AUSTRALIANS are beginning to turn away from Facebook, with an increasing number of users rejecting the culture of ''narcissism and self-absorption'' they say it promotes, according to the latest snapshot of the nation's mind and mood.

They are also more pessimistic about the future, increasingly worried about their job security and scathing in their criticism of the Gillard government - but unsure whether a change to Tony Abbott's Coalition would make any difference.

They are also more cynical about sport, seeing it as more about mass-market entertainment than sportsmanship or athleticism and more aware that depression was ''a real issue for men''.