physical and psychological problems.
New technologies have affected the way people work and play, and
have also enabled new ways in which people can gamble. Gambling
has the potential to drive changes inBconsumer behaviour that few
forms of entertainment can.
Mobile gambling, and whether this emerging platform has
distinguishing psychological features that may be particularly risky
to gamblers, either a subset of current gamblers or a new population
of gamblers
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28. Deception
Deception is the act of misleading or wrongly informing
someone about the true nature of a situation.
Deception is defined as knowingly
transmitting messages to a receiver
with the intent to foster a false belief
or conclusion.
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29. Online crime
Cyber-Crime is known as computer crime in most of its
definitions. It is considered a cyber-crime when the
weapon involved in the crime are computers, a network
of computers and the internet. It helps aid in several
illegal activities from violating one’s privacy to
trafficking in child pornography and even committing
fraud.
There are many known types of cyber-crime and
different methods cyber-criminals use to attack and
exploit people.
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30. Some Types Of Cyber-Crime
One of the well-known ones is Identity theft.
There are counterfeiting and money laundering
that takes place via computers.
Piracy of certain available documents, tools, products
and information are considered illegal too.
Trafficking and child pornography takes
place one a large scale.
Hacking, in general, is the most general term that
people use when they know of a cyber-attack.
Hacking is not widely used when it comes to trafficking but
there it is used widely to get most of these illegal activities
fulfilled.
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31. Cyberpsychology
and
Human Behaviour
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32. Cyberpsychology is the study of:
the human mind and behavior
and
how the culture of technology,
specifically, virtual reality, and
social media affect them.
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33. Mainstream research studies focus on the effect of the Internet and
cyberspace on the psychology of individuals and groups.
Some hot topics include:
1. online identity,
2. online relationships,
3. personality types in cyberspace,
4. transference to computers,
5. addiction to computers and Internet,
6. regressive behavior in cyberspace,
7. online gender-switching, etc.
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34. While statistical and theoretical research in this field are
based around Internet usage, Cyberpsychology also
includes the study of the psychological ramifications of
cyborgs, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. Although
some of these topics may appear to be science fiction, they
are quickly becoming science fact as evidenced by
interdisciplinary approaches in the fields of biology,
engineering, and mathematics.
The field of Cyberpsychology remains open to refinement,
including inquiry into the nature of current and future
trends in mental illness associated with technological
advances.
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35. With such a broad exposure to computers and their displays,
our perceptions go beyond objects and images in our natural
environment to now include graphics and images on the
computer screen. As the overlaps between man and machine
expand, the relevance of human–computer interaction
(HCI) research within the field of Cyberpsychology will
become more visible and necessary in understanding the
current modern lifestyles of many people. With the rising
number of Internet and computer users around the world,
computer technology's effects on the human psyche will
continue to significantly shape both our interactions with
each other and our perceptions of a world literally "at our
fingertips".
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36. The dangers of Internet and gadget addiction
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37. Cyberpsychology is a new field within applied psychology, it
assesses how we interact with others using technology and
how technology influences our daily behaviour. In today’s
world of hi-tech gadgets and radical changes in
consumerism, it’s extremely difficult to live one’s life
without some application of the Internet. In my own work
as a Psychological Practitioner and Social Media
Psychologist, I regularly meet people who have some form
of depression, social anxiety, insomnia, and major clinical
issues with attachment to their smartphones or to a lesser
extent, tablets, and laptops.
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38. Over the years, I have witnessed an ever-growing epidemic
of PC and smartphone addiction. For example, recently, as I
was sitting in a Dhaba (Tea Hotel), I observed a group of
young teenagers and young adults who were so absorbed in
their smartphones, they allowed their teas to go cold.
Although they were at the Dhaba as a group, they were
completely oblivious to anything going on around them and
seemingly devoid of any meaningful conversation beyond a
stream of guttural phrases and cliches.
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39. The constant exposure to social media for the purposes of our
professional work may contribute significantly to and influence our after
work experience. We create our own alienation from the self and
personal identity. The attachment becomes a virtual 24-hour day by day
activity. The most profound effect of smartphone attachment are:
1. Less effective Cognitive functions and work
performance,
2. Driving accidents to and from work,
3. Chronic anxiety,
4. Depressive disorders,
5. Risk of losing one’s job or career,
6. Relationship breakdown.
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40. Social media
and
Cyberpsychological behavior
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41. Social Media
Social media, basically defined as
grouping of internet based an application
that builds on the ideological and scientific
foundations for transforming
communication, in to an effective and
interactive conversation between different
societies and individuals.
