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Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 National Economics University International Bachelor Degree Program, Faculty of International Education -o0o Research Project THE INFLUENCES OF FACEBOOK ON VIETNAMESE TEENAGES Group: Members: Nguyễn Hà Mai Hương Trần Thị Phương Linh Lương Phương Thảo Huỳnh Thế Lợi Teacher: Ms PHẠM PHƯƠNG LAN Hà Nội -2010 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 Contents Contents I Introduction II Major findings Using Facebook among Vietnamese teenagers a Their time spent on surfing Facebook b The most often activities Vietnamese teenagers when using Facebook The influences of Facebook on Vietnamese teenagers b The bad influences: .11 III Conclusion .12 Suggestion 12 IV APPENDIX 14 Questionnaire: 14 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 I Introduction Background: Life is becoming more and more modern The development of technology inventing helps people a lot in their work and study Furthermore, it gives people many kinds of means for relax and entertain In recent years, a trend of using social network is booming among teenagers and the most famous is Facebook Facebook is a social networking website launched in February 2004 and operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc It has many functions such as playing games, chatting, sharing pictures or websites and so on As a result, many teenagers in the world are being attracted by Facebook According to 2009, Dan Tri, the number of Vietnamese teenagers who use Facebook is approximately 400,000 accounts – about 2/1000 Facebook users all over the world On the other hand, some people not want this social network become more popular, especially, the government because they believed that Facebook would be the best method to hand bad information Therefore, using Facebook has some advantages and also disadvantages In this research, we are going to study about the influences of Facebook on teenagers who have cognitive, emotional and attitudinal changes Rationale of the study: The information technology is developing faster and faster Many people use private blog to share their emotion and to contact with their friend Facebook is one of the famous private blog in the world Facebook has been popular all over the world for a long time but in Viet Nam, it has been popular with Vietnamese teenagers for years after 360blog closed It became a wave in short time It is believed quite useful and simple to use Many people think that Facebook is one the part of their life, so we want to find down: “what is really situation in Vietnam? How many time people use Facebook per day? Do they really like it? “Through people who use Facebook, we want to find the advantage and disadvantage of Facebook And what is influence of Facebook to people, special young people With the questionnaire and discussing, we hope that we can give you some suggestion to use Facebook easier Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 Research questions: • How is the state of using Facebook among Vietnamese teenagers • What are the influences of Facebook on teenagers? ( Advantage and Disadvantage) • What are solutions to make Vietnamese teenagers use Facebook effetely? Research methods: According to the research questions, firstly, we designed the questionnaire with purposes study about the state of using Facebook among Vietnamese teenagers, the advantages as well as the disadvantages of Facebook on Vietnamese teenagers by multiple-choice questions and opening questions Then, the questionnaires were distributes to 55 students from National Economics University and some other teenagers, but we just got back 44 ones After that, we totalized and analyzed the figures to get primary data Beside the primary date, we also used secondary date (TV, newspapers, ) to collect information Finally, we wrote report based on the figures we obtained Literature review: Facebook “Improves social skills” According to the research of the Cambridge University, Facebook can encourage users to be more social instead of less social Researchers found out that Facebook gave people more choice to contact with their relationships and was “a way of storing biography and enhancing social memory” They can track people who they like or find out what ex-partners were up to Users also used it to keep in touch with old friends who they might lose contact with They can that by logging on to Facebook to take information from profiles and pictures That way is easier than a phone call or letter As a result, people can associate at a fundamental level, meaning former relationships and associations can be revived (Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/7689077.stm) Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 Slander and revilement another on Facebook Nowadays, Facebook becomes more and more popular with many young people in Viet Nam Facebook also brings to us many negative and benefit Some people said: If they could not log in Facebook every day, they feel uncomfortable and they love Facebook so much It is the place which they share their feeling Some people use this to slander or revile another people In the real life, they are quite silent and mild but on Facebook they show another character They slander, revile, and even curse other people Because they use “tag”, so many people know the note immediately Of course, who was slandered, know the note The argument was started One Facebook, many