CAUSATION


 * CAUSATION: How do people become addicted and why? Why do people spend more time on social networks than with their family and friends?**

**SYNTHESIS** Everyone can have a different way of using social networks, it all depends on the person and their needs. People may start using them for different reasons like work, family, friends, personal matter, etc. Some people may start using them to escape from their daily life problems and worries. For example if someone gets bullied or rejected. Other people can start using them to relax and escape stressful situations. For example exams and dead lines. People can start using social networks to get in touch with their family and friends that live far away or get connected again with people that you had not seen in a long time. Another reason could be that they don´t know how to socialize in real life so they go to a social network to compensate.

//**RISK OF BECOMING ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET! - Vera- 25 May 2011 - investigation -**//

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 * **You suffer from anxiety **. You may use the Internet to distract yourself from your worries and fears.
 * **You are depressed. **The Internet can be an escape from feelings of depression, but too much time online can make things worse.
 * **You have any other addictions **. Many Internet addicts suffer from other addictions, such as drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc.
 * **You’re an unhappy teenager **, You don´t have friends, so you prefer cyber-friends (which you don't know)
 * **You are less mobile or socially active than you are used to **. For example, you may be having a disability that limits your ability to drive. also very young children can make it hard to leave the house or connect with old friends.
 * **You are stressed **. While some people use the Internet to be more relaxed, The longer you spend online, the higher your stress levels will be.

//** What can be some causes of internet addiction or just spending too much time on social networks than with the family and friends? – Maya – May 19 2011 - INVESTIGATION - Tulia's Interview **//

There can be many causes and it all depends on the person. One of them can be that the person does not know how to socialize in real life or just feels uncomfterbale interacting with other people so they go on a social network and they can be who ever they want to be. Also if you are in a social network and post a comment if no one likes it they would probaly ignore it, but if you are in a party and say something no one likes people can reject you, do bad faces at you, speak bad about you with other people, keep away from you, etc. Which can be more painful. In a Social network you just have to think what to write, while in real life you have to think in your mood, your actions, what to say, how to say it, etc. So for some people it is much easier to express themselves via a social network.

In social networks “Friends” just means anyone you have met or just know. You can get to know people you have hardly even met by looking at all their pictures, comments, etc. You can get to know all about someone by pushing a button.

= Friends influence towards social networks - Valeria - 11 may 2011 =

They are many reasons for a kid to visit a social network, one of it's the friends influence, yes some people are influence by their friend, because their friends join the social network, and then at the next day they ask you if you have an acount in the social network and if you dont they bother you so that when you get home you imidiatly create an acount. Another reason is if you want to contact friends that are far away, like in another country, you can use a social network to talk or keep in touch with them.

//** Why do Kids get addicted? - Maya - 11 May 2011 - Prior Knowledge **//

//** ﻿ **// The reason why kids get addicted to social networks or use them too much all depends on the child though its usually because of child neglect or family problems. It all starts when the kids parents start going out too much, working all the time or just simply ignore the kid. It can also begin when the child's mum and dad start fighting a lot. The kid feels ignored and lonely in his family so he goes to any social network because he feels he can do more things there and talk to his/her friends and be whoever he wants to be and play games, etc. so he eventually likes being more on the social networks than with his/her family and after a period of time the child could get addicted.


 * Why does this happen? Vera- 16 May 2011 **

Well, This happens because some people prefer social networks, most of time they're really good, so this is why people like it and continue visiting. Like: Youtube- Youtube is a very useful web page, people can listen to their favourite music and whatch important videos for homework or other things, in Youtube there's also chances that you can become famous, in the case of Justin bieber, Thanks to this social network he became famous and now is a very popular singer! Facebook is the most popular of every social network, but the question is, WHY PEOPLE PFREFER FACEBOOK THAN ANOTHER SOCIAL NETWORK? Well the answer to that is because FB, has lots of games, you can easily communicate with someone that is far away, send messages, post videos, photos and other things.

**10 May 2011 - Laura - PRIOR KNOWLEDGE**

I think people get addicted to social networks because their friends tell them that for example Facebook is the best social network so they want to try it and once they try it they like it so much that they stay hours in the computer, when they get to the point of forgetting to eat or forgetting to sleep. I think people stay more time in the social network than with family or friends because they forget that they actually have a family or friends. They are just so addicted they forget about everything, and when they don't spend the time they want in the social network they become desesperate and anxious.