Negative and positive effects of Facebook by azhar khan
Negative and positive effects of Facebook in teens If you are young and love Facebook , keep it to just liking and minimise your virtual circle of friends to cut the upcoming depression risk . According to researchers, the social networking site can have positive and negative effects on the levels of a common stress hormone in teenagers. The team found that having more than 300 Facebook friends increased teenagers' levels of cortisol while those who only posted A"likesA" on their Facebook friends to encourage them actually decreased their cortisol levels. A"We were able to show that beyond 300 Facebook friends, adolescents showed higher cortisol levels. We can imagine that those who have 1,000 or 2,000 friends on Facebook may be subjected to even greater stress,A" explained Professor Sonia Lupien from University of Montreal. "While other important external factors are also responsible, we estimated that the isolated effect of Faceb...
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