New Research about Facebook Addiction Are you a social media enthusiast or simply a Facebook addict? Researchers from Norway have developed a new instrument to measure Facebook addiction‚ the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. ON THE RISE: More and more people get addicted to social media‚ such as Facebook. Researchers at University of Bergen have created a scale to measure Facebook addiction. PHOTO: Colourbox. BY SVERRE OLE DRØNEN – The use of Facebook has increased rapidly. We are dealing
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The limitations of facebook: The first limitation is Facebook addiction. Facebook is addictive because everyday people spend more than 3.5 billion minutes on Facebook. Every day‚ youngsters are always checking their Facebook newsfeed for status updates from their friends when they wake up. They will also check their Facebook for any notifications or private messages. They spend too much time on Facebook to chat with their friends and stalk other people’s posts which cause them not to be able to
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billion users‚ Facebook has pushed itself into part of everyday lives. However‚ Facebook isn’t all flowers and butterflies. A website that stalkers use to rub one off to whoever they stalk‚ should not be perceived as a good thing. Neither should it be considered a good thing when a college student tries to write his essay‚ and keeps getting distracted by notifications. Facebook is a tool used for stalking‚ addiction‚ but worst
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12/4/12 Friendship and Facebook Facebook started out as a simple social networking site‚ and has now grown to be one of the biggest companies in the world. One would typically join the site to be social with others‚ but it seems like it is almost distancing people from one another. Facebook users tend to have hundreds of friends‚ but how many of those can actually be considered real friends? The meaning of friendship seems to be forgotten when it comes to Facebook. Facebook is affecting friendship
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that their health is suffering due to their addiction to exercising and is in need of medical attention‚ right? Well this battle‚ as well as others‚ is one that many individuals are faced with in their day to day lives and without seeking medical attention their addiction will continue to thrive. Addiction is a disease that should be medically treated not a habit that is chastised due to personal choices.
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Addiction Addiction Abstract Addiction knows no prejudice; it does not care what race‚ religion‚ sex or orientation. You can be addicted to drugs‚ gambling‚ x-box‚ shopping and eating. Addiction is an illness that requires‚ for most‚ professional help and that once you are an addict you are always an addict. Addiction is everywhere‚ from celebrity tabloids‚ to television‚ and possibly to a family member or close friend. There is alcoholism‚ drug abuse‚ and gambling
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The Cause of Addiction COM/156 Each year‚ there are more deaths and disabilities in the U.S. from substance abuse than from any other cause. In the United States alone‚ it is reported that roughly 18 million Americans have alcohol problems; 5 to 6 million have drug problems‚ and more than 9 million children live with a parent addicted to alcohol or illicit drugs. Drug addiction continues to be a growing concern‚ prompting medical and scientific research on a global scale into the possible
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Genetic explanations for the Initiation of addictions Heritability of addictions such as alcoholism and gambling can be studied through family and twin studies. The presumptions of twin and family studies are that if family members share similar behaviours‚ then the degree to which the behaviours are caused by genetic factors can be examined. There are two types of twins‚ identical and non-identical. Identical twins are monozygotic (MZ) as they came from the same egg‚ and therefore share an identical
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Who’s here that has 500 or more friend on Facebook but only talk to 20 of them? Well… to tell you the truth I’m one of them. I got to admit I’m addicted to Facebook. Facebook has become part of life for every teenager and adult across the world. There are about a billion Facebook users across the globe. Facebook users spend much time updating their status‚ posting photos‚ engaging in Facebook activities and events‚ liking posts as well as commenting on other people’s status. With the increase of
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Addiction The Tabers medical dictionary defines drug addiction as a compulsive and maladaptive dependence on a drug that produces adverse psychological‚ physical‚ economic‚ social‚ or legal ramifications(5). In the U.S.‚ the abuse or misuse of prescription drugs has been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a growing problem. In 2007‚ for example‚ the CDC reported that more than 27‚500 Americans died of drug overdose‚ an increase of more than 100% in the preceding
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