Facebook Can Lead to Emotional Distress, John Jay Student Study Finds
Senior Alexandra Mitchell received 500 responses to a survey she designed to find out the effects of Facebook on adolescents.
Facebook use by John Jay High School students may be compulsive and can lead to feelings of being depressed, a student study found. Over 46 percent of 500 students surveyed by senior Alexandra Mitchell said they have gotten in a fight on Facebook, and 40 percent reported feeling hurt due to something they saw on the social networking site. "I've seen the pluses and minuses, and I wanted to study what the benefits and drawbacks were of Facebook," said Mitchell, 17, who admitted she had at one time or another personally experienced the drawbacks. Mitchell completed the independent research project through the school's three-year humanities program. She said she chose Facebook as a topic because of its prevalent use among her peers. The …
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Lisa Buchman
10:27 am on Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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