Stephen Marche Is Facebook Making Us Lonely

Marche argues that social media such as Facebook is the main cause of people becoming lonelyfor this epidemic occurrence. He begins his article by introducing a death of a Hollywood iIcon, Yvette Vickers. It was noted that Vicki’s mummified body was found only decades after her death. She died in isolation, alone and forgotten by the outside world. Noting the fear of loneliness. A famous celebrity dying without anyone noticing would instill fear being lonely. People are currently “living in isolation that would have been unimaginable to our ancestors, and yet we have never been more accessible” (Marche). Over the years, technology has advanced, exposing many people to social media. Due to this increase of exposure, people are even more

I agree with Stephen Marche's thought about Facebook not being the reason for peoples loneliness, that in fact humans are the ones isolating themselves.From the very beginning Marche points out that we live in a world where communication is unlimited through technology yet people are so emotionally and intellectually separated from one another. For that I do agree with Marche because essentially it's up to us as to how we're going to use our computers, phones and social media devices . Facebook can either be a postive or negative outlet of communication, it just all depends on how people operate on it. Facebook can be there to fill peoples lonely voids, making no attempt to strike up a discussion with friends and family or Facebook can be a

In the article “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” Stephen Marche discusses why social media, specifically Facebook is making people more lonely and that “We have never been more detached from one another, or lonelier.”Marche is stating that people who use Facebook a lot or people who interact mostly online are more lonely than people who interact face to face in person, which is proved by research. Marche is also stating with research, that Facebook, along with loneliness, has made us more narcissistic, which can have bad effects on us socially, mentally and psychologically. In addition to this Marche also stated in the article that social media and technology entice us towards more superficial connections but at the same time that they make avoiding the mess of human interaction easy. Although some people might not agree with this. I agree that “new technologies lure us toward increasingly superficial connections”and that “they make avoiding the mess of human interaction easy” because fake connections made online make us unaware of the person on the opposite side. People lose a lot of their social skills when interacting online. Interacting with people in person is really important because that is how you can express yourself or speak to others and can see how people react, by using your five senses, instead of just making false assumptions online.

The article “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely” by Stephen Marche discusses the argument whether people that use social media become more socially awkward with studies that being lonely is physiological and biological. In cases that Marche has researched the contradiction of being connected to become lonely is a contradiction with studies to prove a portion of it. Where now people need more professional care for the mental state of loneliness. The state of loneliness is unhealthy and communication with people can help you be healthier. While other research that she has done tell us that Facebook users tend to be less lonely, but there are two types of lonely: social loneliness and family loneliness.

Social media has changed human being lives in unimaginable ways. People have become more connected and have been able to access more information than ever before. “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” is an article by Stephen Marche, a Canadian novelist, who states that social media especially Facebook has altered our union as a society. He argues that Zuckerberg’s company is the main cause for loneliness, which produces health and mental problems. His thesis for the article is that “Social media -from Facebook to Twitter- have made us more densely networked than ever.

Stephen Marche’s article, “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?”, argues that looking through other people's Facebook walls causes us to become depressed. Marche’s purpose is to put a spotlight on the downside of Facebook in order to inform people that the way they use Facebook might put them at risk for loneliness. With Facebook, all of the user's attention is directed at the information on the screen, rather than holding an intimate conversation in real time. We see the same phenomenon in The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald shows that, when one only focuses on making the connection, he or she may lose the real life connection.

People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them.

Facebook and other social media has changed everyone’s day to day life. According to Newsome in “7 Ways Social Media Can Affect Your Self-Esteem,” she mentions the following reasons which have affected our social habits: the ads, the perfect life, the curating of our online stuff, the battle for likes, the false connections, the folly of the tutorial, the interruption of our emotional lives. All these reasons are contributing to the same outcome that everyone is incapable of living their lives the way they are. Facebook teaches everyone that their lives are not complete if they are not perfect. Everyone gets influenced by other Facebook users and wish to adapt to certain things that other users are achieving. Our social habits change, they become more focused for likes and more followers on social media rather than enjoying the actual event they attended. According to Newsome, we do not completely engage ourselves in social habits as social media becomes an interruption because we tend to document everything that we interact in and wish to make it look interesting on social media for attention. New social media world affects social habits because it takes attention and time and people feel secure while using Facebook because, according to Newsome, for an introvert the connection to the social media world is much easier than a normal conversation. Also Facebook gives a false connection which is easier to connect with.

How many hours do you spend every day on the internet? Do you go to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? If not, “Welcome to the 20th century”. Well, Facebook is currently the most popular social networking website created by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 to make it easier for people to connect with your family, friends and love ones through the internet. After its creation, Facebook has really paved its

Marche starts his essay off by telling the story of a woman named Yvette Vickers; she was a lonely woman who became even more lonely using the internet as her only way to “connect” with people. He explains that “Americans are more solitary than ever before” (Marche, 2) so it is easy to use Facebook as a scapegoat for our loneliness but in reality it is just a new way that we present our loneliness. In his essay Marche makes it very clear that it is not Facebook that is making society lonely, but instead people are using Facebook as a way of changing the form of their already apparent loneliness. This essay was one that was very clear and gave many reasons as to why Facebook is not the source of our feelings of loneliness and also made many

According to “The Facebook Effect” Facebook is the second most visited web site on earth after Google. Most users spend around an hour a day of the website. It has over 400 million active users (at the time the book was written). Even more astonishing the number of people join was about 5 percent a month. “Were the growth rate if both Facebook and the Internet to remain steady, by 2013 every single person online worldwide would be on Facebook”. To me that is an amazing fact and shows not only how popular Facebook is but how it truly changed the way people connected and communicated. According to author David Kirkpatrick Facebook is a “platform for people to get more out of their lives,” and an “entirely new form of communication.”

Facebook is a high developed search engine used to communicate and get in touch with friends, family, foes, businessmen and teachers. Founded in July 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. “Facebook is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues. “ (Dean, 2009.) Facebook Is the new face of the 21st Century, people have an addiction towards Facebook as it is a friendly tool to use for socializing. Facebook is free but there are some features and tools that you might have to pay for such as blocking advertisements, games and much more. Facebook is an all in one application as you can send pictures, upload videos, send messages as well as Skype calling and sound recording! This is why we have around five hundred million active users on Facebook. Not just because it is a trending tool that everyone use. Only because this social networking tool

Facebook is one of the most popular sites on the World Wide Web, and a leading social networking site. Facebook has become today a virtual platform

Facebook is an accepted means of communication. It is a never-ending virtual social gathering. It

Since Facebook’s inception, it has become a world-renowned social networking service connecting millions of people around the world. As of June 2014, there were over 1.3 billion active users globally. The concept of Facebook is incredibly simple, yet has managed to attract a large consumer base in such a short period of time. After registering to the site, users create an online profile specific to the individual’s preferences. Once the profile page is personalized, users add other people on the site as “friends”, send messages to people in the friend group, post pictures and status updates, share multimedia with friends, and join groups that share a common interest. Facebook has become a social media site giant and continues to trend upwards as more and more users join everyday.