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About 43% youths say they check social media
constantly, and 20% say it's a source of stress.

43.  Social media is one of the easiest means and includes media
and social networking sites like facebook, twitter, Google+ etc.
 This is creating lot of boom in the current generation as it is
one of the exceptional resources in conveying the information.
Using social media will help in improving contacts and thus
increases business.
 Social media is different from the usual traditional media
which include newspapers, television, radio and films etc. This
social media is less expensive when compared to the
traditional media and is also easily accessible. This is not only
used for communicating and interacting with people
worldwide but is also one of the best ways to advance in
business.
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44. What are the types of Social Media?
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45. Social media can be categorized in to six types and they
are:
1. Joint projects like Wikipedia,
2. blogs like Twitter,
3. content communities like YouTube,
4. social networking sites like Facebook,
5. effective game worlds like World of War craft and
6. virtual social worlds like second life.
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46. What are the advantages of Social Media?
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47. One of the main advantages of social media
is that it reaches millions of people in just a
couple of minutes. One thing that is needed
for any social media network is associates, as
they are the commodity and they create
value, not only to the site but also to the
society.
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48. Some of the benefits are listed as:
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49. Reach:
It is proved that this social media can reach huge
audience across the globe. Industrial media uses a
nationalized framework for grouping,
manufacturing and broadcasting, whereas social
media is more decentralized, less hierarchical and
renowned by multiple tips of manufacture and
service.
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50. Accessibility:
Accessibility for industrial media is governed by
government or it may be privately owned. Social
media tools will be available to the public at a very
low cost or sometimes at free of cost.
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51. Usability:
Social media when compared to the industrial
media does not need expertise skills and training,
but it only needs the reinterpretation of existing
skills. It is very easy to operate and access social
media for a person with minimum knowledge of
computer operating and one can easily avail the vast
services provided by social media.
Social media is known for its ease of use.
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52. Immediacy:
Social media is capable of conveying
information in just a span of seconds. People
or audience can get quick updates on the
latest news with just a single click.
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53. Permanence:
Social media can always be altered with
comments or suggestions which are
provided by the industry experts or the
audience. Social media will undergo
rigorous change to cope up with the latest
technology that is exploring in today's
generation.
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54. Apart from the earlier mentioned
benefits, other benefits are
mentioned as:
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55. A flexible media:
Social networking sites like Facebook, twitter, google+ help users
to find and connect with friends worldwide, easily with a quick
process. These will also be helpful in promoting business by
increasing contacts. Using these sites is very easy because they
are designed in a way to reach the targeted audience and new
features and functions are constantly developed so as to make the
site more flexible in satisfying user needs. Many famous
personalities for example celebrities, business men and famous
personalities create their own blogs to promote their business or
to express their views. This will make their work easier in
reaching huge audience in a very less time.
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56. Network building at free of cost:
When compared to journals and reports, social media
will easily connect to the users. This will take less time
in reaching the audience whereas the journals, reports
will take lot of time as it is a tedious process. Social
media also helps in promoting scientific researches
which will be very helpful to mankind. Every service
rendered by these social networking sites is provided at
free of cost for its users.
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57. What is the impact of Social Media on youth?
Social media has become a part of everyone's
life that it can't be ignored. Social media has
both positive and negative impact not only on
youth but also on elders and children.
1. POSITIVE
2. NEGATIVE
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58. Let us see some of the positive impacts of social
media:
Positive impacts:
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59. Positive impacts of Social media
Friends:
Making friends has become easier with these social networking sites
like Facebook, Google+ and twitter etc. in olden days it was a bit tough
to make friends unless and until one has personal interest of going out
and making friends. Later after in the decades of 70's and 80's mobile
phones helped in connecting and improving conversation with people.
And now the exploration of social networking sites sprang up and it has
changed the whole idea of making friends once more and forever. We
can make unlimited friends worldwide and chat with them without any
time limit and even at free of cost. Now a days even we can have a video
chat which is also available for free of cost. This can be considered as
one of the best advantages of having social networking sites. We can
connect with friends whom we missed out in out childhood.
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60. Empathy:
By connecting with friends through social networking
sites we share all of our good and bad experiences with
friends. This will improve the relationship between
friends and thus creating good bonding. Thus by
sharing both good and bad experiences with friends, we
will be able to empathize with each other. Sharing one's
experiences with friends will also give mental
relaxation.
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61. Rapid communication:
Everybody is becoming so busy with their lives that
they don't even have time to communicate with their
family members. Our time is getting thinner and
thinner with busy work schedule and family
commitments. Social networking sites give us a chance
to communicate in a speedy and effective manner.
