Facebook's Effect On Personality

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The Effect of Facebook on Personality Ryan, & Xenos. (2011) stated that Facebook gives an impact on one’s personality in terms that they tend to be more extrovert and narcissistic, but less honest and socially lonely, than the non-users. This result relates with past studies by Correa et al. (2010), and strengthens Tosun and Lajunen’s (2010) argument that extraverted people use social networking sites to extend their social relationships. Ryan, & Xenos. (2011) found out that Facebook users have higher levels of total narcissism, exhibitionism, and leadership than Facebook non-users. The authors also stated that individuals that behave in such way as to attract attention have higher preferences for Photos and Status Updates. These findings …show more content…

Firstly, motivations for using Facebook are similar to those from previous studies made by Jung et al., (2007) and Raacke & Bonds-Raacke (2008). The authors also that among the motivations, the impact on Facebook intensity for motivation contrast with previous studies made by Park et al., (2009) and Vitak et al., (2011) which found that motivations of SNS use lead to social consequences such as political activities or civic participation. The results might suggest that Facebook is geared more toward encouraging social activities driven by interactions with others than toward promoting individuals’ psychological well-being. Next, Facebook intensity has a direct impact on sense of belonging as expected, but it does not have a significant direct effect on satisfaction with campus life. In previous studies done by Valenzuela et al., (2009) & Valkenburg et al., (2006), Facebook intensity was a predictor of life satisfaction or happiness whereas it was not significantly associated with undergraduate students’ social adjustment to college as said by Kalpidou et al., (2011). Facebook intensity is the extent to which students rely upon Facebook through their interactions with other students on campus as well as contacts with distant friends or …show more content…

This is supported by Ryan, & Xenos. (2011) that stated that Facebook gives an impact on one’s personality in terms that they tend to be more extravert (outgoing) and narcissistic. In Contrast, according to Chen and Bryer (2012), Facebooks makes the users realistic and honest. Moreover, past researchers state that Facebook can give positive and negative impacts on Education. Canales et al,.(2009); Karpinski and Duberstein (2009) studied that an extended presence on Facebook can bring harmful effects on productivity and task performance. The authors also stated that spending long hours on Facebook can cause a decrease in academic performance and grades.On the other hand, Heiberger, Harper &Heri (2008) and Morrin (2007) stressed out that Facebook is intended as a platform for engagement, and because students spend a significant amount of time using the site, it makes sense to study the relationship between Facebook use and student engagement. In addition, Facebook usage was found to interact with measures of psychological well-being, suggesting that Facebook have a positive impact on students’ motivation, Facebook intensity, and psychological consequences based on the study by Park & Lee (2014). In contrast the study by Appel, Crusius, & Gerlach, (2015) found out that Facebook has an impact on depressed users as they relate to

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