Is Facebook Making You Fat? Research connects social media-
induced self-esteem boosts to self-control. Consider these
implications for business. The study, "Are Close Friends the
Enemy? Online Social Networks, Self-Esteem and Self-Control,"
examined Facebook behavior and how it relates to users' self-
control, body mass index and credit card debt. The study was
conducted among about 1,000 Facebook users by Keith Wilcox,
assistant professor of marketing at Columbia Business School,
and Andrew T. Stephen, assistant professor of business
administration at the University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz
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Content Management The research comprised several studies. The
researchers noted that the use of Facebook increased users'
self-esteem when they were focused on informati