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四川省绵阳市2019-2020学年高二下学期期末教学质量测试英语试题
Facebook has released new research findings suggesting social media can harm mental health when used in certain ways.
Facebook's director of research, David Ginsberg, wrote the report along with social psychologist Moira Burke. The research suggested that social media users who spent a lot of time only reading information - but not interacting with others — reported feeling worse afterward. Users who had interaction during the experience reported having better feelings. It said it is not just social media use that can affect a person's well-being. Rather, it believes both good and bad effects can result from how the service is used.
A study by Carnegie Mellon University suggested positive results for increased interaction. It found people who sent or received more messages and comments reported better improvements in social support, depression and loneliness. Facebook said these improvements were even greater when the interactions took place with close friends and family.
Facebook's founding president Sean Parker - who no longer has ties to the company - accused the social media service of using methods that "exploit human psychology". This development model, Parker claims, created an addictive system to keep people on Facebook for long periods to seek "likes" and comments from others to make them feel good.
Former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya said the problems are being fueled by the basic need of people to seek ongoing feedback from others, leading to the pleasure chemical dopamine (多巴胺)being released in the brain, he added.
Cal Newport is a professor of computer science at Georgetown University in Washington D. C. He urges everyone to consider quitting social media - like he has - and he provides steps for helping people do this.
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