Book description
Whether it's a means of staying in touch with old friends or of
making new enemies, Facebook -- which celebrates its 7th birthday in
2011 -- is impossible to ignore... In June an Irish MEP called for
Facebook to be regulated as a health hazard, in the same way as
alcohol and drugs. It's not hard to see why. According to experts at
top addiction clinic, The Priory, one in ten of us is in danger of
becoming addicted to Facebook, and in need of psychiatric help to
recover. We log on compulsively to keep tabs on our friends (and, more
importantly, our enemies), we obsessively acquire 'friends', even
though we might not actually know them and we develop damaging
insecurities as a result of the 'perfect' selves our 'friends'
portray, believing that our own lives don't measure up. Worst of all,
we're so busy leading our virtual lives that we forget to lead our
actual ones. So what makes this social networking site so addictively
popular? Well, it's the way FB has extended into every corner of our
lives, changing the way we interact with one another. This book takes
a lighthearted look at the site with a mixture of real-life stories,
expert comment and useful tips.
