My claim is that students with Facebook spend less time studying. I am in a bit of denial that I spend that much time on Facebook, but the reality is that I check it every time I am near my computer. I thought of this as a problem topic for my blog since I did check it before writing, and I might check my Facebook again before I leave for class. I see this as a problem because I am slightly embarrassed about the amount of time I spend on Facebook, and I do use it as an excuse to postpone studying for a little. I like to say that the time I spend is my relaxing way to relieve stress after classes and homework, but in reality I am just procrastinating.
I did learn a little bit more about the founding of Facebook in the searching I did and that was interesting. So if you're trying to procrastinate and have finished checking your Facebook, I'd recommend looking it up.
Hey Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteI have facebook open right now actually, and there is a new message from someone talking to me, and I'm dying to check it, but I won't! That's supporting your problem right there hahaha.
I really liked your idea, I am definitely guilty of it too. (Yep, just checked it now, the suspense was killing me).
Do you think your procrastination was a good thing? It sounds like you found out some interesting information about facebook.
I liked your qualifier, about how admitting it also makes a difference to the problem. It's probably a lot greater than we know, most of us are just in denial.
Anyway, nice job!
HAPPY FRIDAY!
-Amanda
I just watched the movie "Social Network" last last friday. Accoring to the film,first is designed for help students connect together. So,its purpose is for helping you in your social life.
ReplyDeleteI think the question here is if you really think facebook is helping you.
If it did,what you need is just time management about how frequently you use facebook.
The real problem is sometimes even you don't use facebook,there still will be other information distract you. So,my suggestion is first make sure this is the right time for you to study.(The time when you can concentrate and feel comfortable.)Then you pick a place with no internet.(You can do your online homework by hand first)
As for your model,I am not very sure there is a necessary relationship between spend less time study and using facebook.
So I think the question here is not only you need to say "facebook cost time" you also need to say "the reason facebook cost time" as your warrant.Because you can stop reading facebook anytime you want,but if you can't stop,you need find the reason why,facebook is not essential warrant that distract you.The specific content in facebook is the real reason and should be claim and warrant in my pointing of view.
Anyway,have a good weekend and nice job!
Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteTo start with, I must say you chose a very relevant problem. It is pretty similar to the problem that I described in my blog post. I am also one of those people who use facebook (and procrastinate) all the time. This problem not only affects you and me, but a very large number of facebook users as well.
I came across this website sometime back (while wasting my time on facebook): http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
(The facts are just crazy, aren’t they?)
About your model-
It’s very accurate, clear and understandable. I can completely relate to the model. You mentioned in your claim that some people check their facebook accounts once a week which I think is not frequent at all! You have a very nice qualifier and backing. I don’t completely agree with your claim though. I know quite a number of college students who spend enough time studying and also do well in academics despite being pretty active on facebook. Overall, you have a very convincing argument. We should all try to stay off facebook for a while (or wait for facebook de-addiction drugs to be invented!) and try to concentrate more on our work.
[On a side note, if you like facebook, you should watch ‘The Social Network’; it’s pretty informative and entertaining]
Shivam Kundan
Well for a start your model is clear and easy to understand but i do not agree with the claim. That said, if I did agree with the claim, the i feel that the grounds, qualifier and backing are sound. However, i agree with Hao in that i think the warrant should be why more facebook results in less studying. Is this necessarily the case? are the two completely exclusive? There might be plenty of other things that result in less study time.
ReplyDeleteIn so far as the claim is concerned there are those who can do both. maybe not at the same time but they can actively juggle the two and generally avoid negative impact.
So this brings me to the solution.
Obviously time management is a key component in life in general, more so in university. We only have that much time and every second should be treated as precious. I am not saying use facebook less. It is amazing and can be used to do amazing things, but i am saying that we must figure out what we truly value. This , in my opinion changes on the circumstance, so just use it at the right time. Procrastination is not necessarily a bad thing, it can be useful to do something else and gain a new perspective, I just think that we must think ahead and allow enough time to do our work even with a little distraction.