The Costs of Social Media Outweigh the Benefits

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Thomas, Virginia, Margarita Azmitia, and Steve Whittaker. "Unplugged: Exploring the
costs and benefits of constant connection." Computers in Human Behavior 63 (2016): 540-
548.
This article is based on the computer mediated communication (CMC) that have been
unplugging in the part of individual’s life with the help of social media. Survey has been done
with 446 participant’s ages 14-79 years. The main purpose of this survey is to analyze feelings
about unplugging in different ages of people. Individuals have been spending time over internet
and social media. The feelings over the social media has been discussed in the article. Various
social media platforms including Facebook and Whats App have been analysed. The impact of
social media over cost and its connection behavior has been analysed. Various age groups have
been facing loneliness and negative mental affects in the society. Social media has helped in
meeting with new people that have been cost effective and deceasing loneliness of people over
the world. Survey results shows that students have been more socially active over social media
than that of old generations. Therefore the increase in the ubiquity of CMC usage and digital
communication technology. The experiences of participants have been critically analysed in the
report.
Rey, Paul J. "Alienation, exploitation, and social media." American Behavioral Scientist
56, no. 4 (2012): 399-420.
This article has been focused on critical research on how capitalism has adapted to the explosion
of websites devoted to various user generated content. This article helps in reviewing application
of Marx concepts of alienation and exploitation to para diagrammatic example. There has been
difference between two case studies in which factory work is wage labor coerced by economic
requirement necessity. The exploitation over social media networking sites including Facebook,

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Whats App and twitter have been discussed in the article. The Marx theory of characterization
has been discussed in the article. In the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844, Marx
have criticized about the structure of early capitalism detailing about condition in its factories
disrupt workers natural relationship having objects and species being.
Cheung, Christy, Zach WY Lee, and Tommy KH Chan. "Self-disclosure in social
networking sites: the role of perceived cost, perceived benefits and social influence."
Internet Research 25, no. 2 (2015): 279-299.
This article have focused on analyzing relative impacts of perceived costs, perceived benefits and
social influences on self-disclosure behaviors in social networking sites below an integrated
theoretical framework. There has been discussion done on social exchange policy and private
calculus theory. Using these theories an integrated model has been developed in the article. The
model has been tested empirically with the help of sample of 405 social networking sites users.
The results have indicated that social influence has been a factor that helps in exhibiting effect on
self-disclosure in social networking sites. Social media has been helping in connecting different
people at different places all over the world. The use of social media has been helping in
maintaining a keen approach in the development in communication in the market. Social
networking networks have been growing rapidly in the market. The young generation have been
active over several social media platforms. Various researches have explained about the concept
of self-disclosure in several perspectives. This has been helping in maintaining a smart approach
in the social media approach.
Ashley, Christy, and Tracy Tuten. "Creative strategies in social media marketing: An
exploratory study of branded social content and consumer engagement." Psychology &
Marketing 32, no. 1 (2015): 15-27.