Study on the

Effects of
Facebook
Addiction

BY: JANETH C. MARCELINO

 INTRODUCTION

Philippines is the sixth largest country

on Facebook with 68M users as of July,
2019 and that is 62.9% of the whole
Philippine population.
 Facebook Addiction
Disorder (FAD)
• a situation in which Facebook usage
overtakes daily activities like
waking up, using the telephone, or
checking e-mail.

• despite of all the convenience that

Facebook brings, there are still
studies that prove too much use of
the said social networking site
could cause addiction to it.
 Facebook Addiction
Test (FAT)
• It is the first validated and reliable
measure of addictive use of the
Facebook.

• This would determine their level of

addiction. It was believed that the
higher the level of addiction the
person has, the greater the effects
it would have in his life.
 Effects of Facebook
Addiction of DataCom
students

1. To know and describe the level of

Facebook addiction on DataCom
students.

2. To find out the effects of

Facebook addiction into their daily
life.
 HISTORY
OF
FACEBOOK  As the application has
Founded on developed and spread
February 4, 2004 among people outside
by Mark the university
Zuckerberg, environment, it has
Eduardo Saverin, become more of an
Dustin Moskovitz important tool for
and Chris Hughes professional networking.
in a Harvard dorm • It has become an
room, Facebook informal way for co-
has rapidly workers to connect with
became one of each other and for
the biggest social people looking for work
networking sites
to remain connected
in the world.
with other professionals
in the same field.
 Signs that you are
addicted to Facebook:
• 1. You lose sleep over Facebook. When using
Facebook becomes a compulsion and you
spend entire nights logged on to the site,
causing you to become tired the next day.
• 2. You spend more than an hour a day on
Facebook. It is difficult to define how much is
too much when it comes to Facebook usage,
but an average person need only spend half
an hour on the site.
• 3. You become obsessed with old loves or
exes you reconnect with on Facebook.
• 4. You ignore work in favor of Facebook. This
means you do not do your job in order to
sneak time on Facebook.
• 5. The thought of getting off Facebook leaves
you in cold sweat. If you try going a day
without Facebook and it causes you stress
and anxiety, this means you need help.
 According to the same report by
Elizabeth Cohen, Senior CNN Medical
Correspondent, Facebook addiction is
not yet an actual medical diagnosis.
 THE EFFECTS OF
FACEBOOK ADDICTION
• Many parents have noticed their
children becoming more separated
from their family.
• Hindering the ability of our children
to develop social skills, and nurture
interpersonal relationships.
• Increase in depression, loneliness,
and neglect of existing close
relationships.
 Can enrich social lives for those separated from family
and friends by long distances, bringing them together
despite the physical separation.
 Internet users were not less likely to visit or call
friends and that they actually have larger social
networks.

Increase in:
 The size of their local and distant social circles

 Community activity involvement

 Trust in people
 FACEBOOK ADDICTION
TEST
To assess level of addiction by
answering questions using this scale:

