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students spend time on computer searching for academic information everyday. It is obvious to understand that social networking websites do force college or university students to be entertained but not improve academic knowledge. Therefore, it is easy to infer that the social networking websites inferening with academic knowledge.
Leisure-time on the Internet was significantly associated with being overweight and being obesity. "The people with a high leisure-time on the internet were 1.46 times more likely to be overweight and 2.52 times more likely to be obesity, compared to those who reported on Internet and computer use in their leisure-time" (Gardiner et al., 2009, p.28). In conclusion, social networking is promoting obesity or weight gain.
Thorn (2011) found that in 2010, around 49% of young people in Canada have used Twitter and other types of social networking websites; furthermore, the number of users to Facebook usage have raised 228%. Some people claim that the users of social networking websites might use the websites in a short time; however, a study on marketing research shows that "more than half of Canada's residents are regular Internet users and spend an average of about an hour online a day" (Mike et al., 2006, para 1).
Opponents also state that social networking websites offer more fun and entertainment; nevertheless, some state these websites inferening with academic knowledge. Chen and Peng (2010) found that college or university students who are heavy Internet users have lower grades that the non-heavy Internet users. Here, the definition of heavy Internet users is the people who spent more than 33.97 hours a week online. According to the same study of Chen and Peng (2010), 52% of the college or university students will play online games at least several times a week; furthermore, less than 5% of the
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References
Gardiner, P., Owen, n., Sugiyama, T., & Vandelanotte, C. (2009). Physical activity and sedamtary behaviors: Cross-sectional study. Journal of medical Internet Research, 3(11), 28. Mike, O. (2011). About half of Canadian's population online. Canadian Press, 4(8), 32. Thorn,B. (December, 2010). Chefs predict the biggest trends for 2011. Retrieved on March 18, 2011 from . Tzeng, J-Y, & Chen, S-Y. (2010). Cyberpsychology, behabior, and social networking. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 13(3), 257~262.
Some individuals believe that social networking allows people to
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communicate with friends or family members who are far away, but others believe that social networking is damaging family relationships.
A final argument claimed by opponents is that social networking websites provide a lot of information, but it is also believed that social networking promotes obesity or weight gain.
The bad influence from social networking websites 1 Running head: THE BAD INFLUENCE FROM SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES
The bad influence from social networking websites challenges College and University students
Many academic and professional research are supporting that social networking leads to some obesity or weight gain problems; furthermore, it also makes a lot of college or university students lack academic knowledge. It also has had bad influence on family relationships. There will be more healthier experiences with less social networking websites use.
Jiajie Donபைடு நூலகம் Niagara College
Vanessa
Bonaldo
March 2011
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The bad influence from social networking websites challenges College and University students
Along with the advancement of society, more and more problems are brought to our attention, one of which is the influence from social networking websites. Today, many people are finding that social networking websites are becoming popular. With this issue, different people come up with various attitudes. Some people think that social networking websites are helpful and entertaining; nevertheless, others worry about social networking interferencing with family relationships, interferencing with academic knowledge, and promoting obesity or weight gain. Defining social networking websites before the further discussions is necessary. The definition of social networking websites is the websites which can help people share information, talk with friends, play games, and make new friends. Today, the most popular social networking websites are Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube. The main reason why these websites are becoming popular is they can provide a lot of fun and entertainment.