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10 Signs You’re Addicted To Social Media. Facebook and Twitter can boost your ego and make you more impulsive in just 5 minutes. Policy-makers need to consider the impacts, warn researchersInability to concentrate found to be one of the effectsBrowsing social networks for just five minutes can cause loss of control By Lewis Smith Published: 10:47 GMT, 15 January 2013 | Updated: 12:22 GMT, 15 January 2013 Facebook and other social network sites can cause users to lose control and may lead to violence, obesity and debt.

Facebook and Twitter can boost your ego and make you more impulsive in just 5 minutes

Browsing for just five minutes on social networks can boost user’s self-belief so much that they become more impulsive. Effects can include an increase in binge-eating, loss of concentration and lack of application, a study showed. Browsing Facebook for just five minutes can increase impulsive behaviour, the study found. Researchers are also concerned that the loss of control prompted by using Facebook could lead to social problems such as aggression and violence.

They urged policy-makers to investigate social network use to better understand how people behave after using Facebook and other sites. How Using Social Media Affects Your Brain. It’s no secret that the phenomenon of social media not only dominates the communication pathways of younger generations, it’s also completely revolutionized the way people interact with each other the whole world over. If you’re like hundreds of millions of other people in this world, there’s a good chance you partake in some form of social media regularly. Whether you’re a Facebook fanatic, a Twitter-lover, or you go pin-crazy on Pinterest, you’re probably engaged in one or more popular social media sites. For many people now, social media is available at all times and from any place—whether from your computer, phone, or tablet, your Facebook login page tends to be accessed frequently from multiple devices. This Is Your Brain On The Internet. Luuri pois - Älypuhelin uhkaa onnellisuutta - Hyvä olo.

Sosiaalipolitiikan professori varoittaa, että liiallisen riippuvuussuhteen rakentaminen älypuhelimen kanssa voi vaarantaa mielenterveyden.

Luuri pois - Älypuhelin uhkaa onnellisuutta - Hyvä olo

Tekninen kehitys uhkaa ihmiskunnan onnellisuutta. Näin uskoo ainakin London School of Economicsin professori Paul Dolan. Hänen mukaansa ihmiset olisivat tyytyväisempiä elämäänsä, jos he malttaisivat olla räpläämättä älypuhelimiaan ja keskittyisivät kanssakäymään niiden ihmisten kanssa, jotka ovat fyysisesti lähellä eivätkä tietoverkkojen takana. Dolan varoittaa The Telegraphin mukaan, että älypuhelimien valtaisa kansansuosio tarkoittaa sitä, että tekninen vempain varastaa yhä useamman ihmisen huomion. Hulluinta on, että sähköpostia ja Facebookin kaltaisia sosiaalisen median sovelluksia pyörittävät puhelimet ryöstävät huomion myös silloin, kun niiden omistajat istuvat ystäviensä ja perheensä seurassa. The Dangers Of Not Getting Enough Sleep. Teachers don’t sleep.

The Dangers Of Not Getting Enough Sleep

They work their tails off, stay late, grade papers on the weekend, and basically devote their entire lives to improving the lives of others. It’s a noble cause and it means a lot of sacrifice. One of the biggest sacrifices is, of course, sleep. We all don’t get enough of it and I’m guessing you sure don’t. But there’s a few big reasons you should consider getting a good night’s sleep. The average American sleeps 6.9 hours a night. 30 to 50% of the population suffers from insomnia. Opiskelijoiden nettiriippuvuus lisääntynyt – jopa syöminen ja vessa unohtuvat. Terve Koululainen. 10 Tips & Tools To Deal With Information Overload. By simplyzesty.com As news gets faster and the amount of information we consume increases, the idea of information overload is one that is commonly banded about.

10 Tips & Tools To Deal With Information Overload

With there being so many sites and blogs out there posting updates every day, trying to keep on top of it all is a common problem. - Comment ne pas sombrer sous l’information ? Le flot continu de l’info – Crédit ©steeljam via flickr.com Nous n’avons jamais eu autant de sources d’information à notre disposition.

- Comment ne pas sombrer sous l’information ?

Des dizaines de chaînes de télé, des encyclopédies en ligne, des journaux gratuits sur Internet. Pourtant l’impression de confusion générale domine. Sauf pour ceux qui savent s’organiser et utiliser les bons outils… Le temps passé devant la télé augmente et représentait 3h47 par jour en 2011, soit 15 minutes de plus que l’année précédente. Tout est fait pour nous pousser à consommer : les chaînes thématiques répondent désormais aux passions de chacun et à la fragmentation des publics. Somen pimeä puoli. Social Media At Work. 7 Social Media Productivity Tips For 2013. By simplyzesty.com 7 Social Media Productivity Tips For 2013 January is normally the time where we look back on the last twelve months and decide what we want to improve.

7 Social Media Productivity Tips For 2013

Cue promises that we’ll go to the gym more often, quit smoking, learn a new skill or language and so on. However, not only is it difficult to keep up any new changes, but the chances of you reverting back to your old habits increases with every new promise you take on. Therefore, whether it’s for yourself or for your business, a clear plan of action is required if you want to make these changes a reality. What Do You Want To Achieve? What Happens to Your Social Media Life When You Die? San Francisco resident Sarah Buhr's friend Tiffany passed away a couple of months ago but Buhr still hears from her on Facebook.

What Happens to Your Social Media Life When You Die?

Tiffany's Likes, and other people's comments on Tiffany's profile, push her information onto Buhr's newsfeed, offering a frequent reminder that her friend is gone. Buhr says she felt she had to unfriend Tiffany because it was too difficult to be reminded of the loss nearly everyday. Jeff Lutz has a similar story. His beloved grandfather's wife, Laurel Lutz, passed away in 2011. Her side of the family must have continued to operate Laurel's Facebook page because Lutz said he continued to see updates and Likes.

"In the first week after Laurel passed, a note went on her Facebook wall thanking her family via various inside jokes and drinking references," he says. Death is a topic people tend to avoid thinking about. Jeremy Toeman is the founder of Legacy Locker, a company that provides wills for digital properties. Justin A.