Done by: Jasdeep Singh Hundal (11) Jatinder Singh Kler(12) Khoo Jingren, Forster(13) Lee Ting Yen(14) Leon Chin Li Xiang (15)

Contents of Presentation Introduction Methodology Findings Conclusion

Introduction Facebook is a popular social networking site that has many boons and banes Addiction to Facebook is a major problem as it will affect our ability to socialise More and more people are addicted to Facebook Through this research we will know how Facebook affects the users’ social lives We will also be able to come out with solutions pertaining to this problem

Methodology We conducted a survey on 25 people We had an interview with Miss Jaime, the school counsellor, to find out her views on Facebook addiction and her suggestions on how to solve the problem

Survey Findings (Demographics) 92% or 23 of our survey respondents use Facebook

Survey Findings (Demographics) Less than five hours per week – 13 people 5 – 15 hours - 8 people 16 – 25 hours per week - 1 person More than 25 hours per week - 1 person

Survey Findings (Demographics) Age group(years)No. Of respondentsPercentage of respondents % % % 41 and above728% Total25100%

Survey Findings (Facebook users who use Facebook for less than 15 hours per week) ActivitiesAverage no. Of hours Homework/revision1.8 hours(corrected to 1 decimal point) Spending time with friends(Out of school) 2.4 hours(corrected to 1 decimal point) Going out with family members3.0 hours(corrected to 1 decimal point) Playing sports/exercising1.9 hours(corrected to one decimal point

Survey findings Facebook users who use Facebook for more than 15 hours per week ActivitiesAverage no. Of hours spent Homework/ revision1 Spending time with friends(Out of school) 3 Going out with family members3.5 Playing sports/exercising3.5

Survey Findings

Survey Findings Best solutions on curbing Facebook addiction (as provided by surveyed) Encourage people to create more events for meeting up with family and friends so that there can be more face-to-face interaction Create an application that lets you set a time limit for accessing Facebook so that once time is up, you will automatically log out Self-discipline and time management

Interview findings According to Ms Jaime, the school counsellor, age might influence how users use Facebook and the way users think of Facebook For example, the younger generation might create a Facebook account just because they want to fit in with others The older generation, who did not have Facebook in their time, feel curious about what it is and therefore want to create a Facebook account

Interview findings Ms Jaime, who belongs to the older generation, feels that Facebook has both positive and negative impacts on her Positive: she was able to find her old friends on Facebook Negative: sometimes she wasted a lot of time on Facebook doing useless things like poking, thus she wasted a lot of time Also, she felt tired after that and thus did not want to do any work, therefore wasting the rest of the day

Conclusion A user’s level of education does not affect the number of hours he or she spends on Facebook Spending a lot of time on Facebook does not necessarily mean addiction to Facebook When you think of Facebook even when you are offline, this will decrease the physical interaction with friends or family and thus affecting the ability to socialise

Conclusion Facebook might not necessarily affect your social life negatively, it can affect it positively too, as long as you use it in the right way. For example: Use Facebook as a learning platform by playing games like pet society, where you learn good life skills on how to care for a pet, responsibility. Remind others of important things like homework or announcements or educational websites or interesting quizzes which will benefit all of us

Conclusion You can use Facebook and have enough time for other activities at the same time, as long as you manage your time wisely – have enough time for your studies, work or revison etc. Although spending a lot of time does not mean addiction to Facebook. And also Facebook is called a social-networking site. Spending too much time on it will also decrease the time spent with family or friends thus affecting the ability to socialise with other people

Conclusion Using Facebook in a positive way is very important as 1. You do not waste time doing useless things like poking and then wasting the rest of the day because you feel tired after that 2. You can benefit from it, learning important skills which can be put into real life

Acknowledgements Mr Kelvin Yap, our teacher-mentor, for his guidance and advice throughout the entire project. The 25 people we surveyed and our interviewee, Ms Jaime, for their valuable responses and opinions which benefited us greatly in our project. The librarian, who kindly rented us Project Corners whenever we needed them. The photocopying lady, who helped us to print our documents. Mr Leo who recommended us to go to Ms Jaime to conduct the interview.

Thank you!!! For your kind attention!!!!!!!!!

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