people fake someone else They fake the famous person, or someone they hate They make them like the really Facebook of person whom they fake by posting pictures, writing note…… and after that, they sully another person and make them feel angry with person who was faked Many bad situations happened The victim uses many ways to find down who is the instigator This brings many troubles for the victim and the instigator Maybe because of this joke, friends can change to enemy (Source:http://vietnamnet.vn) Two risks of facebook Facebook, which is used in all over the world, has a lot of gaps that almost people don’t care The report of International Christian Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) said that many people were victims (include teenager) swindled on the internet and total costs of their losses come to $559 million in 2009, increased to 110% from the last year In April 2010, the defense’s experts of VeriSign Company said that a hacker American, who had ever appropriated 1, million accounts in Facebook successfully, had bought username and password in some forums with the cost from 25 to 45 USD per account To solve this problem experts show us two risks warning about the insaneness of Facebook First, Private information is exploited as much as possible Recently, Facebook provides a new application whose name is Open Graph, makes private information share faster and variedly That is an action of company tending to advertisers helps them to find a lot of information about enjoyment, private problems that are being argued and so on However, that is way for hacker who can break into everyone’s account easily Second, Facebook is set up privacy in unsafe condition when it is redesigned Every year, Facebook usually changes, upgrades some interfaces and features of website at least 2-3 times At that time, Facebook moves user’s established privacy to default format automatically, it means that all private information is appeared (Source: www.vnexpress.net) Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 Facebook takes the most influences on teengirls According to 2010, Bingo –a writer on BBC, instead of TV and magazine, Facebook has the strongest influences on teengirls now Their life is being affected by one of the biggest social networks in the world When they were asked for three things important in life, 60% of teengirls under 15 years old said that: family, friends and Facebook Even more than 41% of teengirls consider that Facebook is more important than family and friends However, there are only 6% of teenboys agree with it This research shows the important of Facebook on teenagers, especially on teengirls Some parents were surprised by this figure because they not believe that technologies can intervene in life of young people like this It is obvious that Facebook has many good effects on people in general and on teenagers in particular It makes people relax and feel comfortable by sharing their emotional that they cannot tell their parents or anyone else In addition, they can make friends and widen their knowledge about the world However, from this research there are a large number of teengirls think the role of Facebook is equal to their family and friends Therefore, in this case teenagers spend their time in “virtual life” more than real life; the problem for parents deal with is catching up the trend of their daughter and should spend more time for them (Source: BBC news channel) Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 II Major findings Using Facebook among Vietnamese teenagers First of all, this research will get information from teenagers such as things they when they use Facebook and the amount of time they spend on surfing Facebook a Their time spent on surfing Facebook As the development of communication medium, teenagers get many great opportunities to make friends, find information, play games, and listen to music and so on In recent years, a trend of using social network is booming among Vietnamese teenagers and the most famous is Facebook According to my survey which conducted among students from National Economics University and some other teenagers that I met on the streets, about 57% of them said that they will not survive without Facebook, 32% thought Facebook is quite important but it have the same role as TV and Internet and the rest 11% not really care about it In the fact, we not suspect the role of Facebook among teenagers as it has many function better than other social network However, this number about the proportion of teenagers love Facebook is quite surprising On the other hand, we can see clearly the influence of Facebook throughout the next figure Being asked how many times they spend on Facebook each day approximately 59% of the respondents answered that they spend from 1-3 hours per day, 27% spend above hours per day and the rest 14% spend per day It means that the influences of Facebook on teenagers are not small and unavoidable We can see the percentage clearer from the chart below: Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 b The most often activities Vietnamese teenagers when using Facebook The booming of Facebook among Vietnamese teenagers is become more and more popular Facebook surpasses its competitors in its functions It not only a social network which used to connect people around the world, Facebook also help people get information and entertainment such as listening to music, playing games and so on Being asked