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Excessive use of Facebook, especially for underage users, is considered a superfluous usage of the internet and can be an addictive behavior. Research has shown that frequent Facebook usage has been linked to increased symptoms of depression and decreased happiness in young adults. Young users who are actively engaged with social media have reported worse sleep, higher anxiety, and depression. Parents should monitor their children's social media usage, especially on Facebook, due to the potential negative impacts on health, personality development, and risk of cyberbullying.

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Argumentative Essay

Excessive use of Facebook, especially for underage users, is considered a superfluous usage of the internet and can be an addictive behavior. Research has shown that frequent Facebook usage has been linked to increased symptoms of depression and decreased happiness in young adults. Young users who are actively engaged with social media have reported worse sleep, higher anxiety, and depression. Parents should monitor their children's social media usage, especially on Facebook, due to the potential negative impacts on health, personality development, and risk of cyberbullying.

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NAME: _Delos Santos, Lea S.

DATE: 12-05-21

COURSE/YEAR & SECTION: BSED-1B

Write an argumentative essay about the topic: What is considered as superfluous


usage of the internet, and can it be counted as a form of addiction?

Excessive use of Facebook is considered as a superfluous usage of the


internet and is counted as a form of addiction most especially for those
underage people. It is not advisable to have a 5 or 10 years old child or even
younger than that using Facebook. It affects the health of the child physically
and mentally, and also their personality.

The Philippines was among the top users of Facebook in the world as of
July 2020 data. We ranked sixth with around 76 million users, behind countries
such as the United States and India, which topped the list with more than 100
million users each. One of the major reasons why Facebook continues to be a
trend or a regular commodity in the Philippines rather is because it can be easily
accessed by the citizens even those who are in the lowest socioeconomic
status.

Facebook usage has become epidemic and significant in people's lives


and well-being. Communicating through Facebook has changed the way
people connect with their social networks. With the various functions that
Facebook offers, it allows users to do multiple activities such as presenting
themselves to others, maintaining existing relationships, and building new
networks and relationships. As a consequence, some users may spend a great
amount of time on Facebook and their usage may affect social relationships.
Researchers have found that using Facebook frequently is linked to symptoms of
depression. They’ve proven that emotions, both positive and negative, spread
easily via the posts users share on the social network. They’ve found that simply
logging in to Facebook regularly negatively impacts how happy young adults
are. And they’ve found that passive participation or feeling ostracized on the
social network lead to negative psychological effects.

Recent reports have found that young users, who were actively and
emotionally involved in their digital lives reported worse sleep, higher anxiety,
and depression. Consistent social media usage is associated with a decrease in
happiness and increase in depression

I have encountered a lot of Facebook users who is about younger than 14


that are very interactive when it comes to cyberbullying in which it does not
help them grow as a person. Excessive use of Facebook may also lead to death
because of nowadays users are always scrolling on the feed and then will
eventually lost track of the time means that they lack of sleep. The more they
keep using Facebook in a negative way the more it will affect their personality
and heath that is why parents should be more careful in letting their children use
social media platforms most especially Facebook.
References

https://www.cheatsheet.com/technology/4-negative-psychological-effects-of-
using-facebook-too-much.html/
https://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/the-latest-news-features/83762/facebook-
ph-stats-a4362-20200929-lfrm

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452315116300819

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