Worried about the amount of time today’s kids spend texting, chatting, blogging, gaming and Facebook-ing? Don’t. Rather than fear the time young people devote to technological pursuits, there are many reasons for adults to embrace and even facilitate youth engagement with digital media, according to Florida State University’s Lisa Tripp, who was a member of a team of researchers who recently completed the most extensive qualitative study ever done on youth media use in the United States. [continue reading…]
According to research (featured in The Telegraph), Facebook, the social networking site, is to blame for ‘friendship addiction’ and is fuelling insecurity in users.
David Smallwood, an addictions expert with the Priory clinic, said that at least 10 per cent of the population were vulnerable to ‘friendship addiction. [continue reading…]
Facebook the social networking site that started off as a Web site that allowed college students to keep tabs on each other does not help you make more genuine close friends according to a current research study.