Writing in Facebook, Google+ and twitter will reach as
many people as we want just in a span of seconds and
with no cost. These sites will allow us to live a life
which is unhindered with a small talk.
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62. Be in touch with the world:
Not only communicating with friends within the
circle but we can also make friends worldwide
easily. We can build a network of friends and we
can share our ideas, photos and videos through
these sites. Through this we can have updated news
of friends and family members. We can emphasize
our location by using location based services like
foursquare and gowalla.
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63. Building relationship and finding a
common ground in an open society:
We can make a strong relationship with friends and
relatives through these sites. This can help foster friendship
and more besides strengthen us. Because friend is the only
person with whom we can share everything related to our
life. Connecting with groups will help in improving one's
own business, thus creating profits. Professional sites like
LinkedIn will have many groups based on different criteria.
Through LinkedIn people get jobs and some promote their
business.
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64. Negative impacts of Social Networking Sites
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65. Social media, now a days is leaving a negative
impact rather being positive. Most of the youth
spend lot of time on the internet to visit and check
their single or multiple accounts. This will affect
students, youth and productivity of work because
of the extreme use of technology. The risks of
using social media may also include mental health,
cyber bulling, texting and revelation to
problematical and unlawful content and privacy
violations.
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66. Cyber bulling:
Usage of social media may create a chance for
emotional distress in getting frightening,
irritating and degrading communication from
another teenager which is called cyber bulling.
It's been proved that cyber bulling will build
advanced levels of depression and anxiety for
victims and also resulted in youth suicide. Most
of the females become victims of this cyber
bulling.
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67. Texting:
Texting is used to harass people. Using cell
phones and social networking sites for instant
messaging to threaten, and hassle relationship
partners is increasing day by day. One in three
teens in relationships has been text messaged
up to 30times an hour by a partner to know
where they are, what they are doing, or who they
are with.
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68. Privacy:
Most of the teenagers are not aware of the
website policies when setting their profiles and
they may not be even aware of disclosing the
information to the third parties like the
advertisers. Most of the teenagers like to post
their information publicly which will affect them
when the hackers or people with cruel intension
may use their information for wrong purposes.
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69. What are the risks associated
with Social Media?
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70. The below risks are associated with Social Media:
- People who are spending more time on using these sites to gain
information score less, when compared to youth who read books.
- The e-learning concept is booming and most of them prefer to this e-
learning rather reading books which costs them more.
- Sitting before a TV or computer for longer time will create health
problems and many cases have been reported in this regard.
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71. - Using social networking sites to make friends is not always good
because most of them make friendship with a bad intension. This may
damage their reputation by adding unknown friends to their list.
- Extreme use of technology makes us more disruptive in life. Most of
them get addicted to this, knowing its negative impacts. This may lead
to low performance and loss of productivity in workplace as people tend
to slink on their accounts.
- And on the other side some people tend to express themselves in a
good form which they are not.
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72. - People with cruel intensions target the audience who are irresponsible.
- Information published through this social media may not always be
informative and trusted. Most of the times it misleads people with bad
ideas and news.
- Most of them use internet or social media for wrong purpose which
will affect the entire youth and also kids.
- People who spend long time over the internet show the signs of
depression like change in sleeping and food habits, experience swing in
moods and change in daily routine.
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73. FACEBOOK
There are negative relationships
with Facebook and behaviour.
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74. FACEBOOK
Facebook, the leading online social media platform globally, affects users'
psychological status in multiple ways.
follows the pattern of one-to-many communication which allows users to
share information about their lives, including social activities and
photographs. This feature was enhanced in 2012, when Facebook
Messenger was implemented to allow users more one-on-one
communication merging with the Facebook Chat feature.
While Facebook users enjoy the sense of being connected, frequent use of
Facebook is threatening users' mental health. Comparison, low self-esteem,
depression, loneliness, and negative relationships are all possible
detrimental consequences associated with frequent use of Facebook or
other social media platforms.
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75.  Facebook has also been linked to the increased
divorce and break-up rates.
 Couples that fit this trend tend to express feelings of
jealousy when their partner comment on a person of
the opposite gender's wall. To cope with the
uncertainty of a suspected romantic relationship,
partner surveillance on Facebook is becoming more
popular.
 However, skepticism between couples may
inevitably cause the end of relationship.
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76.  The results indicate that a high level of Facebook usage
is associated with negative relationship outcomes, and
that these relationships are indeed mediated by
Facebook-related conflict.
