I’ve always been a proponent of Facebook and other social networking sites such as Myspace, LinkedIn and Twitter because I think they are a great tool to share your world with your friends and to learn from others.  A new study conducted by the Pew Research Center shows that Internet use, specifically Facebook, is increasingly affecting our social lives and how we relate to each other. In this study, those who used social networks increased their number of close friends to 2.45. In the past, Mochi noted that Facebook doesn’t …

You may be skeptical about spending $12 to watch a film about a social networking website you use every day, but trust me: This is not just a movie about Facebook. Written by Aaron Sorkin (“The West Wing,” “Charlie Wilson’s War”) and directed by David Fincher (“Fight Club,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”), “The Social Network” is one of the most brilliantly constructed films this season.
As a warning, the beginning of the film can be confusing with its deluge of Harvard jargon. (Note: my Harvard friend confirmed that “final …

Do you scramble to find the hippest or most intelligent-sounding quotes to list on your Facebook page, or agonize over which artists you should list under the music you listen to? When you see yourself in new pictures, do you subconsciously determine whether it might make for an attractive profile picture?
Many of us would say “yes” to these questions and shrug it off as a harmless case of Facebook addiction. However, a recent York University study published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behaviour, and Social Networking discovered an interesting link between the …

Recently, a study proved what most people already know: We are addicted to Facebook, and it has changed our lives. The internet is such a big part of our lives that what we post can affect our ability to find jobs and easily lead to identity theft. In a recent New York Times blog post, Michael Fertik, founder of ReputationDefender, and Paul Ohm, a law professor at the University of Colorado, answered readers’ questions about managing your online identity.
Here are some helpful highlights from the Q&A for young adults:

It’s official: Facebook is omnipresent and it has changed the way we live our lives. According to a recent study published by Oxygen Media and Lightspeed Research, 40 percent of adults surveyed described themselves as “Facebook addicts.” However, it’s not just how much they use it, but how—while 54 percent of females aged 18 to 24 didn’t trust Facebook with their private information and 63 present use it for “networking and career” purposes, 42 percent don’t mind posting those questionable photos from their last college party or night out. A …