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Spending too much time online can be considered a Problematic Internet Use or PIU. An issue that many students now have at universities and even high schools is “Facebook Stalking.” Facebook.com has become a site where you always want to go on it to check to see if anything new has been added to the news feed or to your own section. This is the perfect site to start your Problematic Internet Use problem.
Facebook may lead to PIU because of the applications connected to the site. On a members page you can view photos, videos, rescent interactions on facebook, see what music you have, sports teams interest, and etc. There are endless supplies of things to look at on facebook, which help you become a stalker. You don’t recognize how much time you use because it all seems like such little things but they all add up at the end. Its accessibility is very fast and convenient which encourages the addiction to come into play. The biggest factor would have to be the news feed since it updates you to every one of your friends on everything they are doing. When a status changes you are the first to know, when a relationship is done you are the first to know, its like having a 24/7 gossip blog on your favorite site.
Caplan’s model applies to facebook just as much as PIU. Some people find it easier to communicate online through wall post than talking in person to someone. Facebook allows the shy talker (FTF) to open up on Facebook (CMC) and become more comfortable with himself. Interactions now become easier because you already know something about the person you are interacting with and have more confidence. These types of feelings lead to go on facebook more then normal and become more outgoing through CMC communication.
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Hey Jadd, I liked how you pointed out how it's hard to track how much time was exactly spent on facebook. Because there are so many different "friends" and various applications, I don't feel the sense that I was on facebook for long.
I agree with you that facebook facilitates communications. Did you mean that interactions online become more comfortable because you know something about the other person? It'd have been nice to see how shy talker opening up only on cmc setting can further exacerbate the trait. Do you think that anonymity while "stalking" feeds into this loop as well?
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