1 = Rarely.
2 = Occasionally.
3 = Frequently.
4 = Often.
5 = Always.
0 = Does Not Apply
1. How often do you find that you stay on Facebook longer than you intended?
2. How often do you neglect household chores to spend more time on Facebook?
3. How often do you prefer the excitement of the Facebook to intimacy with your partner?
4. How often do you form new relationships with fellow Facebook users?
5. How often do others in your life complain to you about the amount of time you spend Facebook?
6. How often do your grades or school works suffer because of the amount of time you spend on
Facebook?
7. How often do you check your e-mail before something else that you need to do?
8. How often does your job performance or productivity suffer because of Facebook?
9. How often do you become defensive or secretive when anyone asks you what you do on Facebook?
10. How often do you block out disturbing thoughts about your life with soothing thoughts of the
Facebook?
11. How often do you find yourself anticipating when you will go on Facebook again?
12. How often do you fear that life without Facebook would be boring, empty, and joyless?
13. How often do you snap, yell, or act annoyed if someone bothers you while you are Facebook?
14. How often do you lose sleep due to late-night log-ins?
15. How often do you feel preoccupied with the Facebook when off-line, or fantasize about being on
Facebook?
16. How often do you find yourself saying "just a few more minutes" when on Facebook?
17. How often do you try to cut down the amount of time you spend Facebook and fail?
18. How often do you try to hide how long you've been on Facebook?
19. How often do you choose to spend more time Facebook over going out with others?
20. How often do you feel depressed, moody or nervous when you are off-line, which goes away once
you are back on Facebook?
 General scale to help
measure score:
• 20 - 49 points: You are an average
Facebook user. You may surf Facebook a
bit too long at times, but you have
control over your usage.
• 50 -79 points: You are experiencing
occasional or frequent problems because
of Facebook. You should consider their
full impact on your life.
• 80 - 100 points: Your Facebook usage is
causing significant problems in your life.
You should evaluate the impact of
Facebook on your life and address the
problems directly caused by your
Facebook usage.
 INTERVIEW GUIDE
• Why do you use Facebook?
• How many times a day do you go on Facebook?
• What is the most useful thing about Facebook?
• Do you have an immediate family member in
abroad?
• Does Facebook help you to communicate with
them?
• How about the other immediate family member?
Do you have more time with them than using
Facebook?
• Does Facebook affects your relationship with the
immediate family member? How?
• What makes you addicted to Facebook?
• How does your family reacts on your addiction?
• How do you find Facebook? What are its effects on
you?
DATA RESULTS
 INTERVIEW RESPONDS
10 students from 19(severe- addict) students were
interviewed to determine how Facebook affects and
make a difference in their lives, and they have
multitude of things and reasons they can do on
Facebook, so here is a top list:
• 80% wants to let others know more about them.
This first point is very broad and probably
obvious. This is because they let their friends and
followers know a little bit more about themselves
through every single post, like, share and
comment.
• 90% message and catch up with old friends.
Personal walls are an easy and efficient way to let
folks know about important and maybe not so
important things going on in our daily lives.
• 50% share media that they enjoy. When something
is extremely entertaining, funny, interesting or
profound, they tend to have this now natural urge
to share it with those who we think might also
enjoy it.
 INTERVIEW RESPONDS
• 100% of the respondents use Facebook
all everyday.
• 60% usually chat with their parents
and relatives abroad.
• 70% of students stated that they felt
their parents were addicted to
Facebook as well.
• Respondents (100%) are common to
the answer stating that the format of
Facebook allows them to catch up
with friends and family with, minimal
effort.
HOW TO CURE FACEBOOK
ADDICTION
A. Start within yourself
• Get Rid of Notifications
• Limit Your Time Spent on Social Media
• Delete the Apps
• Make Yourself Busy
• Restrict Your Time Spent on Social Media
Through Apps
• Create Your Own Reward System
• Disconnect and Unplug Yourself
• Never Bring Your Smartphone Into Your
Bedroom
• Get an Accountability Partner
• Do a Self-reflection Every Week
 Programs and
Awareness:
DTP- Digital thumbprint
program.
• Globe Telecom, Facebook and the
Department of Education (DepEd) joined
hands to continue promoting responsible
digital citizenship among teachers and
students in public and private schools
across the country under the “Digital
Thumbprint Program” or DTP.
• Given this, Globe Telecom and Facebook,
in collaboration with DepEd, launched a
workshop entitled “Digital Discernment.”
The workshop contains topics that teach
online users how to think critically
online, and effectively identify credible
information from questionable
information.
 CONCLUSION
Excessive use of Facebook, a popular social network site,
has important positive and negative effects on the
students in this study. With limited benefits, excessive use
of Facebook may actually increase the risk of Facebook
additive behavior, resulting in less time spent on family
and academics. It is important to involve the parents of
students, educational institutions, and the Facebook
authority, to collaborate on how to encourage students to
limit social media usage and bring awareness to the
consequences of excessive use, especially among the
student population.

Facebook can be a great way to connect with people, but

you must not neglect the importance of physical
communication with others too. Never let this platform
take away your precious time or control your life, you
should be the one that controls them as a tool.

And a piece of advice, use Facebook if you are unable to

get good outcomes from this. If you can't use it
constructively for yourself. Turn off FB accounts and
spend life with real people in the real world.
THANK YOU !!!!!