Engl 2550: Introduction to Composition - Article Analysis Report

This report analyzes the article "Facebook use predicts declines in subjective well-being in young adults" by Kross et al. (2013), which examines the negative effects of excessive social media use, specifically Facebook, on the well-being of young adults. The authors used experience-sampling, texting participants multiple times a day for two weeks to measure the impact of Facebook use on their subjective well-being. The study found that increased Facebook use correlated with a decline in both moment-to-moment feelings and overall life satisfaction. The analysis of the article focuses on the author's argument, methodology, and the strategies used to present their findings, including the use of surveys and text messages to gather data and provide insight into the psychological impact of social media.

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Article Summary
Kross et al. (2013) in the article entitled “Facebook use predicts declines in subjective
well-being in young adults” highlights the fact that the excessive use of the social media has been
affecting the overall well-being of the concerned individuals. The article majorly highlights the
negative effects of the use of the internet and especially the addictive use of the various social
media by the individuals on the well-being as maintained by the concerned person. The social
media websites are observed to have been helping the concerned people to derive a better
pleasure in the social media connections that they develop in due course of their activities in the
various social media platforms. The extensive use of Facebook by the people often lead to their
irritation in terms of the interaction that they need to undertake over the technological activities.
The various researches that are undertaken by the experts in the matters related to the effects of
the extensive use of the social media websites are known to have been undermining the effect of
the enhancement of the wellbeing of the individuals as have been maintained within the society.
The authors highlight that “The more people used Facebook at one time point, the worse they felt
the next time we text-messaged them; the more they used Facebook over two-weeks, the more
their life satisfaction levels declined over time” (Kross et al., 2013). Thus, it might be stated that
the use of Facebook has negatively been affecting the well-being of the individuals.
Article Analysis
The authors of the article propose that the high use of the social media by individuals are
observed to have a negative effect on the psyche as well as the proper well-being of the
concerned individual. The issues as have been highlighted by the author is known to have been
dealing in the activities that are related to the overall understanding of the influence of the social
media interaction on the psychological as well as the physiological well-being of the person

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concerned. The authors present a viewpoint that is majorly highlighted through the evidences
that were collected through the survey and the responses as were highlighted by the participants
of the survey that was conducted by the authors. The authors had exposed the participants to a set
of questionnaires and the text messages which helped in the understanding of the issues that are
related to the development of the well-being of the concerned individual. The authors suggest
that the inclusion of the extensive usage of the social media channels have been dealing in the
overall undermining of the issues that are highlighted in terms of the mental health of the
individual. The authors suggest that “people use Facebook when they feel bad (i.e., when they
are bored lonely, worried or otherwise distressed)” (Kross et al., 2013). The article has been
composed with the informative tone that is generally used in the composition of the articles that
provide the readers as well as the other future researchers with the proper insight into the
psychology of individuals.

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References
Kross, E., Verduyn, P., Demiralp, E., Park, J., Lee, D. S., Lin, N., Shablack, H., Jonides, J. &
Ybarra, O. (2013). Facebook use predicts declines in subjective well-being in young
adults. PloS one, 8(8), e69841.