In the article, “The Facebook Addiction Spreads,” writer Angela Adair Flower talks about how Facebook intrudes on the lives of students. She refers to it as a disease because it has “swept across the land.” She believes that no matter how hard students, as well as other individuals, try to stay away from Facebook, it ends up conquering their minds and most become addicted to the infamous social network. Flower stated that no matter where we may be Facebook is there, whether it is at school, the store, and the office, just anywhere. Flower also mentions it to be “possibly the greatest and most entertaining timewaster,” which can lead to lower grades or even sleep deprivation. Many students are too connected with Facebook that it becomes essential. The negative effect that Facebook has on a large number of students is overpowering because they do not even realize the effects it has on them academically, socially and mentally.
Although Facebook can be a positive thing because it allows many students to easily communicate and keep in contact with others, it also distracts them from their own studies. Most students I know spend countless hours a day on Facebook being unproductive and not using their time to their full advantage. If it is not bad enough, almost all students check their Facebook during class via cell phones or laptops. Not paying attention to their professors’ result in students not obtaining the important information needed to help pass that class. Furthermore, in the article, “Facing the Facebook,” Michael Bugeja says “Facebook is a Janus-faced symbol of the online habits of students and the traditional objectives of higher learning.” A Janus-faced symbol means to have two different characteristics or aspects. Thus, Bugeja mentions Facebook to be a Janus-faced symbol because one aspect of Facebook includes the ability to keep in contact with others; however, it can also distract students and lures them away from their studies. Speaking from...