Is Facebook Making Us Sad

Deion S. WilliamsENGL1101-Composition

Introduction• No one joins Facebook to be sad

and lonely. But a new study from the University of Michigan psychologist Ethan Kross argues that that’s exactly how it makes us feel.

Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?

Facebook and Self-Presenting

Disadvantages of Facebook• Waste of time

• Ruining the Professional Life

• Can’t Keep Things Personal

Facebook Addiction

Over Sharing

Facebook is not a diary• Just went from ‘divorced’ to ‘single.’ Guess I wasn’t the best

husband. Hope to learn from my mistakes.”

• “Not sure why we stopping being close. Missing you and crying.”

• Cheaters never win. That’s why I just smashed his flat screen.

• ‘In a relationship.’ ‘Single.’ ‘In an open relationship.’

Lonely People On Facebook

Women and Facebook• particularly susceptible to the Facebook illusion

• inhabited by more women than men

• women users tend to be more active on the site

Comparing lives

Falling Apart• Missing Family

• Going out with friends

• Attending parties

Facebook Envy

Facebook and Bonds Versus Connections

Reasons You Should Stop Using Facebook

• Nobody actually wants to just read about what you're doing anymore.

• Facebook makes it impossible for you to stay "private• Your parents (and even grandparents) are now watching your

every move.• Or they're posting photos of you that you would never want

anyone to see• Facebook is even keeping track of what you don't say.• Facebook makes you feel less positive about your life.• It makes getting over a breakup really hard.• You realize you only know and care about only 20 people out of

your 1,000 friends.

Conclusion• Some feel it makes them lonely since the

connections with others is too superficial. Others feel it makes them less lonely since they have so many friends to interact with. Marche says that research shows that “The greater the proportion of face-to-face interactions, the less lonely you are, but the greater the proportion of online interactions, the lonelier you are.”