English 100

Lorna Vargas

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Due: 2/29/16

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Article 1.- Checking Out Facebook.com: The Impact of a Digital Trend on Academic Libraries

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http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.465.8179&rep=rep1&type=pdf

This article reports on a survey of 126 academic librarians concerning their perspectives toward Facebook.com, an online network for students. Findings suggest that librarians are overwhelmingly aware of the “Facebook phenomenon.”  Based on the potential of online social networking librarians suggested ideas for using Facebook to promote library services and events. One of the main goals of the study was to obtain a snapshot of the perspectives and attitudes of librarians toward Facebook and online social networks in general.

The purpose of the study is to determine how the site can contribute to the academic social life of a campus. Facebook provides students with a virtual campus experience, particularly in colleges where students are commuters or are in distance education.

Article  2.-  Facebook Addiction: Factors Influencing an Individual's Addiction,  Erica Sherman University of Massachusetts Boston

http://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=management_hontheses

This study investigates how factors such as personality, gender, procrastination, boredom and ones values may affect the amount of time they spend on Facebook, further concluding that they are either overly obsessive or not about the usage thereof.

As Facebook continues to grow as a site, it is important for researchers to understand like they do with many other Addiction studies: what makes people use. The study we conducted is merely a simple step toward the big picture of the world of Facebook and how aspects of individuals’ lives have changed because of it.

Results most strongly depict that neuroticists, females and those who are procrastinating are more likely to be addicted to Facebook. The research will show that the amount of time an individual is on Facebook is dependant on the type of person that individual is and the situational factors that might influence their usage.