Facebook Addiction

Facebook Interruptus

Julie Flynn Badal | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Social Media, Facebook Addictions, Facebook Parents, Facebook Addict, Addicted to Facebook, Facebook Users, Facebook Addiction, Facebook, Social Media Addict, Technology News
Julie Flynn Badal

My addiction to Facebook hit a breaking point. It was time to go cold turkey. And I learned my need for connection and privacy are in constant competition on social media, and Facebook can't resolve either need in a satisfactory way.

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Here Are Some Things Facebook Won't Be Telling You Today

SmartMoney | JAMI MAKAN | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: The Social Network, Facebook IPO, Facebook Initial Public Offering, Internet Addiction, Facebook Places, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Advertising, Facebook Privacy, Facebook Addiction, Facebook Stock, Facebook, Facebook Public, Facebook Ads, Money News

This article was originally published by SmartMoney.com 1. "We were in the right place at the right time." In the hit movie The Social Network, ...

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Are You A Facebook Addict? Take The Test

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Video, Internet Addiction, Poll, Facebook Addiction, Facebook, Facebook Addiction Test, Are You a Facebook Addict, Addicted to Facebook Test, Technology News

This just in: Facebook is addicting. Well, unless you've been living under a rock for the past few years, then you probably already know that. But now...

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R U Addicted To Facebook? New Quiz Gives Quick Answer

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Internet, Social Media, Video, Twitter, University of Bergen, Facebook Addiction Scale, Technology News, Science, Facebook Addiction, Science News, Facebook, Technology, Facebook Addiction Test, Science News

Some people can't stop friending, tagging, poking, and posting. Psychologists say Facebook addiction is real--and now it can be measured. Research...

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Facebook Isn't Addictive -- It Just Makes People Happy

Larry Magid | Posted 04.12.2012

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Larry Magid

So, is this a bad thing? I suppose some people could interpret anything positive that people return to often as addictive, but if "intense engagement and emotional enjoyment" is a bad thing than we have to worry more than just Facebook.

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Facebook Feels Good, New Study Shows

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Social Media Addiction, Facebook Addiction, Video, Facebook, Addiction Facebook, Social Networking Sites, Social Media Study, Technology News

Ever wonder why you may have felt the need for a Facebook fix? Well, a new study by Milan's IULM University explains that it's simply because Facebook...

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Is Twitter Harder To Resist Than Drugs?

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Twitter Drug Addiction, Social Media Addiction, Twitter Study, Twitter Addiction, Facebook Addiction, Social Media Study, Technology News

People may experience strong urges for sex and sleep over the course of the day, but the urge to check Twitter and other social media sites is actuall...

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Bury Me on Facebook

Misha Lyuve | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking, Facebook Privacy, Community, Facebook Addiction, Media, Facebook, Love, Death, Death and Social Media, Technology News
Misha Lyuve

Unlike previous generations, after our death there will remain something beyond life-long accumulated clutter -- our Facebook pages.

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Teach Your Parents Well: Teens Teach Their Parents How to Use Tech Wisely

Susan Kaiser Greenland | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Social Media, Facebook Addiction, Parenting, Wisdom, Technology, Text Messaging, Teenagers, Parents News
Susan Kaiser Greenland

It's the habit and the hubris of parents and educators to ask, "What can we teach teenagers?" rather than the other way around. Yet, when it comes to using technology wisely, we would be wise to take a lesson from them.

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Status Update: Can You Save Me?

Steph Thompson | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Aging Disgracefully, Facebook, Facebook Status, Facebook Friends, Facebook Addiction, Online Relationships, Facebook Relationships, Technology News
Steph Thompson

My Facebook is a cemetery of once and would-be lovers, souls that, at one time, could have saved me. Could they still?

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Facebook And Social Media: What Would Jesus Do?

G. Elijah Dann | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Google, Social Media, Gadgets, Easter, Twitter, Last Supper, Jesus, Friending, What Would Jesus Do, Facebook Addiction, Skype, Facebook, Technology, Unfriending, Christianity, Religion News
G. Elijah Dann

Would Jesus unfriend Judas on his way to appear before Pilate? Would Jesus already be unfriended by all his disciples and all those who once clamored to be on his profile?

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Should You Give Up Social Networking Or Church For Lent?

Bruce Reyes-Chow | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Church, Christianity, Lent, Social Networking Addiction, Social Media Addiction, Giving Up Social Networking, Facebook Addiction, Lent Observance, Give Up Church for Lent, Twitter Addiction, Religion News
Bruce Reyes-Chow

As part of the traditional Lenten experience, many people give something that keeps him/her separated from God. One of those things seems to be social networking.

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Study: Time Spent on Facebook Now Averages 17 Days Per Hour

James Napoli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Myspace, Internet Addiction, Internet, Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter, Youtube, Internet Advertising, Facebook, Facebook Addiction, Comedy News
James Napoli

The research provides a source of comfort to millions of Facebook users who have long felt that something was not right about the amount of hours they devote to posting, friending and poking.

