Students: Lauri, Chino and Luis.

Abandonment of Social Networks in internet

- Internet world is a technology that has had a great impact, especially among young people.

- Internet can provide many benefits to their users.

“Internet can be a great tool of communication for people who have a difficulties at the moment of making friends due to physical disabilities, illnesses either an inability to socialize”. Wallace (1999)

- Internet can also provide negative aspects: Some people have become obsessed and addicted using Internet: it can create ADDICTION.

INTRODUCTION

An emotional illness that usually generates dependence and subtracts freedom to the human beings by means of narrowing its field of awareness and restricts the range of their interests.

Echeburúa, E. (2010)

Griffiths (1999) sets the existence of "technological addictions", defined as chemical addictions that involve the human-machine interaction

What is Addiction?

Other risks for using Internet:

- The access to inappropriate contents (pornography or violence)

- The harassment or loss of personal privacy- To transmit racist messages, prone to anorexia either inciting to

commit crimes.

The abuse of online social networks can promote the following risks:

1) Isolation.

2) Underachievement.

3) Unselfishness to other subjects.

4) Conduct disorders.

The use and abuse of Internet are related to psychosocial variables, such as:

-Psychological vulnerability.

- Stress.

-Lack of family / social support.

To search a response for answering the research questions that we have taken into account:

- In what social networking sites did people have a profile?

- Which have been the social networks people used often?

- How long and how actively have people used the social networking sites?

- Why did people decide to leave out the social networks?

What do we want to achieve with this case – project?

Media education• Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary field • Different scientific standpoints

(Media/Education)o In this case: Social-psychology

• Educator, educated and media culture (in this case SNS)oObjective: expanded concept of literacy

media literacy

(Kupiainen 2005; Kupiainen & Sintonen 2009)

Background information

• ”Stuart”• 23• Helsinki• Student in Higher degree• Social media use 2005 IRC-Gallery• Socially active• Abandonment of Facebook 2013

The case concluded

The Abandoment of social media site

• In the end of 2013• Active and considered form of action• Reasons behind the action

o Information overloado The routinization of the useo The critical stance towards

commercializationo The reflection of the self-disclosureoA substitutative application

Intense use of Facebook• One of the factors concept of ‘presense’ (Barak, 2009) ・ state of being absorbed, involved, engrossed in cyberspace ・ be isolated from offline world(real world) ・ forgetting a sense of time

Information Overload• Some definition ・ having too much information ・ State of being burdened with unwanted 　　　　　　　　 information (Edmunds and Morris, 2000)・ when information is unattractive, fatigue is more accelerated (Thomée, 2012)

Information on Facebook• Photo updates• Messages• CommentsThese includes unwanted information like…・ Life events of person whom Stuart is not familiar with・ the number of ‘Like!’ ・ advertisements…..

The routinization of the use

• Active participation vs. routine• Faiding of the novelty• Time consuming• Well-being?

oHappiness, other positive emotionso SatisfactionoQuality of life: physical, emotional,

mental, social, and behavioral components

The critical stance towards commercialization

• The revenue generation model of Facebook – the significance of users (audience). How Facebook makes money?

• ”Organizations might also ask for personal information for marketing purpposes – for instance, when registering to access a website or joining online community.” (Joinson & Paine 2007)

• Don´t want to be ”an item for selling”

The reflection of the self-disclosure• Telling unknown information shared

knowledge• Between individuals, groups or individual and

organization• The meaning of internet and CMC.• ”How we negotiate the disclosure of such

information is critical issue, equally as important as how systems are designed to minimize privacy violations while also providing adequate levels of functionality.” (Joinson & Paine 2007, 238).

• ”Anxiety”

A substitutative application for communication • Use of Facebook for

private communication

• Communication via Internet (including mobile)

• Lowered the barrier for aband. (Not complete exclusion)oClosest friends/

Friends abroad

(Facebook.com)

(Whatsapp.com)

What to learn?• Media literacy

o Media literate person is a reflective media-user and part of media culture (+ society)• Avoidance of negative effects• Autonomy of individual• Critical thinking• Creativity and Communication skills• Empowerment (Participatory culture) (Kupiainen & Sintonen 2009, 21, 94-95; Mihailidis & Thehevin 2013)

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