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Anti-Cyberbullying Messages on Facebook: Most Successful With a Positive Tone

Social Network Sites (SNS), such as Facebook, offer unique potential for young people to express their identity. Unfortunately, SNS are often used as forums for bullying as well. Therefore, a study...

Desire to Be Popular Drives Young People’s Social Media Use

Young adults use social networking sites (SNSs) to present themselves and to keep in touch with their friends. Many researchers have tried to find out what someone’s personality has to do with the …

Facebook Increases Friendship Quality Among Boys

Social networking sites are extremely popular among tweens. However, little is known about the use of these sites by this young age group. In this study in the…

Girls on Facebook: A Fine Line Between Being Accepted or Judged

Social network sites offer unique potential for girls to present themselves and express their identity. However, a Journal of Communication Inquiry study reveals that girls are often...

Parents “Friending” Their Children on Facebook

Quotes of children fearing the moment when their parents join Facebook are very common on the Internet. Some even fear that their life is over as soon as their parents “friend” them. However,...

Recreational Computer Use Improves Teens’ Computer Skills

28 February 2013

Playing computer games and using social networking sites have become important leisure time activities for teens. Although critics blame this recreational computer use for...

Twitter as an Effective Study Tool

14 February 2013

It is almost impossible to imagine young people’s life without Twitter. Although Twitter is mostly used for its social character, a Teaching of Psychology study shows...

Facebook Status Updates Can Signal Depression in Students

07 February 2013

For many young people Facebook is by far the most used place to express irritations, feelings, and emotions. In their status updates, some refer to feelings of depression, anxiety and even suicide.

Why Students Play Social Network Games – or Not

22 January 2013

As the use of Social Network Sites is growing, so is the popularity of Social Network Games: online games that can only be played by social network site users. In a study in Cyberpsychology