 The current study adds to the growing body of literature
investigating Internet use and relationship outcomes, and
may be a precursor to further research investigating
whether Facebook use attributes to the divorce rate,
emotional cheating, and physical cheating.
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77. Facebook can be a tool in
strengthening and reaffirming a
relationship, as it allows for positive
expressions of trust, affection and
commitment.
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78. Fear of missing out (FOMO)
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79.  A byproduct of social media addiction is the "fear of missing out",
or FOMO.
 This fear develops from a user's repetitive and obsessive status-
checking of "friend" status updates and posts related to social
events or celebrations resulting in a feeling of being "left out" if
these events are not experienced.
 There is also the closely related fear of being missed (FOBM), or the
fear of invisibility.
 This fear involves an obsessive need to provide constant status
updates on one's own personal, day-to-day life, movements, travel,
events, etc. unable to "un-plug".
 is evidence that suggests this type of anxiety is a mediating factor in
both increased social media use and decreased self-esteem.
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80. Sleep deprivation
Research suggests that social
networking can lead to sleep
deprivation.
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81. Addictive behaviuor
Recent studies have shown a connection between online social media
such as Facebook use:
1. to addictive behaviors,
2. emotion regulation,
3. impulse control, and
4. substance abuse.
This may be because people are learning to access and process
information more rapidly and to shift attention quickly from one task to
the next.
All this access and vast selection is causing some entertainment seekers
to develop the constant need for instant gratification with a loss of
patience
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82. "Facebook addiction" also reported
statistically significant symptoms commonly
linked to:
 addiction, such as tolerance (increased
Facebook use over time),
 withdrawal (irritability when unable to
access Facebook), and cravings to access
the site.
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83. Eating disorders
 A study conducted in 2011 showed that the more
time teenage girls spend on Facebook, the
higher their risk of developing negative body
images and eating disorders.
 More recent found a correlation between
Facebook use and disordered eating.
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84. Social media and ADHD
o In the view of Dr. Robert Melillo, a chiropractic neurologist and
founder of the Brain Balance Program, the environment strongly
affects the development of ADHD.
o Although many factors contribute to ADHD (including genes,
teratogens, parenting styles, etc.) a sedentary lifestyle centered on
television, computer games, and mobile devices may increase the
risk for ADHD.
o Specifically, "When kids play computer games, their minds are
processing information in a much different way than kids who are,
say, running around on a playground...
o Recent studies have shown that playing computer games only builds
very short-term attention that needs to be rewarded frequently
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85. Positive correlates of social media use
Researchers demonstrated that a number of positive
psychological outcomes are related to Facebook use.
These researchers established that people can derive a sense
of social connectedness and belongingness in the online
environment.
Importantly, this online social connectedness was associated
with lower levels of depression and anxiety, and greater
levels of subjective well-being.
These findings suggest that the nature of online social
networking determines the outcomes of online social
network use.
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86. HOW TO PREVENT
SOCIAL MEDIA
ADDICTION?
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87. The following
recommendations can be
helpful for better use of Social
Media:
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88. For parents and caretakers:
 Parents and the caretakers have to alert themselves regarding
social media and the means which their teens may use. And
they should be aware of the risks to understand and navigate
technology.
 Family discussions are also one of the recommendations
which will help teenagers in avoiding using internet.
 Parents should be concerned about the online protection and
sharing of individual information and photos of their teens, as
less sharing of personal information will prevent the risk.
 Most of the information should be kept private so as to avoid
spammers.
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89. For community:
 Better resources should be owed to schools, libraries and
community organizations, to help them in taking on risk
management strategies and to offer education about
online security matter.
 Resources are required for social services and mental
health professionals, who job with minors and their
families in extending their skill, to online spaces and also
work with other members of the society, for identifying
at-risk youth and interfere prior to risky performance
results in unenthusiastic endings.
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90. Technological solutions:
 Internet providers like Google and Yahoo, and
social networking sites, like Facebook and
YouTube, must continue in working with parents
and policymakers for creating alertness and
chances for privacy defense of youth and to
expand technologies which will help teenagers in
getting secured.
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91. Health providers:
 Medicinal and psychological health suppliers
should comprise regular broadcasting to evaluate
the risk for depression which considers teenagers
social media use. For instance, assessing the time
spent in using media as well as online activities or
inquisitive about online contacts .
 Tools must be developed for helping providers
engage in these conversations.
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92. Research Evaluation:
 Continuous research is required on the
achievement of social media based
involvements, especially those focusing on
metropolitan and countryside teenagers
from lower middle class families and
those with deprived home locations.
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