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Seek, Don't Hide: Religious Wisdom To Cure Spiritual Blindness

Rabbi Will Berkovitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unplugging, Spiritual Journey, Facebook Addiction, Mindful Living, Cultivating Awareness, Society and Blindness, Joshua Bell Washington Post, Joshua Bell Experiment, Seeking Beauty, Talmudic Blindness, Joshua Bell Subway, Living Mindfully, Religion News
Rabbi Will Berkovitz

Our lives would be transformed if we could let go of what we expect to find before we begin the search. If we could wait for the question before settling on the answer.

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Friend Me, Please

Colin Barnicle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Living News, Social Networking, How-Many-People-Quit-Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Quit Facebook, Facebook Addiction, Facebook, New York City, Comedy News
Colin Barnicle

"Friend me," she said. "I thought we just did," I replied before she awkwardly smiled and walked away and when I say "walk away" I mean turned and talked to the next guy at the bar, who without a doubt, is on Facebook.

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101 People I Hate on Facebook

Dave Pell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Facebook Addiction, Facebook, Lists, Dave Pell, Humor, Comedy, Comedy News
Dave Pell

The friending, the liking, the status updating: sooner or later we all grow to hate it, but we can't stop.

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Facebook Has Ruined Birthdays

Dave Pell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Pell

My Facebook birthday was a complete disaster. I expected my Facebook wall to look like Vanity Fair's Oscar Party, and instead I got a panoramic shot from the now abandoned set of Deadwood.

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Dating Tips for the Facebook Superstar

Zondra Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zondra Hughes

Somewhere along the line, my Facebook Superstar! confused Tweeting Up with courtship. It has come to my attention that he's not the only online Casanova making this mistake in real life.

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Facebook Fairytales Come True

Emily Liebert | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kidney Donors, Kidney Transplant, Infidelity, Miracles, Social Media, In Vitro Fertilization, Divorce, Social Networking, Kidney Donations, Facebook Status, Facebook Addiction, Facebook Fairytales, Facebook, Adoption, Healthy Living News
Emily Liebert

With hundreds of millions of users forming a vast web of personal and professional connections, I reasoned, there must be something good resulting. Turns out, I was right.

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Why Facebook Might Support Emotional Well-Being

The Stir | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Facebook, Facebook Status, Facebook Friends, Facebook Addiction, Facebook News, Social Networking, Healthy Living News
The Stir

People who use Facebook -- or any social-networking site, for that matter -- might actually be happier, healthier, and a lot less stressed than those who don't.

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iPhone Users 'More Involved In Social Media:' STUDY

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Facebook Obsession, Social Media Addiction, Twitter Addiction, Facebook Addiction, Retrevo Gadgetology Report, Social Media Obsession, Slidepoll, Technology News

In these, the days of smart phones and personal computers, some are worried about Internet addiction. Could they be right? The Retrevo Gadgetology ...

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Facebook: The Stupidity Epidemic

David Wygant | Posted 11.17.2011

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David Wygant

There's an epidemic of stupidity going on in the world today. It's called Facebook. Actually, it is on display on Facebook.

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Facebook: I Quit (COLUMN)

The Mac Weekly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Facebook Privacy Settings, Facebook Deactivation, Facebook College Students, The Mac Weekly, Macalester, The Midwest, Quitting Facebook, Facebook Profile, Facebook Privacy, Facebook Evolution, Facebook Addiction, Facebook, College News

"Hello. My name is Abby. I enjoy writing, dancing and riding my bike. My favorite books are Lolita and White Noise. I'm an infamous regular at Coffee ...

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Checking It Twice

One For The Table | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Email, Facebook Addiction, Blackberry Addiction, Social Networking, Healthy Living News
One For The Table

I feel a great sense of accomplishment when my Inbox is "cleaned out," and am genuinely tormented by items that cannot readily be deleted, answered or put into a folder.

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Savannah Book Festival: Escape From a Cold Virtual World

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kindle, New Orleans, Gretchen Peters, Avatar, Social Networking, Twitter, Savannah, Audiobooks, Music, Reza Aslan, Facebook, Caroline Herring, Vince Flynn, Kate Campbell, Mary Alice Monroe, Eudora Welty, Rick Bragg, Savannah Literary Festival, Lauretta Hannon, Julia Reed, Georgia, Southern Writers, Jackson Mississippi, Newsweek, Claire Holley, Authors, Books, Talk Radio, Civil Discourse, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Facebook Addiction, Blogging, Writers, Lucinda Williams, Southern Hospitality, Books News
Georgianne Nienaber

Has it occurred to you that social networking is really not very social at all? We Twitter, and cultivate relationships with hundreds of "friends" we have never met on Facebook.

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