Previous investigations of the relationship between Facebook use and psychological well-being have most commonly considered variables relating to the quantity (e.g., time spent online) and underlying motivations (e.g., making new friends) of Facebook consumption. However, previous research has reached contradictory conclusions in that quantity of Facebook use has been linked to both higher and ...

This study assessed the affects of Facebook advertisement and Facebook environment on buying behavior of young consumers, while moderating effects of gender. The study used quantitative approach to collect data through questionnaires based survey. The collected data were analyzed through step wise regressions. Results indicated that Facebook advertisement and Facebook environment have significa...

Over one billion people use Facebook as a platform for social interaction and self-presentation making it one of the most popular online sites. The aim of the present study was to investigate differences in various personality traits and mental health variables between Facebook users and people who do not use this platform. The data of 945 participants (790 Facebook users, 155 Facebook non-user...

Social connectedness derived from Facebook is associated with positive outcomes such as better psychological health wellbeing. Yet to date, little is known about the construct of Facebook social connectedness. The aim of this study was to draw on existing studies of Facebook use to investigate what might predict social connectedness stemming from Facebook use. Participants (N = 326, age range 1...

The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between Facebook involvement and internet addiction. We sampled 577 university students in Taiwan and administered a survey of Facebook usage, Facebook involvement scale (FIS), and internet addiction scale. The FIS comprises three factors (salience, emotional support, and amusement). Results showed that the Facebook involvement scale had ...

The immense popularity of Facebook with more than 1 billion active users continues to spark the attention of communication scholars. While much is known about Facebook members’ motivations, usage patterns, and gratifications obtained from this social networking site (SNS), minimal attention has been given to examine the perceived consumption and impact of Facebook on users themselves versus oth...

Objectives of this study were to compare Facebook users and non-users on self-esteem and academic achievement variables and to investigate the factors related to perceived positive and/or negative impact of Facebook on academic performance. A total of 277 Croatian undergraduates participated in the study, 99 (35.7%) of which were male and 178 (64.3%) female. Facebook users were younger in compa...

With over 1 billion active users, Facebook is the most popular and widely used social networking site. The purpose of this review is to highlight empirical findings on the use of Facebook as an educational resource and environment. It is organized around three major questions: 1) How has Facebook been used in educational contexts? 2) What are the effects of using Facebook in educational context...

This report covers the studies of energetic particle propagation and acceleration presented during the 27th ICRC in sessions OG 1.3 and 1.4 , plus a few selected papers from neighbouring OG sections. We list problems discussed within these sections and we shortly describe selected interesting achievements and/or novel approaches.

One can prove the following proposition (1) For every non empty finite sequence p holds 〈p(1)〉 aa p = p. Let p, q be finite sequences. The functor maxPrefix(p, q) yields a finite sequence and is defined by: (Def. 1) maxPrefix(p, q) p and maxPrefix(p, q) q and for every finite sequence r such that r p and r q holds r maxPrefix(p, q). Let us observe that the functor maxPrefix(p, q) is commutative...