According
to Psychcentral.com writer, John M. Grohol,
“Facebook may expose an individual to
potentially jealousy-provoking information about
their partner, which creates a feedback loop
whereby heightened jealousy leads to increased
surveillance of a partner’s Facebook page.
Persistent surveillance results in further exposure
to jealousy-provoking information.”
In his article entitled, Facebook Reinforces
Relationship Jealousy, Grohol quoted researchers
(Muise et al), who created ‘their own
specialized quiz for the study, called the Facebook
Jealousy scale.’
“The scale is composed of 27 items that
are measured on a 7-point scale from “very
likely” to “very unlikely”
that assess Facebook-related jealousy,”
wrote Grohol. “According to the study,
sample items include “How likely are you
to become jealous after your partner has added
an unknown member of the opposite sex?”
and “How likely are you to monitor your
partner’s activities on Facebook?”
The researchers (Muise et al., 2009) collected
the data for this study as a part of a larger
study being conducted on Facebook.
“In their study sample, the researchers
found that most of the people surveyed spent
about 40 minutes/day on Facebook and had somewhere
between 25 and 1,000 “friends” on
Facebook, with the mean being about 300. Did
you know most of us add previous boyfriends
or girlfriends to our Facebook friends?
“Not surprisingly, the researchers found
that if you’re more likely to be a jealous
person (what psychologists call “trait
jealousy”), you’re more likely to
have “Facebook jealousy” too. Women
were more likely to be jealous than men. And
here’s the kicker — time spent on
Facebook contributed a tiny part to Facebook
jealousy. (Women spend more time on Facebook
than men.)”
Many may just agree with Grohol, who believes
that, “The key thing to keep in mind is
that Facebook isn’t going to cause someone
who wasn’t jealous in the first place
to become jealous. The researchers’ findings
only show that if you’re a pretty jealous
person to begin with, the more time you spend
on Facebook, the more jealous you’re likely
to become.”
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You
want to know what’s happening in your
neck of the woods. Forget the late night news;
you can check your Facebook! You want to find
out where your friend is having a party? You
can check your Facebook! You want to advertise
your business; you can let Facebook handle that!
One cannot begin to list the range of activities
and features that dynamic Facebook possesses.
Thus it seems unavoidable that some persons
may find some difficulty. 
