How Facebook Has Ruined Social Relationships and Lead to a

Dangerous Society

By Samantha Smith

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Since it’s establishment in February

2004, Facebook has gained 1.11 billion users

mkhmarketing flickrCraig Smith, Digital Ramblings

Over 7.5 million Facebook users are under the age of 13

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Kevin Makice, Coming of Age in the Digital Age

It is undeniable that Facebook and other social media sites have negatively affected social relationships

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We are constantly in touch with other people through Facebook

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It provides us with a way of minimizing face-to-face conversation..

..and instead being locked in on what other people are posting

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our desire for validation through “likes” and “comments” from our Facebook friends leads us to post more personal statuses or pictures

Afagen flickrHessie Jones, Teaching Our Kids Not to Treat the Internet as a Private Diary

It has become an outlet for people to share their personal,

private stories in order to satisfy this need for validation…

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...instead of expressing them verbally to a friend, family member, or significant other

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Making private stories

public can open up

possibilities of

cyberbullying

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Statistics indicate that as many as 160,000 students skip school

every year just to avoid being harassed

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e! Science News, From Bullying to Relationships: Mapping our Online Communications

Social media like Facebook is making it easier than ever for bullies to harass classmates..

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..especially because smart phones make it fingertip-accessible at any time

and at almost any place

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A 2009 study showed that

More than 1 in 3 young people have experienced cyber threats online..

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..A number that has surely increased over the past 4 years

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News headlines have recently been covering stories of adolescent suicides directly related to cyberbullying

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Leading one to question whether it is Facebook’s constant demand for people to share private information about themselves..

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..or Facebook users’ openness to disclosing their personal lives,

thoughts, and relationships on the website..

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..that the issue of cyberbullying stems from

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The fact that children are now born within reach..

..of a connected personal device is worrisome

Fabio Sergio, 10 Ways that Mobile Learning will Revolutionize Education

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Will cyberbullying continue to

increase over social media

like Facebook?

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Or will our generation be wise enough to teach our children the

negative affects of sharing private information on social media sites?

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