what they usually on Facebook, about 32% of teenagers mostly playing games, 20% use Facebook to write entry, 9% love chatting with friends and 16% prefer sharing pictures However, there are 23% of them choose “Others” because they go Facebook as a habit and almost not anything These figures indicate that Vietnamese teenager not take the benefit of useful functions on Facebook There are a large number of them only use Facebook to play games and waste their time on Facebook with no intention Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 From the facts above, we can see some problems in the way Vietnamese teenagers spend their time as well as the activities they usually on Facebook In the next point, we will indicate how Facebook affect teenagers The influences of Facebook on Vietnamese teenagers As we known, everything has two sides and Facebook is no exception Nowadays, Facebook is very popular with teenagers in general and Vietnamese teenagers in particular, but it has some the advantages as well as the disadvantages a The good influences: Firstly, we would like to talk about the advantages of Facebook Facebook has quite many advantages According to the results we obtained, answer which is chosen most is “keeping yourself updated with friends’ news” (23.9%).As we know, Facebook has three main action tasks which are enjoyed most by users, they are: “watching pictures and writing comments”, “visiting their friends’ profiles” and “ uploading pictures, videos and music” Users can log on Facebook to look at pictures, profiles, news and information… about their friends; write Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 comments; chat with their friends, so they can update friends’ news easily every day Also, they often keep in touch (22.3%) with old school friends who they might otherwise lose contact with, or family members when they live far from their house by the utilities of facebook.13.6% of the answerers chosen one of the advantages of Facebook is “relaxing after the hard working” After the hard working, they can relax, have fun by watching pictures; writing comments on them; playing games on Facebook which are plentiful and diversified; doing the quiz which are interesting It is useful solution to rid of stress Other advantages of Facebook is “shopping online” (9.2%) With popularity of Facebook and the advantages of shopping online, the development of shops via Facebook is understandable For buyers, they can buy many things from shop online with the cost cheaper than usual shops and for sellers; their shops can be developed faster and faster by relationships on Facebook Facebook is a social network that connects people with friends and others, who work, study and live around them, so users can make new friends easily, it is one of the advantages of Facbook (8.2%) They maybe discover some hobbies in common through comments, notes, stories, pictures, chats, ect Because of all above advantages, Facebook is a useful social network for teenagers Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 b The bad influences: Since its appearance, Facebook has played an important role in our life It has brought to us many advantages However it also has disadvantages The first disadvantage is that Facebook make teenagers waste time, Facebook , with its fascinating power make , teenagers sink into oblivion They are so keen on using Facebook that they neglect their school activities Food is left uneaten, homework and lessons in prepared without the distraction of using Facebook , teenagers may spend their time for their friends and family in the real world According to the chart, 34,1% of teenagers who were asked agreed with this disadvantage The second disadvantage is that teenagers receive a lot of spam and unwanted information from strangers which make them uncomfortable and annoyed It is the main reason why they not like using Facebook the chart shows that 40,9% teenagers who were asked regarded it as their main problem Another disadvantage is that using Facebook too much makes people less active the act of using Facebook requires almost no activity on the part of user All the time they spend in front of screen is the time they are net moving round or playing a sport As you can see from the chart 25% of teenagers have chosen this disadvantage as their main problem In conclusion, the evil influence of Facebook on teenagers is inevitable In my view, Facebook is only useful when we know how to use it Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 III Conclusion Exclusive summary: After 360 blog of yahoo closed, Facebook is becoming more and more popular with Vietnamese teenagers It has many reasons which make many people use it like their private blog, shop online, forum……… In our view, Facebook has many items to attract people, especially young people It became a trend in short time Facebook brings both advantages and disadvantages to us They cannot deny that it is really convenience and useful People can relax and feel comfortable through its item Such as they can play games and share emotion or whatever we want to talk In addition, they can make friends and widen their knowledge about the world In other hand, many people waste too much time on Facebook Therefore, it sometime brings some bad effect Therefore, if you want to use Facebook effectively, you should balance the time you spend to Facebook and your real life You should know clearly about your responsibility And not forget that this is