Women are more inclined towards Facebook, according to researchers who designed a chart of symptoms signaling whether someone has an unhealthy devotion to social networking.
Psychologists from the University of Bergen in Norway studied 423 students for signs of addictive behaviour in the way they used and felt about Facebook, The Telegraph Reported.
They found that some participants showed clear signs of “Facebook addiction” similar to those exhibited by people addicted to drugs, alcohol and other chemical substances. Younger people were more likely to become dependant on Facebook than older people and women were at greater risk than men, the researchers said. People who suffered from anxiety or social insecurity were heavier users of the website, most likely because they found it easier to use the technology than to communicate with people in person, they added.
The study also found that extroverted people were more likely to be addicted to Facebook, while people who were well organised and ambitious were less at risk, using the website primarily for work or networking purposes.
The findings were measured using the “Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale”, a new list of six criteria for each of which a person is given a score from one (“very rarely”) to five (“very often”). Categories include feeling an urge to use Facebook an increasing amount, trying and failing to limit your use of the website, and feeling unsettled if you are denied access to your account.
Scoring “often” or “very often” on at least four of the criteria suggests you may be addicted to Facebook, according to the study.
Yasin Azad welcomes SC’s
detailed judgment: Supreme Court Bar Association President Yasin Azad has welcomed the detailed judgment of Supreme Court of Pakistan and said it should have been delivered much earlier.
Talking to Radio Pakistan, he said the prime minister has the right to appeal against the judgment, however, it depends on him whether he appeals or not.
He said if the prime minister files appeal, further proceeding of the case will be halted.
In case, the prime minister does not appeal, parliamentary process will be followed and the prime minister will continue to function till decision of the EC, he added.
Former Law Minister and senior lawyer Syed Iqbal Haider said Supreme Court of Pakistan did not deliver new judgment in the contempt of court case; instead it gave reasons of short order in detailed judgment.
He said if apex court upholds its judgment after hearing appeal, the prime minister will be disqualified through parliamentary process. He said the prime minister may be acquitted honorably from the charges of contempt of court after hearing the appeal as Aitzaz Ahsan is very capable lawyer.
Elections to be held on schedule: Fauzia: Political Secretary to President Fauzia Habeeb said that government would complete its tenure and elections would be held according to the schedule in March 2013.
Talking to a private news channel, commenting on PML-N’s call for a long march and its rally in Taxila, she said that holding of public meeting is right of every political party. To a question, she said every thing should be done according to the Constitution.
She said PPP would favor every constitutional and democratic step and people want the government to complete its tenure. Replying a question, she said that PPP has always honored the Court.
To a query, she said PPP-led government gave democratic right to all political parities, adding that Pakistan Tehreek-a-Insaf also held such a public meeting but the government is not scared of public gatherings.
