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There is conflict in previous research about the prospects and the consequences of Facebook raising eye brows whether to use Facebook in a pedagogical design. This paper analyzed the educational motives and the perceived academic consequences as the predictors of Facebook use, besides explaining the interaction effects of time patterns (daily and weekly) on the educational motives (prospects) and perceived academic consequences (curse). The theoretical support was extended from the Uses and Gratification and the Displacement theories, while the data was collected through survey from the public and private sector universities of Lahore, by applying the convenience sampling technique (n=559). The multiple regressions found that the variable of educational motives (prospect) made significant contribution to the prediction of Facebook usage when compared with the perceived academic consequences (curse). The university students gratified their educational needs from Facebook and they were active for seeking these motives but were less of the opinion that Facebook had negative effects on their academics. The Two-Way ANOVAs were applied to explain the interaction effects. There was a significant difference between the daily and weekly time consumption of students for the educational motives and the perceived consequences. However, the students after two hours of usage on daily basis or in different intervals of the week perceived that the Facebook usage resulted into the negative academic consequences. The study recommends that university students daily use of Facebook should not exceed two hours. The teachers should use Facebook informally and integrate it in pedagogy to stimulate students interest.

Pakistan was established in the name of Islam for the Muslims residing under the control of British India in 1947. This study focuses on the grass root level effects of uncivil language of political leaders used in the electoral campaigns and telecasted on television. The research method was survey and purposive sampling technique was used for data collection from nine towns of Lahore from the Muslim citizens who actually participated in the GE 2018. The theoretical support was taken from The Speech Act Theory and Psycho-Linguistic Theory. The study revealed that the impact of uncivil language of political leaders is witnessed at grass root level as 36.9% citizens re-used the negative phrases of political leaders in their social circles as χ²(4) = 26.809, p < .05. Hence, the hypothesis “Muslim citizens re-used negative political terms and phrases coined by their party leaders against teachings of Islam” was fully supported by this research study and literature. Negative statements of political leaders repeated on television were also re-used by the citizens in their routine life (by 43.1%) showing a significant effect as χ²(4) = 33.464, p < .05. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]