a large community network with many people; you should learn how to behave wise Have some things, you should not post on Facebook Because most of people, who are using Facebook, are teenagers or young people so that parents have roles very important They should know what their children like and be addicted Especially, they need spend more time to care and catch up the trend of their children Suggestion According to research results and our discussion, we have some suggestion for you about using Facebook, which can help you use Facebook easier and more comfortable • Firstly, Facebook has many item, we can chat, play game, poll…… Some of it is the trickery If you click on it, they can take your profile or make your computer sick We call it is “scam”, like we told before, Scam has many form If they request you for open a new tab, you should attend to their URL link If it is not trustworthy, not click on it Unfortunate, you are the victim of Scam What should you do? You should announce immediately that your account was attacked to your friends Maybe this will help you and your friend avoid problem After that, you should change your password Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 • Secondly, “receiving a lot of spam and unwanted information” You can see your friend’s emotion, entry, pictures… on your main page Some of them are spam What should you if you want to decrease this situation? You can receive many invitations to become friend on Facebook But you should not “accept” all of them Many people use Facebook like one way to promote… Maybe people, who give you invitation, not know anything about you and you too So you must control your friend list If you not like promotions new, what appear on the desktop of Facebook, you can search on google.com.vn to find out how to delete them • Thirdly, Facebook is a community net work so you should think about what you will post on Facebook You should not share everything on Facebook Do not join in “bad” websites, pages, or forums You must know “what does this club or forum talk about?” before you join in You can join in another club or forum what tell about you like In there, you can make new friend who have same hobby like you • Fourthly, you should learn how to control over the time to use Facebook Is it quite good if you use Facebook 1-2 hours per day, you can see that, people like playing on Facebook most, it is good way to relax The game on Facebook is quite simple, so you can choose 23 games to play at the same time Do not choose many games to play at a time, because you will waste many times on it You can log in Facebook by mobile So on your free time, you can write entry or share your feeling on Facebook easy Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 IV APPENDIX Questionnaire: We are a group of students studying in International Education Faculty in National Economics University We are conducting a survey in the influence of Facebook on Vietnamese teenagers The results will help to propose some recommendations and suggestions to use Facebook more effectively All the data collected will be kept confidential and will be used for the research purpose only Please spend a few minutes to fill out the questionnaire If you have a short time to surf Internet, firstly, you will go A Facebook B Yahoo mail C Websites about news D Websites about entertainment E Others In your opinion, Facebook A Cannot be missed in daily life B Is very important but it has the same role as TV, Internet C Is such a thing that I don’t really care How many hours you spend on surfing Facebook? A I don’t use Facebook B Less than hour Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 C From 1- hours D More than hours What you think about Facebook? A No comment B Very boring C Boring D Neutral E Great F Very great What you when you surfing Facebook? A Chatting with friend B Playing games C Writing entry D Sharing pictures E Sharing interesting websites F Others In your opinion, what are the advantages of Facebook? (you can choose more than one ) A Relaxing after the hard-working B Keeping in touch C Shopping online D Giving information Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 E Making new friends F Keeping yourself updated with friends’ news G Others What are the disadvantages of Facebook? A Waste time B Receiving a lot of spam and unwanted information C Making people less active D Others How does Facebook affect to you? A Nothing B A little bit C Normally D So much What you think about Facebook is blocked in Viet Nam? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… Thanks you in advance for your contribution Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 Charts: Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 V BIBLIOGRAPHY http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/7689077.stm http://vietnamnet.vn www.vnexpress.net Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 ... know the note The argument was started One Facebook, many people fake someone else They fake the famous person, or someone they hate They make them like the really Facebook of person whom they... questions, firstly, we designed the questionnaire with purposes study about the state of using Facebook among Vietnamese teenagers, the advantages as well as the disadvantages of Facebook on Vietnamese. .. b The most often activities Vietnamese teenagers when using Facebook The influences of Facebook on Vietnamese teenagers b The bad influences: .11 III Conclusion