A student in her first year at a London university found a disparity* between the seemingly connected and fulfilling lives represented on Facebook and the reality.
""I thought that everyone on Facebook was having a better time than me," says Jemma. "A lot of people I knew had gone to universities in big cities, so my Facebook feed was constantly flooded with evidence of the great nightlife in these places. This upset me because I wasn't being tagged in pictures enjoying myself like they were."
"If you're having a bad day, the last thing you want to do is go on Facebook and see another happy couple or another fun party that you're not at," agrees Natasha."
Read the complete story here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/mortarboard/2012/oct/08/students-artanddesign
Vocabulary:
disparity (n.) - a gap; a difference
Do you think that the way people represent their lives online generally matches the reality?
Is a social medium like Facebook a good place to share your dissatisfaction or unhappiness in life?
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